Clients and critics describe Pixie Bks as 'intelligent', 'unconventional' and 'original'. Those are the boring descriptions. The one we cherish most: 'But where is the book?'

Priya Pereira first began making books in 1993 along with her husband Tony, under the imprint Pixie Bks. Not knowing why she made them or what they were called, or who the audience and buyer were. It just seemed right then. And fortunately seems right even now. It is only in 1999, during a visit to the US that they discovered a term for what they did - Artists' Books. Today Priya is featured as India’s first contemporary Book Artist dedicated to Artists’ Books. And their work can be found in Museums, Libraries and University collections around the world.

Tony, an internationally awarded copywriter who preferred to stay behind the scenes while working in Advertising, is now actively involved with Pixie Bks. Like cheese and cheese, they both complement one another.

In July 2020, Priya Pereira was selected along with ten other artists, collectors, curators, academics, writers and librarians from all over the world to be a part of the International Council of the Center for Book Arts, New York.

In 2023 Pixie Bks is now in more than 75 Artists’ Book Collections in Eleven countries.

What are Artists' Books

“Artists' books are ‘books or book-like objects’ over the final appearance of which an artist has had a high degree of control; where the book is intended as a work of art in itself.” Stephen Bury

Pixie Bks in Artists' Books Collections

United States of America

University of Arizona, AZ

Baylor University, TX

Bowdoin College, ME

Brooklyn Museum, NY

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

UCLA

The Clark Art Institute, MA

Cleveland Institute of Art, OH

Colby College, ME

Colorado College, CO

University of Colorado, Boulder

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Cornell University, NY

Dartmouth College, NH

University of Dayton, OH

DePaul University, IL

Duke University, NC

Emory University, GA

Furman University, SC

Georgetown University, DC

George Washington University, DC

Harvard University, MA

University of Iowa, IA

Letterform Archive, CA

MICA, MD

Messiah University, PA

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

University of Miami, FL

University of Michigan, MI

Museum of Modern Art, NY

National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC

Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

New York Public Library

Peabody Essex Museum, MA

University of Pennsylvania, PA

University of Pittsburgh, PA

Princeton University, NJ

Queens College, NY

Rhode Island School of Design, RI

Dr Robert Ruben M.D., NY~Private Collector, Grolier Club Member

Savannah College of Art and Design, GA

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Smith College, MA

Stephen Bury, NY~Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian of the Frick Art Reference Library

Steven Clay, NY~Owner and Director of Granary Books

Tufts University, MA

College of William & Mary, VA

Yale University, CT 

United Kingdom

Bath Spa University, Bath

The British Library, London

Cambridge University, Trinity College, Cambridgeshire

Chelsea College of Art, London

Coventry University, Coventry

University of Dundee, Scotland

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Julian Rota, London~MD Bertram Rota Ltd. Booksellers

Leeds University, West Yorkshire

National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

University of Oxford, Oxfordshire

University of Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Tate Gallery, London

Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton

France

Centre Pompidou, Paris

Bibliothèque Romain Gary, Nice

Marie-Laure Bernadac, Paris~Former Chief Curator for Contemporary Art at the Musee du Louvre

National Library of France, Paris

Germany

Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, Bavarian State Library, Munich

Luxembourg

Bibliothèque nationale Luxembourg

Austria

MAK Museum Vienna

Switzerland

Jan Michalski Foundation for writing and literature

Canada

University of Alberta

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta

Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto

York University, Toronto

Finland

Rikhardinkatu Library

Qatar

Virginia Commonwealth University

Australia

State Library of Queensland

India

Elsie Nanji, Mumbai~Designer for Advertising, Graphics, Environmental Branding, Interiors

Mira Nair, NY~Film Maker

Prahlad Kakkar, Mumbai~Founder & Director of Genesis Film Production Pvt. Ltd.

Rajashree~Naturalist & Kiran Khalap, Mumbai~MD & Founder of chlorophyll (end to end Brand Consultancy)

Sooni Taraporevala, Mumbai~Film Maker, Photographer, Writer

Selected Awards

Cannes Silver and Bronze Lion – 2016

Spikes Asia 1 Silver & 2 Bronze – 2016

The Charles Wallace India Trust Award - 2012

The One Club - 2 Silver Pencils - 2010

The Charles Wallace India Trust Award - 2004

With gratitude to my uncle the late Lt. Col. R. Subramanian, helicopter pilot of the Indian Army - who named me Pixie.