Akhila Krishnan is a visual artist, film-maker and designer, active in London and India. She completed her M.A. from the Royal College of Art. She works in several artistic disciplines, including drawings, installations, moving image and performing arts. Her work has been shown in London, Berlin, California, Qatar, Nepal and India. She has been making comics through Manta Ray Publishing in 2013 and 2014, including contributions to the 'Small Picture' section in the Mint newspaper, and short graphic novellas for Forbes Life Magazine. She has also worked with Arjun Jassal and Aazar Anis on the Instagram graphic novel 'Delhi Hectic'.