Photo by Yuri Byun
Hello!
Sakshi is an illustrator and animator from India, currently based in New York City. She graduated from School of Visual Arts with an MFA in Computer Arts in 2019. Often she's found with a tiny sketchbook in subways or parks.
She has worked on projects for - The New York Times, The Atlantic, Autodesk, Samsonite, Doritos, Walmart, Entenmann's, FiveThirtyEight, WaterBear and more. Her work has been recognized by The Centre Pompidou, Tribeca Film Festival, American Illustration and traveled around the globe in festivals.
Email: s@saksij.com
Screenings -
INNER WOUND REAL (2022)
2022 - Tribeca Film Festival (Tribeca, NY)
2023 - Museum of The Moving Image (Queens, NY)
2023 - Seattle Black Film Festival (Seattle, WA)
2023 - Oxford Film Festival (Oxford, MS)
2023 - Trans Stellar Film Festival (Detroit, MI)
2023 - First City Film Festival (Leavenworth, KS)
2023 - Mott Haven Film Festival (Bronx, NY)
2023 - Nova Frontier Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
2022 - Reeling Film Festival (Chicago, IL)
2022 - Out on Film Festival (Atlanta, GA)
2022 - Walla Walla Movie Crush (Walla Walla, WA)
2022 - Afrikana Film Festival (Richmond, VA)
2022 - Gary International Black Film Festival
2022 - GAZE Film Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
2022 - New Orleans Film Festival (NOLA)
2022 - Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC)
WORLD WITHIN (2019)
2022 - Center Pompidou (Paris, France) - ‘best of’ screening
2021 - International Festival of Animated Film (Stuttgart, Germany)
2021 - Lisbon Film Rendezvous (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021 - Free Range Film Festival (Minnesota ,US)
2021 - School of Visual Arts MFACA (New York, NY) - Alumni screening
2021 - Ann Arbor Film Festival (Ann Arbor, MI)
2020 - The Alipore Post (India)
2020 - Motion for Pictures (Cary, US)
2020 - Pune Short Film Festival (Pune, India)
2020 - International Children’s Film Festival, (India)
2019 - TASI Viewer’s Choice Award (Mumbai, India)
2019 - DueMila 30 (Milan, Italy)
2019 - Global University Film Award 2020 (Kowloon, Hong Kong)
2019 - ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival (Armenia)
2019 - Semana por la soberanía audiovisual (Solano, Argentina)
2019 - Princeton Library Film Festival (Princeton, NJ)
2019 - FilmAid Film Festival (Nairobi, Kenya)
2019 - Alter do Chão Film Festival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
