Rumi is a cartoonist and illustrator working in New York City. She was born in Kyoto, Japan and received an MFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her comics series Nori was nominated for Ignatz Awards and received a silver medal in MoCCA Awards of Excellence by the Society of Illustrators in 2018. Her first book Nori was published by Drawn & Quarterly in May 2020. Her comics have appeared in online and printed publications including BuzzFeed and Cicada. She teaches illustration at Bergen Community College. 
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Email:
contact@rumihara.com

Clients:
BuzzFeed, Chicago Quarterly Review, Cicada, ENDPAIN, Honya B&B, Hosei University Press, The Nib, Isetan, Khloaris, Making Ideas Visible, Ogilvy & Mather, Post-it, SeeHearDraw, Sunrise Movement, Studio Uni, Unilever, VELOUR: The Drag Magazine and more.

Awards:

• Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo (MICE) Mini-Grant 2020 for Walking with Tammy Tabata
• Short Run festival's Dash Grant 2019 for The Peanutbutter Sisters
• 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

​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:
We Need More Diverse Books - Nori​
LVL3 Media
​Photocircle
District, The Student Voice of SCAD

​All images © Rumi Hara 2021