I am an illustrator and artist working with various techniques, often mixing mediums, in search of 'the unknowable thing' which makes pictures so alive. My best works originate from the heart. I try to infuse images with a sense of energy and emotions.
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In 2024, I founded Nani Ma Studio, a label for my handmade wearable art. The label honours the strength, wisdom and love shared and passed down through the women in my family.
I was one of the three Indian women comics creators named amongst 100 women making comics across the world, curated by Paul Gravett and Olivia Ahmed in 2016.
My work has been exhibited at House of Illustration, London in 2016, Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany in 2017 and Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics, Barbican London in 2018.
Write to me at reshus91@gmail.com for enquires.
PUBLISHED and COLLECTED 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 • Nrityagram
A week long residency for a collaboration by sixteen Indian and German artists culminating into 13th edition of Spring Magazin
2025 • Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park/Mehrangarh Museum Trust
an intensive week long Botanical Art Workshop spent studying and painting the local flora
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 • Nrityagram
A week long residency for a collaboration by sixteen Indian and German artists culminating into 13th edition of Spring Magazin
2025 • Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park/Mehrangarh Museum Trust
an intensive week long Botanical Art Workshop spent studying and painting the local flora