Suhail Naqshbandi

Suhail Naqshbandi is an interdisciplinary visual artist based out of Kashmir. He has been working as a visual storyteller from various positions –being a political cartoonist, illustrator, painter and graphic designer– for over twenty years. He has also worked in the fields of journalism, e-learning and academia, in relation to art and design. His focus lies on telling the stories of struggle, resilience, resistance and dissent of Kashmiri peοple. In popular parlance, Kashmir is called “Heaven on Earth,” and it indeed is in terms of natural beauty. But, behind this beauty, there also lie the sacrifices and tragedy of the peοple of this land, on account of decades of conflict. So, Suhail tries to tap into that narrative of his peοple and their political aspirations. He currently is an independent practitioner, trying to deal with censorship and ways to tell his stories in the form of a graphic novel.