Kaveri Gopalakrishnan

Kaveri Gopalakrishnan
Kaveri Gopalakrishnan
Born	1988 (age 35–36)
Nationality	Indian
Area(s)	Illustrator, Comic Maker, Art Director

Kaveri Gopalakrishnan is an Indian independent comics maker, illustrator, and art director based in Sydney, Australia. She is most notable for her interactive illustration "On The Roof" that was featured in the Women's Day 2018 Google Doodle. The illustration depicts Kaveri's love for reading.^[1] She was one among 12 female artists featured by Google to celebrate international women's day 2018.^[2]

Career

Kaveri has been writing and drawing stories since she was a child. She completed her undergraduate degree in Animation Film Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India in 2012 and a research-focused Master of Design from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 2020.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Kaveri began freelancing as an illustrator for publishing houses. She has contributed illustrations to various organizations such as Chumbak, Pratham Books, GE Healthcare, Scholastic, Instagram, Facebook,and TedX. Her work can be seen in the following publications: The Best House of All, Two, Instaa Gyaan, Before You Step Out. She also designed a mobile-comic on the Indian movie Dangal (2016).^{[citation needed]}

She is a co-founder of Urbanlore in collaboration with Aarthi Parthasarathy, founding member of international collective Kadak Collective, art director for a series of educational picture books for Pratham Books StoryWeaver and works as a freelance comic artist on socio-political, educational and mental health themes.^[3]^[4]

Exhibitions

2018 Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics, Barbican London
2017 Internationaler Comic-Salon Erlangen, Germany
2017 Delhi Comic Arts Festival, New Delhi
2016 Comic Creatix: 100 Women Making Comics at House of Illustration, London
2016 East London Comic and Arts Festival, London
2015 Legend of the Drawing Board, Puma Social Club
2014 Galleries, New York City

References

^ "12 Women Share Empowering Stories for International Women's Day on Google Doodle". Billboard. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Did You Know There Are A Young Indian Artist's Sketches In Today's Women's Day Google Doodle?". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Kaveri Gopalakrishnan on the joys of illustration". femina.in. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "Urbanlore, a new webcomic series traces a changing urban India". The Indian Express. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links

Profile on Behance
Interview in Femina
Personal website
Interview by Facebook's India team
Artist presentation at Delhi Comic Art Festival Archived 4 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "12 Women Share Empowering Stories for International Women's Day on Google Doodle". Billboard. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[2] "Did You Know There Are A Young Indian Artist's Sketches In Today's Women's Day Google Doodle?". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[3] "Kaveri Gopalakrishnan on the joys of illustration". femina.in. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[4] "Urbanlore, a new webcomic series traces a changing urban India". The Indian Express. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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