Taarika John

Cochin born Taarika John is a compulsive reader and artist, and has been one from a very young age. As a child , she often had her fingers covered in paint, or her nose buried in a book. As an adult, nothing has changed, she says. 

"I love illustration and I am a chatterbox. I like to make people laugh. In social situations, I am often identified as a "story teller." "

I absolutely love her 'Kerela Alphabet' , that hits home (with me being a Malayali). Pretty endearing.

Harikrishnan Panicker

Harikrishnan Panicker is a Denver based Digital Artist originally from Mumbai. Although his area of expertise is graphic art, his backlit paper sculptures speak of a precision that belie a digital artist. This nimble fingered dreamer draws his inspiration from his father and wife , who are both captivating storytellers. His pieces are created and executed to the soothing sounds of sufi music.

Of his work he says,"I think I make really fresh and interesting pieces of art. I have a digital art background and my earlier days were mostly working on the computer, My wife Deepti is the exact opposite, she hates using the computer to make art. She is the rebel, the explorer and I think that has definitely influenced how I work. We discovered working with paper and we kept evolving with the art. Its more tactile, handmade, has this raw quality to the art. We love the feel of paper. I personally like to be minimal with the art, and add that extra layer of complexity with use the lights. It has a lot of love, care and hard work in it and It makes someone looking at it happy ". Follow him on Thumbdemon

Tanvi Arora

Tanvi Arora is a Fashion Jewellery student of London College of Fashion. 

She was inspired by the colourful eccentricities of the circus. 

"“Cirque de Folie” or The Circus of Madness, takes you to a world of drama, mystic and magic.

From playful rabbits to fierce lions, this hand crafted collection of sunglasses are made up of different materials like 18k gold plated Silver, Acrylic, Enamel & Acetate.

The colours used are vibrant blues, pinks, reds, with gold and rose gold."

Maheswari Janarthan

Take a gander at the whimsical renderings of the very talented, Chennai based Maheswari Janarthan. It will transport you to  the artists own little wonderland of myth and beauty. Janarthan's pieces explore  the grandiose of the cosmos and the introspective self while staying true to her simplistic and layered illustrative style. Explore more at Little one's doodles.

Kirath Ghundoo

Kirath Ghundoo is a surface designer based out of Northern England. She launched her first wallpaper collection, 'Mix n Match 11' at 100% Design, a design conference, last september. Kirath graduated from Leeds College of Art in 2006 with a 1st Class BA (Hons) in surface pattern and textile design. In January 2011 she went on to graduate from Huddersfield University with an MA in Textiles, scoring a distinction.

Kirath primarily works within a digital format.The wallpaper is a juxtaposition of mercurial pastel hued geometric prints that can be mixed and matched, making it eclectic in styling. The rolls are designed to be applied in a 'drop, cut, paste' technique that make it more sustainable , while limiting wastage. An element of surprise is added in how they can be combined, making it schizo fabulous.

Kirath also designs fashion fabrics, iPhone sleeves , magazines and lampshades to name a few. Her collections are represented worldwide through a number of stockists in Paris, Germany and New Zealand. 

Rajni Perera

Rajini Perera's paintings focus intensely on the female body's form, drawing heavily from south asian miniature painting traditions and combining them with the strange and psychedelic. Her foray into visual psychotropia is embellished with indian goddesses eschewed from their ornate backdrops and pitted against stark white frames, while riding on dinosaurs. In another of her works, a voluptuous brown woman adorned in golden panties has her innards on display as her layers are literally peeled back like that of a Russian doll.

Sri lankan born Rajni Perera, is Toronto based. Her Art explores issues of hybridity, sacrilege, irreverence, Indexical sciences and ethnography, sexuality, popular culture, deities and monsters. She says they are, "Intensely labored and immaculately conceived. Spiritual and whimsical, a pooja and a porno at the same time." 

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