Reshu Singh is an artist and illustrator based in India, with work rooted in drawing, mark-making, and storytelling. She draws inspiration from her surroundings, nature, and human inner - interpersonal worlds.
She studied Applied Art at College of Art, New Delhi. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer/illustrator at Turmeric Design, where she developed visual language and identity systems for restaurants and hospitality brands.
Since 2016, she has been working independently and in collaboration on various illustration and art projects.
She makes comics, draws in her sketchbook, sometimes writes poems, embroiders and paints on fabric. She has a keen interest in feminism, music, philosophy, poetry, science and art of everything from handmade ceramic toys to clothing to paper cutting, collages and hand-poked tattoos.
CONTACT
You can write to me at reshus91@gmail.com for enquiries.
Follow updates from me on instagram.
She studied Applied Art at College of Art, New Delhi. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer/illustrator at Turmeric Design, where she developed visual language and identity systems for restaurants and hospitality brands.
Since 2016, she has been working independently and in collaboration on various illustration and art projects.
She makes comics, draws in her sketchbook, sometimes writes poems, embroiders and paints on fabric. She has a keen interest in feminism, music, philosophy, poetry, science and art of everything from handmade ceramic toys to clothing to paper cutting, collages and hand-poked tattoos.
CONTACT
You can write to me at reshus91@gmail.com for enquiries.
Follow updates from me on instagram.
PUBLISHED SHORT COMICS
The Photo / Bena in the Bend in Drawing the line, Zubaan Books, 2015
Short story tracing a mother-daughter relationship, examining interpersonal conflicts and notions of identity
Looking Up in Spring #13 The Elephant in the Room, mairisch Verlag, 2016
Short story set in my childhood about my grandmother, exploring aspects of role model worshiping
PICTURE BOOKS
Bounce! written by CG Salamander, Pratham Books, 2017
I want a Pet written by Arundhati Venkatesh, Duckbill Books, 2022
Eat your Peas written by Nicole Forrest & Mary Serenc, Firefly Education Australia, 2022
The Tortoiseshell Beetle written by Yuvan Aves, Pratham Books, 2024
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS
100 Women Making Comics / Comix Creatrix at House of Illustration, London (2016)
Rising India at 17th Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany (2016)
RESIDENCIES
2014 • Sanskriti Foundation
A week long workshop culminating into an all women comics anthology, facilitated by Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan
2016 • Sangam House
Two weeks long residency and workshop for a collaboration by sixteen Indian and German artists culminating into 13th edition of Spring Magazin
The Photo / Bena in the Bend in Drawing the line, Zubaan Books, 2015
Short story tracing a mother-daughter relationship, examining interpersonal conflicts and notions of identity
Looking Up in Spring #13 The Elephant in the Room, mairisch Verlag, 2016
Short story set in my childhood about my grandmother, exploring aspects of role model worshiping
PICTURE BOOKS
Bounce! written by CG Salamander, Pratham Books, 2017
I want a Pet written by Arundhati Venkatesh, Duckbill Books, 2022
Eat your Peas written by Nicole Forrest & Mary Serenc, Firefly Education Australia, 2022
The Tortoiseshell Beetle written by Yuvan Aves, Pratham Books, 2024
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS
100 Women Making Comics / Comix Creatrix at House of Illustration, London (2016)
Rising India at 17th Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany (2016)
RESIDENCIES
2014 • Sanskriti Foundation
A week long workshop culminating into an all women comics anthology, facilitated by Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan
2016 • Sangam House
Two weeks long residency and workshop for a collaboration by sixteen Indian and German artists culminating into 13th edition of Spring Magazin