Ana Miminoshvili, an illustrator and designer based in Tbilisi, has received special recognition from The One Club for Creativity as the Young Guns 22 Creative Choice winner.

Miminoshvili was chosen by public vote from the global creative community, who reviewed work of all Young Guns 22 winners and picked the one they believe stands above all others. Miminoshvili’s mindful approach includes pondering colour palettes, lighting sources, and the interplay of free-flowing lines and structured geometric shapes. This enables her to infuse her artwork with a sense of warmth, even when the subject matter might suggest otherwise.

Before starting her freelance career, she spent a few years at a creative agency as a multidisciplinary designer.  Miminoshvili holds her country’s first-ever Eurobest Young Creative Gold medal, Webby Award, and is also Georgia’s first-ever Communication Arts Excellence Award winner and first Georgian teacher on Domestika.

Besides client work, she enjoys creating personal projects, including her quarantine game, Emojinarium, and manages her small art shop. In 2021, Miminoshvili founded Illustrators Club, a nonprofit organisation that hosts public events to educate and connect young Georgian artists.

Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  This year’s entries were judged by a jury of 101 creatives, many of whom are past YG winners, from 45 countries. Find the complete list of YG22 winners here.

“This year’s winner has been dreaming about Young Guns since she was 17 years old, and it took her more than a few tries before finally winning,” stated award ceremony host, designer, art director and writer, John Key. “That level of commitment and determination deserves recognition, and it’s paid off for Ana as she becomes this year’s Creative Choice winner.”