Priya Pereira (artist) explained

Priya Pereira
Other Names:	Pixie
Nationality:	Indian
Field:	book artist

Priya Pereira (b. 1967) is an Indian artist and co-founder of Pixie Bks in Mumbai, India. She has been described as "India's only book artist".^{[1] [2]}

Pereira studied at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.^[3] In 1993 she co-founded Pixie Bks along with Tony Pereira to publish the books.^[3]

Her work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[4] the Victoria and Albert Museum,^[5] as well as the National Museum of Women in the Arts.^[6]

In 2016 the National Museum of Women in the Arts held an exhibition of her work entitled Priya Pereira: Contemporary Books From India at their library.^{[3] [7]} In 2018 Pereira presented a TEDx talk entitled "Don't go by the book".^[8] She is on the International Council of the Center for Book Arts in New York.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: India's only book artist Priya Pereira on creating an art form that skirts the line between publishing and art . DNA India . 1 March 2023 . en.
2. Web site: Meet India’s only “book artist” . The Hindu . 1 March 2023 . en-IN . 10 November 2013.
3. Web site: Wordplay and Whimsy: Priya Pereira’s Book Art . NMWA . 1 March 2023 . 5 July 2016.
4. Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art . 2023-06-20 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . en.
5. Web site: Double crossing a river / [by] Priya Pereira Pereira, Priya ]. Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections . 1 March 2023 . en.
6. Web site: Priya Pereira . NMWA Library & Research Center . 1 March 2023.
7. Web site: Heller . Steven . Pixie Bks Brighten a Dreary Washington, DC . PRINT Magazine . 1 March 2023 . 27 June 2016.
8. Web site: Don't go by the book. Priya Pereira . TEDxDSBInternationalSchool . 1 March 2023 . en.
9. Web site: About . Center for Book Arts . 1 March 2023.