
ABOUT
Tanaya is an illustrator, motion designer, researcher and educator.
She studied animation at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, and has received her MA in Visual Communication at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) UK.
Professionally she has worked with notable publishing houses and collaborated with organisations such as the World Wildlife Fund to create mix-media animated films, attended the SVA Illustration Residency in New York and taught visual art and design. She has also illustrated tactile graphics and children's books for inclusive education and her work has been exhibited in New York, Singapore and France.
Select clients:
WWF-India, Tulika Publishers, HarperCollins India, Pratham Books, Tata Interactive Systems, Scholastic India, Karadi Tales, Covent Gardener Magazine London and more...
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Speaker at AFCC Singapore
2019
Personal Journeys, Stranger Worlds, New Perspectives: Illustrating Children’s Non-fiction in India
Artist Book Exhibition
2017
Exhibited my book 'Reflections of the Forest' at All Inked Up: artist books symposium, exhibition and print fair curated by Rob McDonald at UCA Herbert Read Gallery, UK.
Book Illustrators Gallery Exhibition, AFCC Singapore
2017
Illustrations from my book 'Kasturba' published by Tulika Publishers (India) exhibited at the Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC), Singapore
National Tactile Book Prize
2013
Tactile graphic book 'Bo, Messy and Shampoo' created for visually impaired children won the National Tactile Book Competition India. The book was selected in the judge's best category of 'Typhlo & Tactus' France 2013.
Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship
2009
Awarded on merit for the student work produced during the first year of graduate study at the National Institute of Design, India
INTERVIEWS
GETLITT | Jan 27, 2020
https://www.getlitt.co/blog/five-mins-with-childrens-book-illustrator-tanaya-vyas/
STARTUPSGEEK | Aug 29, 2018
HINDUSTAN TIMES | Jul 16, 2014
https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/loving-it-sketchy/story-CW4UV1tRWcJymH7Gv7bh0O.html