Lynda Ashaw (b. 1987, New York) is a Puerto Rican artist, educator, and art historian whose work explores memory, migration, and the construction of home. Through a practice she affectionately calls "Myopian Arte", Ashaw renders blurred, emotionally resonant imagery, echoing both her nearsightedness and her personal lens as a mother, wife, and cultural archivist.

Ashaw holds a B.A. in Art History from CUNY Queens College (2012), where her studies began with classical traditions before turning toward the silences she noticed in the canon;  Afro-Caribbean, Latin American, and diasporic narratives. This absence fueled her mission to research, remember, and render the beauty and complexity of her heritage through painting.

For over a decade, Ashaw lived a nomadic life as the spouse of an active-duty soldier, raising three children and making art in every place they called home: Virginia, Colorado, Germany, Georgia, and now Puerto Rico. Across continents, she created memory works; commissions, murals, educational programs, and ephemeral pieces that documented local textures, women’s stories, and generational connections.

Her recent work 'Better Than Yesterday', is a living collection of paintings, prints, and visual essays that reflect on Boricua identity, domestic ritual, and spiritual survival. Her art is storytelling in layers: scent, language, brushstroke, and breath.

Ashaw is the creator of Quién Es, a digital series spotlighting underrepresented Latinx artists and cultural figures, and The Art Tip Jar, where she shares practical tools for new painters and homeschoolers alike. Her hybrid role as both artist and educator continues to bridge contemporary practice with ancestral reverence.

She lives and works in Puerto Rico.