Ishara Jayathilake was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1991. Ishara graduated with a BA (Hons) degree (1st class Honors) in Fashion Design from Northumbria University, United Kingdom having completed a course of study from 2011 to 2014 at the Academy of Design (AOD) International Campus in Sri Lanka receiving the Northumbria scholarship award in 2013-2014. 

She showcased her Bachelor's collection in London graduate fashion week international catwalk in 2015.

Ishara moved to Oslo in 2017 to pursue her Master's degree in Fashion Design at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She lived in Oslo, achieving an MA degree in fashion and costume designing, gaining a few art & design and industry experiences.

Ishara's Masters project 'East meets West' was nominated to the annual 'Designers’ Nest Award Show' 2020 in Copenhagen showcasing the best fashion graduates from the Nordic design school in January 2020.

Furthermore, she was awarded as one of the five recipients of the exhibition award in collaboration with Design Museum Denmark at the Designer’s Nest award show. She exhibited an installation about 'colonialism' at the 'Absent Bodies' exhibition in Design museum Denmark (2020)and at the 'Future Nordic Fashion' exhibition curated by the museum Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde in Stockholm, Sweden. 

Ishara is the founder of EIGENBRÖTLER based in Norway and continues on her creation as a garment designer and visual artist based on focused research of ethical fashion. She is strongly influenced by art and craft