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IRumi is an illustrator and comics artist working in Brooklyn, NY. She was born in Kyoto, Japan and received an MFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Rumi has received silver medals from the Society of Illustrators for her original picture book IGLOO and her minicomic Nori and the Rabbits of the Moon. Her comics series Nori was nominated for Ignatz Awards in 2018 and is to be published from Drawn & Quarterly in Spring 2020. Her short comic stories have appeared in online and printed publications including BuzzFeed and Cicada. She also makes editorial illustrations and works at events in NYC and beyond to do graphic recording and live drawing.
contact@rumihara.com +1 912.508.7110 Clients: BuzzFeed, Chicago Quarterly Review, Cicada, ENDPAIN, Honya B&B, Hosei University Press, The Nib, Isetan, Making Ideas Visible, Ogilvy & Mather, Post-it, SeeHearDraw, Studio Uni, Unilever, VELOUR: The Drag Magazine and more. Awards:
Also on: Facebook, Instagram, Etsy, Behance, Tumblr Links: Women Who Draw Cartoonists of Color Articles: Dash Grant Publisher's Weekly Drawn & Quarterly: Nori in Spring 2020 Times Ledger: Article by Tammy Schleppi Interviews: LVL3 Media Interview Photocircle Interview District, The Student Voice of SCAD Interview |
All images © Rumi Hara 2019
