Nandini K.A. is a Philadelphia-based artist and designer.

Nandini works mainly in drawing, painting and animation. Her practice draws from daily life, especially people and places she knows. She brings these familiar subjects to life with intricate patterning, flattened forms and subtle motion, bringing together the ordinary and the unexpected.

  • 2024 | BFA, Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

  • 2024- | Design Specialist, The Public Interest Network, Philadelphia
    2021-2024 | Media Equipment Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
    2023 | Summer Art Camp Intern, Wayne Art Center, Wayne
    2022 | Digital Illustration Intern, 360 MAGAZINE, Remote
    2019 | Animation Intern, EarthEnable, Remote

  • 2024 | Dara Birnbaum Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
    2023 | Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
    2021 | Anne Ophelia Dowden Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

  • 2024 | Through a BIPOC Lens: Decolonizing Feminism, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
    2024 | Resonance, Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh
    2023 | Dear Bountiful Gathering, WQED Studio A, Pittsburgh
    2022 | Hypnotic Pneumatic Circus, WQED Studio B, Pittsburgh