Michael Mili
Artist · Cartoonist · Illustrator
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Konyaks — The Tattooed Headhunters of Nagaland
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Introduction
He was fifteen when his
cartoons reached the
front page.
Michael Mili began cartooning and illustrating at fifteen, working as a daily front-page political and pocket cartoonist. His cartoons have appeared in sixteen publications across India. Today his practice reaches beyond the newspaper page — into portraits, paintings and long-form visual storytelling.
Portrait study · ink
Selected Works
10 plates
Series 01
Ongoing · 42 portraits
Soul
Canvas
Stories. Faces. Lives that inspire.
- Simple black-and-white portraits.
- Raw human stories.
- Drawn with bare fingers.
A visual bridge between the legacy of past and present generations and the hearts of those yet to come — drawn with bare fingers, without pen or stylus.
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Portrait plates from the series are being catalogued for this archive. The monochrome works shown here are from the artist’s wider black-and-white practice.
Series 02
Paintings · India
Tribal Communities
of India
Home to the largest tribal population in the world, India has the privilege of hosting a variety of truly diverse, colourful indigenous people with fascinating lineages.
Tablet paintings and sketches of the tribal communities of India — people who epitomise the art of living in nature, with nature. Each painting is accompanied by a brief account of its culture, way of living, costumes and traditions.
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Work in progress
