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Artist Found- Manuja Waldia


I found her works back in 2017 through Google doodle of Begum Akhtar’s 103rd Birthday.


India born, Manuja Waldia currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Waldia transferred from the fashion communication program at National Institute of Fashion Technology, in New Delhi, to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in Wisconsin. In 2014, she graduated with a BFA in Communication Design.

Her work focuses on female empowerment and sisterhood. Manuja’s personal illustrations are filled with elegant figures who clearly understand the meaning of feminism.

You will find her work and various articles here.
Website- http://www.manujawaldia.com/
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/manujawaldia
Interviews and articles-
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/manuja-waldia-illustration-040418
http://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/discovering-the-many-facets-of-graphic-designer-manjula-waldias-personality
https://illustratorslounge.com/editorial/manuja-waldia
https://medium.com/ladyparts/manuja-waldia-because-why-the-hell-not-12d521f7b33d

Key Takeaways- I like the vibrant use of colours and the influence of Persian and Indian miniature painting.  Her art is diverse, each project unlike the next.

I particularly love her vector illustrations made up of simple shapes and repeating lines. This style she started exploring as a part of Daily Icon project back in 2013, over her Tumblr account as a part of personal project. It caught the eye of Paul Buckley, creative director of Penguin Classics. This got her to work on book cover of Penguin Random House’s Shakespeare series.
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