Janine Shroff

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Janine Shroff (born 1983) is a London-based artist and illustrator of Indian origin. Her work explores themes of sexuality, identity, and the environment.

Life[edit]

Janine Shroff was born in Mumbai, India, where she studied at St. Xavier's College. She is currently based in London.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Shroff's techniques include the use of hybrid media, combining hand-drawn art with digital expressions.[3] She uses nude figures to illustrate themes of identity, sexuality, and the environment.[4] Her work has featured in Elle Decor India, where she designed their 250th cover issue, as well as for an issue in November 2015 that celebrated the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland.[5][6] She has also created illustrations, posters, and designs for Cosmopolitan India, Stella Artois, and the movie, In the Mood for Love, about queer lives in India.[7]

In 2017, Shroff was one of the founders and early members of the Kadak Collective, a collaborative art project between eight South Asian women artists.[8] She also collaborates with Kulture Shop, a Mumbai-based design and art collective shop featuring work from 90 Indian artists.[8][9] For Kadak Collective, Shroff created a zine titled 'Everything Drag' as well as 'The Queen', a feminist horror comic exploring themes of motherhood.[10]

In 2017, Shroff, along with six other artists, created an exhibit titled 'Saptan Stories'.[1] The project was established with support from the British Council in India, as part of their UK-India Year of Culture 2017 event.[11] The project was a collaboration between the public and the artists, with the text being selected from submitted entries, and then illustrated by the artists.[11][12][13][14]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Born In Mumbai, Raised In London, Janine Shroff Talks About How Life Influences Her Art". Youth Ki Awaaz. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  2. "Astray - Janine Shroff". Astray. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  3. Wigan, Mark (2006-12-20). Basics Illustration 01: Thinking Visually. AVA Publishing. ISBN 978-2-940373-15-4.
  4. Wigan, Mark (2009-11-09). Basics Illustration 04: Global Contexts. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-2-940439-36-2.
  5. "Meet the illustrator transformed ELLE's 250th issue cover into a comic book". Elle India. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  6. "5 Indian artists re-imagine Alice's Adventures In Wonderland". Elle India. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  7. "Projects". JANINE SHROFF. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Sexual identity is a key theme in Janine Shroff's work". femina.in. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  9. Bhattacharya, Ananya. "For this art shop in India, the offline is crucial to online". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  10. "Why The Women From Kadak Collective Are Not Your Regular Cup Of Tea | Verve Magazine". www.vervemagazine.in. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Chaudhuri, Zinnia Ray. "Seven illustrators and hundreds of writers are crafting this story one line at a time". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  12. "Saptan Stories". British Council. Retrieved 2021-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "A song of art and words: Country's first ever digital art project bring together artists from India and UK". The Financial Express. 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  14. August 12, Srijani Ganguly/Mail Today; August 12, 2017UPDATED; Ist, 2017 14:07. "Decide the fate of an illustrated story by voting online for the next chapter". India Today. Retrieved 2021-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)