Born in early daylight☀️,
named after the color of a deep midnight sky🌙

Hi! My name is Lillian Yahid! Nilgoune is my artist name, but it is also my middle name! (Coincidence? I think not!) As a young girl enamored by color, my favorite colors have always been all shades of blues, purples, and greens. Imagine my surprise when my family told me that my middle name means the color of a blue nighttime sky. Now I can literally say, blue is my middle name! Haha!

I studied at Santa Monica Community College, where I earned my AA degree in General Science, as well as an AA in Liberal Arts/Arts and Humanities. I transferred to Otis College of Art and Design, where I received my BFA in Communication Arts/Illustration with a minor in Digital Media/Animation in May of 2025.

What else am I besides an artist? I am a conversationalist. A consumer of stories and images. Fountain enthusiast, seeker, and pursuer. Confectionery connoisseur. All-around sales extraordinaire.

We will never know what the universe will bring us, but I will always push forward to be the best that I can be. After all, the sky is the limit!

LNY is an illustrator and painter based in West Los Angeles, CA. Her practice centers on dynamic composition, rhythmic flow, and vivid color to construct visually immersive work. She reinterprets perception through color and motion, translating memory and subjective experience into layered visual forms. Influenced by an attraction to beauty in both subtle and overwhelming forms, she creates images that balance visual intensity with moments of quiet resonance. LNY holds a BFA in Communication Arts/Illustration from Otis College of Art and Design and has been featured in showcases throughout Los Angeles County in 2025. She primarily works in ink, digital, acrylic paint, and gel medium.

Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
2025 — “Hidden in the Grass”, Barking Rabbit Art Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2025 — Capstone Exhibition (Selected Artist), Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2025 — Senior Showcase, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

Honors & Awards
2025 — Graduated with High Honors, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2025 — Capstone Project Selection, Otis College of Art and Design, (1 of 10 students selected)
2022 — Accepted Admission with Presidential Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2022 — Graduated with High Honors, Santa Monica Community College, Los Angeles, CA

☾ † Nilgoune † ⋆