ABOUT SYAHI
Hey, I'm Adoniah Haslam better known by my artist persona: Syahi.
Illustrator, Painter and Self Publisher based in the UK, East Midlands - Derby.
The name Syahi derives from the Hindi word, which means Black Ink.
With story telling being such a fundamental aspect to my artistry and what I see as the first real point of contact of tangible creativity, I felt using this word as my persona is fitting as every Painting, Song (which I dabble in from time to time) or Comic starts with writing.
Plans, words...poetry.
SERVICES
Syahi is the brain behind Syahi Studios, operating primarily as a product based business but also as a service.I have my own Paintings, prints and comics I sell as products. I also offer Commissions, Mural painting and live event painting as a service.



MORE ABOUT SYAHI

As a postgraduate of the University of Derby, where I specialized in illustration, I initially started my journey as a freelancer. Over the years, I have worked on various projects, including mural commissions at Littleover Community School, Vailant Live and Flo Skate Park.
Additionally, I am the proud creator and publisher of my own comic book series under the brand Sy-Craft Comics, where I blend my internal query with compelling storytelling. I am passionate in expressing the surreal and abstracting reality beyond our comprehension with subtlety as the glue that grounds and binds the viewer. Everything is inspired through the lens of my spiritual upbringing, using ink, acrylic, oil and my graphics tablet to explore colour, aesthetics and theme.
My most recent service outside of commissioned art creation and mural painting is live painting at events. In my more recent endeavours heavy applications of impressionism and expressionism have been key components conveying the fleeting ecstasy cocooned in varying moments of life. Time waits on nothing and as I grow, I feel a need to express this as a subtle truth, even more so when live painting. This gives my art an always imperfect outcome, especially as generative AI becomes more prevalent, now more than ever the sincerity and humility of the human touch must be front and centre.
EXHIBITIONS + PUBLIC WORKS
Solo
2026
2024
2022
Mural | Vailant Live Mural Competition
Mural | Littleover Community School Entrance & Reception
Exhibition - Say What you See | Normanton Library
Exhibition - A Live Art | Residential Space in Derby
Group
2026
2025
Mural - From The Waves by Syahi x Zahzah Binks | Flo Skatepark
Pop Up - Zah Zah and Friends Part 4 | A New Smoke - Dubrek
Pop Up - Zah Zah and Friends Part 3 | Dubrek
2024
2022
Pop Up - Zah Zah and Friends Part 2 | Starfish, Love and Art Gallery
Pop Up - Starfish Magazine Launch Party | Plant/Starfish, Love and Art Gallery
Pod Tour - S.H.E.D, Arboretum Park
2021
Exhibition - VOICE | S.H.E.D, Derby Cathedral
