Manjit Thapp: My Head Is A Jungle

The Radical Contemporary Podcast

In this episode our founder Nour Hassan speaks to Manjit Thapp, UK based artist and illustrator. Her latest show “My Head Is A Jungle” is open to viewers at NOW Gallery in London until October 31st.
NOW Gallery, one of London’s most exciting public exhibition spaces housed on Greenwich Peninsula, announcing My Head Is A Jungle by Birmingham born illustrator Manjit Thapp as its Young Artist Commission 2021.
Available to the public to view for free from 23rd July – 31st October, this annual commission celebrates the best rising talent in the fields of visual arts and illustration, with previous commissions including award-winning Pakistani visual artist and internet sensation Sara Shakeel and popular London illustrator, Hattie Stewart.
My Head Is A Jungle will see Thapp transform the gallery space into a three-dimensional maze-like structure adorned with large-scale murals and sculptures for visitors to explore, with a large fluorescent red sun hanging above. This symbol is an integral theme of the young illustrators’ renderings, as well as snakes, tigers, tropical flora and a young Asian protagonist, which feature regularly to represent empowerment, particularly for women, within today’s modern, cultural landscape.
Manjit Thapp is an illustrator who graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2016 where she studied Illustration. Her work combines digital and traditional media and she enjoys layering textures and patterns to create her illustrations. Much of her art revolves around female characters that often have an air of mystery and silence. She balances working on both commission and personal work. She illustrated her first book ‘The Little Book of Feminist Saints’ with Penguin Random House in March 2018 and her debut graphic novel, ‘Feelings’ is to be published in Spring 2021. Clients include Penguin Random House, Google, Apple, Tate, TIME and Stylist. Her work has been featured in British Vogue, Vogue India, Wonderland, Dazed and Instagram.
Check out her work at @manjitthapp.

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