Sishir Bommakanti is an illustrator with a focus in editorial and publication. He produces complex narratives that can communicate with his audience in an elementary manner. Bommakanti’s intention is to provide a dialogue with those who view his work, then invite them into the intricate nuances of the image through storytelling.

Bommakanti approaches illustration and storytelling through experimental, alternative, and topological modes of narratives. His thesis explores illustration through a grand-scale, open-world narrative and provides commentary on a variety of societal and political issues through metaphorical storytelling. Using mythology as a narrative structure, he produces virtual worlds and events that are contained within a cartographic structure, providing a constellation of stories that can be observed on a micro or macro scale.

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Be sure to join us on Friday, May 11th from 6-9pm at the MFA Graduate Studios to enjoy Sishir‘s thesis work, along with the other 2018 graduates!

MFA Thesis Exhibition and Reception

For more information: visit Sishir Bommakanti online.

Artist portrait by Shun Yong