Priya Pereira
Born1967 (1967)
NationalityIndian
Other namesPixie
Known forbook artist
Websitewww.pixiebks.com

Priya Pereira (b. 1967) is an Indian artist and co-founder of Pixie Bks in Mumbai, India. She has been described as "India's only book artist".[1][2]

Pereira studied at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.[3] In 1993 she co-founded Pixie Bks along with Tony Pereira to publish the books.[3]

Her work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the Victoria and Albert Museum,[5] as well as the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[6]

In 2016 the National Museum of Women in the Arts held an exhibition of her work entitled Priya Pereira: Contemporary Books From India at their library.[3][7] In 2018 Pereira presented a TEDx talk entitled "Don't go by the book".[8] She is on the International Council of the Center for Book Arts in New York.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "India's only book artist Priya Pereira on creating an art form that skirts the line between publishing and art". DNA India. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Meet India's only "book artist"". The Hindu. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wordplay and Whimsy: Priya Pereira's Book Art". NMWA. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. ↑ "Double crossing a river / [by] Priya Pereira | Pereira, Priya". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Priya Pereira". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Heller, Steven (27 June 2016). "Pixie Bks Brighten a Dreary Washington, DC". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Don't go by the book. | Priya Pereira". TEDxDSBInternationalSchool. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "About". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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