Group Exhibitions
2025 Taramandal, ArtReach Fundraiser show at Ojas Art Gallery, New Delhi 2025, August
2025 Fumetto Tandem Comic Art Residency Show 2025, April
2024 All Together Now, India International Centre, New Delhi, India
2023 Toulouse S’Illustre, Gallérie Bouquières, Toulouse, France
2023 Summer Somethings, Pulp Society, New Delhi, India
2022 Studio Open Day at InCube FICA Art Residency, New Delhi, India
2022 Indie Comics Festival, Goethe Institute, New Delhi, India
2022 ‘Sanaa Festival’Kerry Packer Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
2019 ‘Mytholithics; Graphic art from India’ Fumetto, Lucerne, Switzerland
2016 ‘A Becoming Resemblance’ Fridman Gallery, New York, USA
2010 ‘Posters on Climate Change’ Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Grants and Residencies
2025 Pro Helvetia – Fumetto Tandem Art Residency Grant, Switzerland
2022 InCube Artist in Residence at FICA, New Delhi
2022 ArtReach KNMA Teaching Fellowship
2017 Thoughtworks Arts Residency (Collaboration with Artist in residence)
Published Comics, Illustrated Stories & Essays
2014 ‘Miss Moth’ Papercuts, Print Edition
2014 Sketches featured in the JaggeryLit online magazine
2015 ‘Black Panther & Little Fish’ The Indian Quarterly, Print Edition
2016 ’Suppressed Images’ The New Enquiry
2016 ‘Siren Calls’ The Indian Quarterly, Print Edition
2016 ’Sketches: JNU’s March for India’ Daily O
2017 ‘A Clutter of Perceptions’, The Indian Quarterly, Print Edition
2017 ‘On Chelsea Manning’s many Portraits’ Guftugu
2018 ‘Are We Dead’ The Indian Quarterly, Print Edition
2019 ‘Deep Dive’ The Indian Quarterly, Print Edition
2019 ‘What Science can show you about Culture’ Indian Cultural Forum
2020 The Quarantine Diaries, Scroll.in
2020 The Public Distribution System and Biometrics in India
2020 How Changed Consumption Habits Can Protect Planetary Boundaries
2022 Self Published Zines for Indie Comics Festival, Goethe Institute
2023 Self Published Zine as part of the InCube FICA Art Residency
Education
Mirambika School (1994) and Rishi Valley School (ISC 1998)
Bachelor of Philosophy, St Stephens College, Delhi University (2001)
Intermediate Japanese Language, Soka University, Tokyo (2002)
Master of Design, University of New South Wales, Sydney (2006)
Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, Painting (2015)
Teaching Experience
2025 Art Workshop at Neubad, Lucerne, during the Fumetto Tandem Art Residency
2024 Comic Making Workshop for Goethe Institute, Calcutta
2024 Comic Making Workshop for Goethe Institute, Colombo
2023 Comic making workshop for Makers May, Serendipity Arts Foundation, New Delhi
2022 Art Reach KNMA Teaching Fellowship, a series of ten workshops for Rainbow Homes, New Delhi
Shoili has also taught a semester long design course at The School of Planning and Architecture; Conducted sequential art workshops Pearl Academy of Design / Ashoka University / Katha Publications / Mirambika School.
Graphic Design Experience
Shoili has worked as a professional graphics and communication designer for many years, both at boutique design agencies, and at large firms, and also as an independant design consultant. She has worked in the areas of branding and identity design, logo mark creation, editorial design, UX design, poster and book cover design, illustration, information graphics, and much more.
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