Hello! I’m Antara, a Bangalore based illustrator and designer. There are many wonderful things that inspire me to create, but history, animals and sarcastic humour are my mainstays. I primarily draw inspiration from vintage illustration techniques, with their layered, screen-print like aesthetic. I use a mix of Risograph printing and digital editing to achieve a similar visual style.
My work won Third Prize in the Macmillan Prize For Illustration 2024, and made it as a finalist in the Bologna Illustrator’s Exhibition 2024.
When I’m not making books, you can find me crocheting furiously, moodily plucking away at a guitar, collecting rock records, and learning Odissi classical dance.
For all children's book and publishing related enquiries, please contact Eve Adler (eve@redfoxliterary.com) at Red Fox Literary.
For all other enquiries, feel free to drop me an email at antara.illustration@gmail.com.
Education
MA Children’s Book Illustration, Anglia Ruskin University
2022-2024
BDes Visual Communication and Strategic Branding, Srishti Manipal Institute
2015-2019
Awards and Recognitions
iJungle Illustration Awards, 2025
Merit Award
Picture Hooks Mentorship Programme Mentee, 2025
Mentored by Sara Ogilvie
dPICTUS Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 6, 2024
Shortlisted
FAB Prize for Illustration, 2024
Commended
Macmillan Prize for Illustration, 2024
Third prize
Bologna Illustrator’s Exhibition, 2024
Finalist
Macmillan Prize for Illustration, 2023
Highly Commended
Typoday International Poster Competition, 2019
Winner
Exhibitions
Picture Hooks Emerging Illustrator Exhibition, November 2025
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
dPICTUS Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 6, April 2025
dPictus stand, Bologna
Bologna Children's Book Fair, April 2025
Cambridge School of Art stand, Bologna
Bologna Children's Book Fair, April 2024
Cambridge School of Art stand, Bologna
MA Children's Book Illustration Graduation show, February 2024
Candid Arts Trust Gallery, London
"Art Against Spectacle" (Srishti Manipal University Graduation show), September 2019
Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bengaluru
Books
Unknown Heroes of India’s Freedom Struggle - P.Sainath and 16 Indian Illustrators
Tulika Books