‘Abigail Rai is a Bedford-based cartoonist, illustrator and a graduate of Camberwell College of Arts. Her practice spans comics and self-publishing, exploring the relationship between human feeling and the natural world through a tender, kinetic lens. For her graduate project, she created The Wandering World, a tarot deck inspired by her comic The Devourer, set in a fictional Himalayan village. Drawing on Buddhist and Hindu concepts, as well as narrative art traditions, her protagonists embody strangeness, transformation and resilience.’



Living and working in Bedford and London. I am open to commissions and project proposals. Please email me at abigailranirai@hotmail.com


Editorial

-Bitz Magazine(2024)
-Dito Publishing(2024)
-Ratpark Magazine(2023)

Shows

- Circus of Illustration, 2025, 2026.
- ‘Unpressed Exhibition’, The Gallery at the Playroom, Archway, London (Jan 2025).
- Onomatopee, RISO Salon: first edition, ‘Folklore and Critical research’, Eindhoven (2024)
- Peckham Levels, ‘Home for a while’, Peckham, London (2023)

Awards

-Ones to Watch 2025, It’s Nice That.
-Longlisted for  2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards


Collectives

- Camberwell Comic Club’s ‘Loops’ anthology. (2024)
- Sandbox magazine. (2024)
- Mural for Camberwell Lodge Care & Nursing Home. With Esther Palandri and Palak Garg. (2024)

Books/zines

-Diana
-The Devourer
-The Wandering World
-Forest Dwelling Folk
-Bird Watcher

Education

-BA Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts (2024)