I’m a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, designer and educator from the UK usually found in either North Yorkshire or Tokyo.

Since graduating my first degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation from the University of Leeds, I have worked on a wide range of projects including board game illustration, natural history illustration, museum exhibition design, graphic design, science communication and hands-on nature conservation work. 


I care deeply about the environmental, biodiversity and climate crises we are facing and work hard to reconnect people with the natural world through my art and other activities.

Recently, I have volunteered for three years on the Outreach Committee of the Royal Entomological Society as Editor of their children’s magazine, spent three years volunteering as graphic designer for the Oxford Climate Alumni Network, have volunteered and worked for over four years with Natural England on hands-on conservation projects, and have led workshops on both microscopy and insects in Tokyo.

Hello, I’m Niq


  • Carpenter & Stone, Tokyo

  • Soundscale, University of Southampton

  • FAZENDA, New York

  • Quillsilver Studio

  • Birdwood Games

  • Natural England

Clients

  • Superflux

  • Marshmallow Laser Feast

  • 3Dtotal publishing

  • School of International Futures

  • Skylab Workshop

  • Carstairs Countryside Trust

  • Failbetter Games

  • Somerville College, Oxford

  • Blue Marine Foundation

  • Studio Futurall


Education

BA Biological SciencesUniversity of Oxford (2015-18)

MSc Biodiversity & ConservationUniversity of Leeds (2020-21)

Publications

2026 (tbc) - Tiny Homes - board game by Quillsilver Studios

2026 - Tamagawa Microcosmos - self-published and co-created with Shohei Asami

2026 - Birds of the Lower Derwent Valley - published by the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley

2025 - Designing Dragons - 3Dtotal publishing

2024 - Inspired by Nature - 3Dtotal publishing

2023 - Forever Home - board game by Birdwood Games

2022 - Floodmeadow Sketchbook - self-published art book

2020 - Alive: a sketchbook of animal life - self-published art book

2020 - Fundamentals of Creature Design - 3Dtotal publishing

2019 - Phylogenetic Soup - self-published art book

2019 - Sketching from the Imagination: Creatures and Monsters - 3Dtotal publishing

Exhibitions & Awards

October 2026 - Mall Galleries, London - group show - Society of Wildlife Artists ‘The Natural Eye 2026’

August 2026 - Kawakaze no Garden, Kawasaki - joint show with Shohei Asami - ‘Tamagawa Microcosmos’

March 2026 - GalleryBlue3143 Aoyama, Tokyo - solo show - ‘To notice things’

November 2025 - Tamagawa Art Caravan, Showa Women’s University - won first place with the book ‘Tamagawa Microcosmos’, co-created with Shohei Asami.

June 2025 - Such As Gallery, Tokyo - group show - ‘Letters’

November 2023 - Dicebreaker Tabletop Awards - Forever Home board game was a finalist for Best Art

2021 - Dubai Museum of the Future - ‘Heal Institute’ permanent installation - worked with Superflux and Marshmallow Laser Feast designing the visitor learning experience on rainforest conservation in 2071.

Science

Tyler, K., Vassie, D., & Sasaki, T. (2024) Does the history of option quality affect nest site choice in the Acorn ant? Insectes Sociaux. doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-00969-0

MSc thesis (2021) 'The use of documentary film footage to understand the behaviour of fig wasps' - the 20 minute documentary film created to go alongside it is viewable on Figweb.