Dinesh V Revankar

Dinesh is a freelance artist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Previously, he worked as an illustration instructor at the Mank and Tank Art College where he taught design studies and caricature development as well as drawing and painting. He has also worked with Tiger Aspect Productions on the Tinga Tinga tales animated series for children as caricature development artist and background artist.

Before this, he was Art Director for Scanad Marketing working on a number of accounts with well-known organisations such as East African Industries, Kenya Airways, Unilever, Fanta, the National Bank of Kenya, Yamaha Motorcycles, Smithcline Beecham and many others. This was preceded by work for Tinga Tinga Casual Wear, Best One Limited, Dacunha Communication Mumbai, the advertising and marketing company Inter publicity Mumbai, and Ayton Young & Rubicam where he was Art Director on a number of accounts, including Colgate, Nivea, Mitsubishi Motors and Inter Continental to name but a few.

Dinesh has worked as a freelance graphic designer, a visualizer/ illustrator and in media advertising as well as being involved in the launch of a range of designer wear. In addition to his many artistic and design skills, he is proficient in several languages including English, Kiswahili, Hindi, Kannad, Konkani, Marathi and Gujrati. He has won many prizes for his work which has been exhibited widely. Examples include solo exhibitions at the National Museums of Kenya, Kala Academy Panjim, Goa, and the French Cultural Centre at Nairobi.

More examples of his work can be seen at http://merginghues.org/artists/dinesh-revankar and at http://www.africancolours.com/dineshrevankar.htm and http://www.dot-to-dot-books.org/shop/sam-learns-a-lesson-tanzania