Priyanka Kumar

Priyanka is an illustrator and printmaker from Kolkata, eastern India. Her work spans comics, artist books, risograph and silkscreen printing, and murals. She has an MFA in Illustration Practice from MICA, and an MA in Art History from JNU, New Delhi. She currently teaches risograph printmaking and visual narrative in MICA's undergraduate Illustration program, and art directs for two independent publishing projects: Anchovy Press, and South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG).

 

Priyanka’s graphic stories and comics have featured in multiple anthologies, including the Ignatz-nominated "Bystander: Stories, Observations and Witnessings from South Asia", "First Hand: Graphic Non-Fiction From India" and "Drawing the Line". Her mural work can be found in cities across the USA, India, and southeast Asia, including commissions for Artscape and Brush Mural Fest in Baltimore.

 

Priyanka is also an illustration researcher with a keen interest in south Asian illustration and illustration pedagogy. She has presented her research at the Blind Spots Illustration Research Symposium (2023), and Prisms: The Education Symposium at ICON: The Illustration Conference (2024). She is currently working on a chapter for the anthology "Turn The Page: A Monograph on Indian Comics" (Zubaan Books, 2027/28).

Direct Angle Press Risograph Residency (2026)

Chroma Artist Residency (2026)