Priya_Pereira_(artist)

Priya Pereira (artist)

Priya Pereira (artist)

Indian artist

This article is about the Indian book artist. For the Indian actress, see Priya Pereira.

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]

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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

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