Kruttika Susarla is an illustrator and cartoonist from Andhra Pradesh, India. Her practice ranges from making comics about dogs, crows, and leeches side hustling in the gig economy to making picture books and designing books and toolkits for community-based organisations and advocacy groups.

For work enquiries, mail kruttikas[at]gmail.com.
Instagram: @kruttika.

Exhibitions & Shows
Printed with Purpose

Curated by Lauren Cardenás
at University of Missouri St. Louis
– Made in Heaven Inc.
– A Village Called Makkoi
– The Citizen
FLORISSANT, MO 2023

 

Return to Sender: Prison as Censorship

Curated by Mariame Kaba
Co-organized by PEN America
In-person at EFA Project Space
US of Redacted Map inspired by Faith Ringgold, United States of Attica, 1972.
NEW YORK, 2023

 

Pop-up Display: International Humanities
Award Reception with Alison Bechdel

at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
– A Village Called Makkoi
– Made in Heaven Inc.
– What is Making?
ST LOUIS, 2022

 

Society of Illustrators Members Open
Exhibit: Sketchbook

NEW YORK, 2022

 

Famous Fictional

at Mad Art Gallery
– Arash & Masuka
– Josemon & Bruce Lee Biji
ST. LOUIS, 2022

 

TL;DR Pop-Up Exhibition

at the Des Lee Gallery
– A Coconut for a Monkey
– What is Making?
ST. LOUIS, 2022

 

TL;DR Pop-Up Exhibition

at Maryland Institute of College of Art
– A Coconut for a Monkey
– What is Making?
BALTIMORE, 2022

 

MFA-IVC Thesis Show

at the High Low
– A Village Called Makkoi
ST. LOUIS, 2022

 

Parabola: Salon at Des Lee Gallery

– New Delhi Triptych
ST. LOUIS, 2021

 

Fumetto Comics Festival

Politricks Series
LUZERNE, SWITZERLAND, 2019

 

Medium as Message / Saavdhaan: The
Regimes of Truth

NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2018

 

Delhi Comic Arts Festival

NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2017

 

Internationaler Comic-Salon

ERLANGEN, GERMANY, 2017

 

Design x Design 20under35

NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2017

Residencies // Fellowships

Making Policy Public | Center for Urban Pedagogy, New York | 2019-20
Indo-German Spring Comic Residency | Goethe Institut, Bangalore | 2016