ABOUT

“The ends of my stories are the beginning of the reader’s,” shares illustrator and author Krisha Tamrakar. She enjoys it when her stories, spun out of her own experiences, emotions and observations fish stories out of the readers’ memories. The possibility of these exciting and comforting connections and invisible meeting points drives her to continue creating stories. She has been making picture books of her own, as well as in collaboration with various organizations and publications.

Some of her authorial illustrated books are:

Hearts on our sleeves, comic collection vol. I, created during the project I for illustrators by six artists.

Snooze, published by Pratham Books.

Yomari, published by Kathalaya.

I wish I could Fly published by Kathalaya.

A few examples of the books she has illustrated include:

Pema and the Stolen Statue from Dolpa written and published boy Emiline Smith,

Bhaktapur ko Indrajatra written by Rownika Shrestha published by Baakhan Nyanewaa,

Araaya’s Fables written and published by Nirvana Chaudhary,

Nyaku Baja ra Gunla written by Rownika Shrestha published by Baakhan Nyanewaa,

Ek Bitte written by Krishna Raj Sarbahari published online on Let’s Read, published by The Asia foundation,

Aadi ko Khali Dimag written by Krishnadip Sigdel published by Shangrilla,

Sushmita and Romit to the dentist, written by Anita Lenaerts published by Kathalaya.

Krisha is also a co-director and a graphic designer at Artudio, Center for Visual Arts where she is involved in various curatorial art & education projects. Currently she has been leading a book making project encouraging young people to create picture books as initiated by Artudio.