AT A GLANCE
Shubhshree Mathur
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OVERVIEW
Shubhshree Mathur is a tea lover, bibliophile, and a houseplant. Apart from that she is also a versatile creative professional with a rich and diverse portfolio encompassing 10 years of writing, illustration, curation, branding, research, and teaching. She has had the privilege of working on numerous projects for children’s publishing houses, such as Room to Read, Pratham Books, Mango Books DC, and Eklavya Pitara, among others. Her editorial artworks have graced the pages of magazines like Pluto, Chakmak, Champak, and Travel Links. Her artistic inspiration thrives on surroundings and experiences, as well as her strong connection to her family.
Some of her creative endeavors include her complete written and illustrated poetry and prose published with The Alipore Post, Nivala.co, The Blahcksheep, and Karuna Stories anthology.
With a Masters in Design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Mumbai, and a B.A. Honors in Fashion Design from Pearl Academy of Fashion, Nottingham Trent University, Jaipur, Shubhshree brings a multidisciplinary approach to her work. Her academic background is further enriched by a bachelor’s degree in English Literature, Economics, and Sociology from Kota University.
Shubhshree is also an experienced educator, currently serving her 5th year as Faculty in Information Arts and Design Practices at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Bangalore. She has held a teaching position for 3 years at Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune, where she shared her expertise in fashion and communication.
EDUCATION
Masters in Design (Design Research, Publication Design) (2014-16) National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Mumbai ; Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Economic, Sociology (2010-14) Kota University, Kota ; B.A. Honours in Fashion Design (2009-13) Pearl Academy of Fashion, Nottingham Trent University, Jaipur
WORK EXPERIENCE
Working with healthcare sector past 14 years
INTEREST AREAS
Visual Storytelling, Narrative and Autoethnographic Research, Picture books
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
During the 5years of working at SMI (including SI) modules and studios facilitated by Shubhshree, have been in the realms of narratives, illustration, storytelling and communication design. These have been taught across UG 2nd and 3rd year. Graduation thesis projects with outputs like publication, films, animation, artistic installations, packaging and branding were also mentored by her. These projects ranged from client driven briefs like free legal aid to significant autoethnographic proposals around parenting, body image, gender etc. Some of studios facilitated are Narrative Intersections, Communication for change, Information and Storytelling, Mixed-Media Narratives, Craft to Evoke, Narratives for Self, Future Climate- Neighborhood Studies etc.
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
1&2-The student envisaged her changing neighbourhood as herself ageing in spirit with brick and mortar and mapped the transitions from memory and experiences in the form of diary entries and changing the visual narrative.
3&4- The student collected images and data on trash in her street and designed an alphabet book using the type /text from the same trash. Does it inform the amount of trash, the english alphabet or the future of the street?
5&6- Two narratives about 2 girls living in different parts of our country having different family dynamics and their relationship with life in general.
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
Curator
-Analogue Dialogue, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Curatorial services for a photography collection of 365 polaroids.
-Feline Journey 2017, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Curatorial services for a photography collection of 365 photographs.
Illustrator
Bubbleworks by Arthi
Commissioned 4 picture books.
Creative Consultant
Araayeh Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad
Branding, Identity, Content
Book Designer
SNDt Women’s University (Dept. of Human Development), Mumbai
Commissioned a set of twelve learning books for early learners.
Creative Consultant
STUDIO 205- Outside school learning centre for kids, Jaipur
Storytelling artefacts and visual grammer for learning aid materials.
Picture Books
Room to Read, India
“Kisne Uthai”, (Under production)
“Dadi ki Choodiyaan”
“Aurko’s Museum Adventure”, (Under production)
Mango Books DC, India “A Girl who loves Poems”,
Pratham Books
“A Song in Space: Kesarbai Kerkar” “What house should I build?”
“Daal ka Dana”
Eklavya Pitara, “Listen to Appa”
Dojo Panda pvt. ltd. “Tumble Bang Thud”
Karadi Tales “Manolita”
Editorial Artworks
-Pluto magazine, Ektara Foundation
-Chakmak magazine, Eklavya Pitara
-Champak comic, Delhi Press
-Travel Links magazine
-Gaysi Family
-”Then and Now”comic, Junior Imprint newspaper
Writing
The Blahcksheep- Prose and Poetry “The Harvest”, Poetry
“ Abouts and Doubts- A 4-part essay series
“ Rezgar i”, “Akela”, “Clip” (Hindi poetry)
“Takiya” (Hindi poetry) -Gaysi Family
“Keys” (Poetry)
Anthology: Poetry India “Voyages of Hope and Healing” by Poetry Society of India -The Poetry Society India (Print)
Complete Works
“Hadda” in Memories on Plate
-Nivaala.Co amd The Alipore Post
“Keep Going!” (series of artworks)
-The Alipore Post
“Besharmi” (visual narrative) & “Mutthmaila” (visual narrative)
-Karuna Stories Anthology
