Poonam Athalye
Education
2014 - 2015 | Apprenticeship in Techniques de Gravure (Etching)
Ateliers 63, Rue Daguerre, Paris
2016 | Day Course in Photogravure (Photopolymer in Intaglio)
The London Print Studio, Harrow Road, London
2014 | Training in Sculpture
Les Ateliers Terre et Feu, Villa d’Alésia, Paris
2014 | Introduction to Ceramics and Pottery
Atelier Karin Dessag, Rue de Marseille, Paris
2011 - 2012 | Training in Sculpture and Drawing
Les Ateliers des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris
2005 - 2007 | Masters degree in Visual Communication Design
Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai (IIT Bombay)
2000 - 2005 | Bachelors degree in Architecture
Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, University of Pune
Professional Experience
2019 July - present | Designer at Jellycat London
Jellycat London is a toy design company specialising in plush toys and illustrated children's books
2016 - present | Illustrator for publisher Contextual Alternate
Contextual Alternate is an independent initiative to archive, generate and publish critical scholarship at the crossroads of typography, design and history
2012 - 2014 | Creative head at SKYi
SKYi is a real estate and housing company based in Pune
2012 | Designer for the 38th National Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists
Organised by the Child Guidance Centre Sahyadri Hospital, Pune
2009 - Present | Illustrator for published children's books
2013 | The Puffin book of Folktales - Puffin books, Penguin India
2013 | Takloo the little salt seller - Pratham books, India
2012 | Little red whiskers, where are you? - SKYi, India
2010 | The Glass Tree - Katha books, India
The Katha Chitrakala Award 2009 Finalist
Press
2014 | Meet the Illustrator, Pratham books
Takloo the little salt seller
2014| Will you please tell a story? The Hindu
Takloo the little salt seller
2013| A fabric of fables, The Hindu
The Puffin Book of Folktales
2013| Coming of Image, The Indian Express
The Puffin Book of Folktales
