Malini Basu

Malini Basu(she/her) is an interdisciplinary printmaker, illustrator, and textile artist. Raised in Kolkata, India, she draws from the idea of jugaad—everyday creativity in South Asia. She expands her practice by involving community in her process and merging walking and slow-looking with visual art making. She holds an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and a BA in Studio Art and Environmental Studies from Macalester College. She recently completed a residency at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts collaborating with her father on a series of prints. Her artwork has been exhibited at Rosalux Gallery, the Textile Center, MCAD’s Gallery 148, Macalester’s Koch Gallery and Homewood Studios.