Orijit Sen
graphic artist. designer. muralist. artivist. social documentarian.
Orijit Sen’s expansive body of work includes murals, public art, comics, and graphic design, and has been extensively published, exhibited and installed in India as well as internationally. Grounded in political insight and keen observation, Orijit’s art reimagines real events and lived experiences as fantastical, dreamlike narratives that spark dialogue through wit and satirical humour.
An alumnus of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Orijit is widely regarded as a pioneer of graphic storytelling in India. His groundbreaking River of Stories (1994), considered the country’s first graphic novel, laid the foundation for India’s contemporary comics culture. Along with designer and curator Gurpreet Sidhu, he is the founder of People Tree Studio, an art and design space for collaborative projects. He is also a founding member of the Pao Collective and a key contributor to the award-winning Pao: The Anthology of Comics. Currently, he serves as the chief editor of Comixense, a quarterly comics magazine for young adults launched in 2021.
From 2009–2011, Orijit conceived and led the execution of one of the world’s largest hand-painted murals—A Place in Punjab—a five-storey walk-through mural experience at the Virasat-e-Khalsa Museum in Anandpur Sahib, designed by architect Moshe Safdie. The mural offers an immersive journey through everyday Punjabi life, created in collaboration with 13 artists.
Between 2013 and 2016, as the Mario Miranda Chair Visiting Professor at Goa University, he initiated the Mapping Mapusa Market project—an experimental, interdisciplinary engagement with students, educators, and artists to document and understand Goa’s historic market through illustrations, photographs, interviews, and archival research.
His work has been featured at several prominent platforms including the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Serendipity Arts Festival, Fumetto Comic Festival (Lucerne), Indian Summer Festival (Vancouver), and the Lakes International Comics Art Festival (Cumbria). Notable exhibitions include Imposters (Galleryske, 2014), From Punjab, with Love (Surrey Art Gallery, Canada, 2014), and The Fabric of India (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2016).
Currently, Orijit is working on the Mapusa Mogi Mural—a 100-meter-long ceramic public art project that captures the layered histories, social fabric, and everyday life of Goa’s beloved market town.
He lives and works in Goa with Gurpreet, their daughter Pakhi, their dogs Poie, Bobberybob, Scooter, and Rico, and their cat, Grey.
