Shayla Fish is a versatile artist currently residing in Terre Haute, Indiana.​  

Fish has enjoyed creating since a child. She remembers teaching her classmates in elementary how to draw and think creatively. It became a fun challenge to break down art lessons so that her peers were also successful. Art and teaching have remained the driving force in her life. 

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​That deep connection to art and teaching led Fish to earn a BFA in Art Education at Indiana State University. This is where she has had the joy of teaching students of all ages, from curious preschoolers to dedicated adults. Teaching allows Fish to share more than just skills. It allows her to share the magic of creating. She currently teaches art within public schools with k-12 students.​

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She believes that every artist benefits from staying curious. Whether just beginning their own artistic journey or well seasoned, she believes the continuation of learning and exploring is what keeps the creative spirit alive.

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Creating art to Fish, feels like being a scientist. She is always experimenting with materials, pushing ideas, and chasing unexpected sparks that lead to new discoveries.

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Her artistic practice moves between mediums.  She works with painted illustrations, graphite drawings, digital artwork, murals, paper collages, CAD 3-D models, needle felt sculptures, ceramic forms, and more. Fish enjoys learning new processes to teach others about.

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While Fish enjoys drawing the most, collage is where her heart truly thrives. The process of collecting, arranging, and re-imagining images into something entirely new is MAGIC . Whether she is working digitally with images in Photoshop or cutting them by hand with scissors and glue,

Fish believes creating a collage feels like solving a strange and beautiful puzzle.​

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Her Inspiration comes from both the natural world as well as the surreal one. She is  drawn to the intricate beauty of scientific botanical illustrations and the whimsical wonder of stories like Alice in Wonderland.​ Fish's work is further shaped and inspired by these artists: Dorothea Tanning, Frida Kahlo, J. J. Grandville, Higuchi Yuko, Nathalie Lete, Mab Graves, Mark Ryden, Robert Crumb, Bill Plympton, Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Beatrix Potter, and many more.