Ilga Leimanis is a Peckham-based visual artist, with an interest in collaboration: she is one-half of the drawing duo Ortelius Drew, as well as working with architect Bidisha Sinha as Architecture of Conversation, and she is a member of the artist-run gallery Five Years.

Ilga teaches drawing and research-based process short courses at Central Saint Martins and also runs various drawing workshops at architecture offices and at University of the Arts London. In addition to teaching drawing, Ilga is a published writer, researcher and founder of Drawn in London, a monthly London location drawing group.