Rumi 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.
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contact@rumihara.com
+1 912.508.7110

Clients:
BuzzFeed, Chicago Quarterly Review, Cicada, ENDPAIN, Honya B&B, Hosei University Press, Ogilvy & Mather, Post-it, SeeHearDraw, Studio Uni, VELOUR: The Drag Magazine and more.

Awards:

• Nominated for Ignatz Awards 2018: Outstanding Series for Nori and Promising New Talent for Nori and the Rabbits of the Moon
• MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence - Silver Medal 2018
• Illustrators 58 - Silver Medal  (Society of Illustrators)
• Illustrators 56 & 60 (Society of Illustrators)
• American Illustration 32 & 33
• 3x3 Magazine Professional Show No. 12 
• 3x3 Magazine Picture Book Show No. 11

Also on: 
Facebook, Instagram, Etsy, Behance, Tumblr

​Links:
​Women Who Draw
Cartoonists of Color

Articles:
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 2018