Hi, my name is Nishant and I am a Sneaky Artist.
In this page, I tell you about myself, my work, and how I came to invent this job title. (Apparently we are allowed to do that sort of thing?)
🎙️ Listen to this conversation on The Science Friction Podcast onABC Australian Radio about my path to accidentally becoming an artist.
💻 Watch this short talk about how I came to invent my own job title at Pecha Kucha Nights Vol 55 in downtown Vancouver.
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As a Sneaky Artist, Nishant Jain sits in public spaces with a sketchbook and fountain pen, making secret drawings of city life. His art celebrates urban coexistence, the urban amenities & environments that allow us to live around each other.”
Nishant Jain is a writer and sneaky-artist, making secret drawings of his world everywhere he goes. Growing up in Kolkata (India), he harboured dreams of becoming a writer and political satirist, but found no way to pursue them. Instead, while studying for a BTech in Mechanical Engineering (India) and an MSc in Biomechanical Design (The Netherlands), he wrote short stories and scripts for television shows in India, drew a popular webcomic, and made short films with friends. Halfway through a PhD program in Neuroscience, he finally quit academia to begin work on his first novel. Drawing from observation began as a way to cope with a sudden, devastating writer’s block that left him unable to finish his novel. And thus began an unexpected journey as an artist.
Nishant’s work addresses urban coexistence as an immigrant, and drawing as a way to pay attention to our physical environments. He is the host of the popular SneakyArt Podcast, and writes a popular Substack newsletter. He is the author of Make (Sneaky) Art, a book of ideas to build a sketchbook habit. Nishant lives in beautiful British Columbia with his wife, and a baby boy he draws everyday.
Recent Press
Interviewed on CBC Evening News - Masterpieces created on transit
The Tyee (Canada): Were you drawn by the Sneaky Artist?
Jaipur Literature Festival - Picture the Story: Art, Image and Narratives
The Creative Pep Talk Podcast - Why the Creative Path Has to Be Twisty and Turny