Meet the Artist
My name is Juliany Braga — I’m a tattoo and multidisciplinary artist based in British Columbia, originally from Brazil. I live and work on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and I hold deep respect for the land that continues to shape and sustain my practice.
My creative world flows between the digital and the handmade, blending illustration, textile, photography, sculptural work, and tattooing. I draw inspiration from the natural world, animal presence, folklore, and the quiet beauty of small, often overlooked details. My work is rooted in honouring nature, history, inviting people to slow down, look closer, and reconnect with the subtle magic woven into everyday life.
My artistic path began in Brazil and has since rooted itself in Langley, BC. Forests, gardens, changing seasons, and the rhythm of the land continue to guide my process. I pour care and intention into every piece I create, and I deeply value the authentic, personal connections formed with clients and collectors along the way.
Alongside my tattoo practice, I run my art brand Flora Fiora, where I create illustrations, accessories, and handcrafted objects inspired by nature’s poetry and gentle, magical storytelling. My background in art, design, and business supports both my creative practices, allowing my ideas to take many forms and live in different spaces.
When I’m not tattooing, you’ll likely find me sewing small treasures, staging fantasy-inspired photo sessions, or refreshing my space with cozy, antique touches. I love creating environments that feel warm, organic, and alive, places where creativity can bloom as naturally as wildflowers. I share my days with my feline companions, Sage and Rosemary, often accompanied by classical music or something curious and historical murmuring in the background.
Shaped by life on two continents — Brazil and Canada — and by the stories shared with me, my work carries a sense of whimsy, delicacy, and devotion to the natural world. Everything I create is meant to feel personal, intentional, and quietly enchanted.
My Story
I began my journey in the vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a simple neighbourhood tucked away in the suburbs. From a very young age, I found my refuge in drawing, talking to fairies in the backyard, observing the world closely, and expressing myself through art. Growing up, connection and communication didn’t come easily to me, and for a long time, I believed that something about me was “wrong.”
As life unfolded, I was first diagnosed with ADHD, and later, as an adult, I received an autism diagnosis too. That understanding reshaped everything. What I once experienced as limitations revealed themselves to be the very qualities that make me who I am. My deep attention to detail, my ability to enter states of hyperfocus, and my heightened sensitivity to sound, touch, and smell are now the foundations of my creative work. They allow me to notice subtleties, work with care, and create with presence and intention.
Nature has always been my sanctuary. I find peace in watching birds through my window, smelling flowers along quiet paths, or witnessing snow fall on a still morning. I am not drawn to busy environments or constant social exchange; instead, I thrive in slow, meaningful connections and intimate conversations. When I feel safe and grounded, words — like images — begin to flow.
Tattooing became the opportunity that allowed me to fully step into my life as an artist. It offered not only a space for deep human connection but also the financial structure and stability that made sustained creative exploration possible. Through tattooing, I learned discipline, presence, responsibility and gained the freedom to expand beyond a single medium.
As my practice grew, so did my need to explore art outside the body. My creativity longed for texture, object-making, storytelling, and ritual, for forms that could be held, lived with, and revisited over time. From this expansion, Flora Fiora was born.
Flora Fiora is an extension of my inner landscape, a space where art exists as objects, illustrations, textiles, scents and small treasures rooted in nature and quiet magic. The name itself carries meaning: Flora speaks to plants, growth, and the living world; Fiora evokes flowering, softness, and cyclical transformation. Together, Flora Fiora represents devotion to nature’s poetry and the slow unfolding of creative life.
My artistic path has been shaped by lifelong learning. I am largely self-taught, with over 20 years of independent practice, alongside formal studies later on in Fashion Design, International Business, and explorations in animation, art history, and fine arts. I have never stayed within a single discipline; my work lives in the spaces between, where materials, ideas, and stories intersect.
Today, my practice moves fluidly between tattooing, multimedia art, object-making, and education. I am passionate about creativity, neurodivergence, and helping others reconnect with art as a living, accessible language. Now writing gives me the space to express what can be difficult to say aloud — and this story, like my work, continues to grow.
