About me

UPASANA (HE/THEY) IS A TRANS ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST BASED OUT OF GOA, INDIA. HIS WORK EXPLORES IDENTITY AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES BY USING A VISUAL REMNANT OR EVIDENCE OF THE CONTEXTS HE WORKS WITH. HE IS ESPECIALLY DRAWN TOWARDS PATTERNS WHICH TO THEM COMMUNICATES COMPLEX TRUTHS ABOUT THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
HE HAS WORKED WITH ORGANISATIONS LIKE UNESCO, UNGEI, GATES PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, AWID, ASIA PACIFIC TRANSGENDER NETWORK, POINT OF VIEW AND OTHERS. HE ILLUSTRATED SKIN STORIES, AN ONLINE ZINE ABOUT SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY, FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND HIS WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN A BOOK BY THE SAME NAME. APART FROM THIS HE HAS ALSO ILLUSTRATED 31 ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE: WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN INDIA BY PENGUIN INDIA. HE HAS ALSO EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN VILLA MAGDALENA, HAMBURG.
HE IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF THE QUEER TRANS COLLECTIVE, AMRA ODBHUTH WHICH HAS IT'S HEADQUARTERS IN KOLKATA, INDIA.

EXHBITIONS

2023
SHAPSHIFTING
VILLA MAGDALENA .V, HAMBURG
2021
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
AWID
PUBLICATIONS

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2019
31 FANTASTIC ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE:
WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN INDIA

ANTHOLOGIES

2020
BYSTANDER, KADAK COLLECTIVE
2019
SKIN STORIES, POINT OF VIEW
READ MORE ABOUT HIS WORK IN:
HOMEGROWN
NEWS MINUTE
DECCAN HERALD
AWID
TARSHI
SCROLL
DNA INDIA
FEMINA

Skills

2D Animation, Branding, Illustration, Visual Layout

Sector Experience

Animation, Arts, Fine Art, Painting & Sculpture