Reya is a visual artist and illustrator based in London.

Her practice explores the intersections of South-Asian aesthetics and her Bengali cultural heritage, using storytelling as a means to navigate identity, memory, and belonging. Drawing from South-Asian visual traditions, Reya engages with colour, patterns, printmaking, and symbolic forms, reimagining these elements through a conscious stylisation and an evolving methodology. In doing so, she attempts to uncover global cultural linkages, positioning her work within a broader conversation about heritage, transformation, and the contemporary nature of cultural identity.

Over the past five years, she has worked with several publishers, creative agencies, and cultural institutions and has been featured in international exhibitions.

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EXHIBITIONS (CURRENT & UPCOMING)

2025 Zine Mela, Group Exhibition and Art Market, WIP Space Studios, London

2025 Stories of Home, Group Exhibition & Art Fair, Northern Festival of Illustration, Hartlepool Gallery, UK

(PAST)

2023-2024 I Said Fruit Salad, Hypha Studios, Group Exhibition & Art Fair, Hypha Gallery HQ, London

2024 gFest Kochi x Kerala Museum, reFrame Institute of Art and Expression, Group Exhibition, Kerala Museum, Kochi, India

2024 gFest Gurugram, reFrame Institute of Art and Expression, Group Exhibition, Museo Camera, Gurugram, India

2023 ELO MELO Festival, Oitij-jo x Whitechapel Gallery, Group Exhibition Screening, Whitechapel Gallery, London

2023-2024 Heavy, In Your Arms, curated by Kallol Datta, Kolkata Queer Arts Month Festival, Group Exhibition, Kolkata Centre for Creativity

2022, India Takes Flight, Google Arts and Culture, Online Exhibition (Group)

CLIENTS

Snapchat, Google Arts & Culture, Meta, The Natural History Museum, WPP, Penguin Random House UK, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, W+K London, Cutter & Squidge, Dishoom, UAL, Courier Magazine, Verve Magazine, Acacia Magazine, Kiblind Agence, National Survivor User Network, The Queer Muslim Project, Maslaha Org, ODI

AWARDS

2022 Nominated for Atta Galatta – Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize - Cover Design, Shortlisted

EDUCATION

MA Graphic Communication Design — Central Saint Martins, UAL