Nai Rinakêt ― ꦤꦻꦫꦶꦤꦏꦼꦠ꧀ ― ناي ريناكيت ― ᯉᯤ ᯒᯪᯉᯂᯩᯗ᯲

Nai Rinaket adalah penulis dan ilustrator otodidak berasal dari keluarga petani di sebuah desa bernama Watubonang. Nai yang tidak mewarisi cara hidup dengan bertani menemukan hubungan antara masa lalu, masa kini, dan masa depannya lewat menggambar. Saat ini, Nai bekerja dari desa Makamhaji di Jawa Tengah.

Nai Rinaket is the pseudonym of my hard-to-spell name, Na’imatur Rofiqoh. I come from a farming family in a small village in East Java, Indonesia. Apart from reading and drawing, I spent time playing in the river and on the rice fields, helping my parents plant rice, harvesting, and herding goats since childhood.

The simple life—where the sky was always blue and the rice fields were vast—made an everlasting impression on my heart. It stayed even when I grew up and no longer lived there. I, who didn’t inherit my father’s way of life as a farmer, found the link between my past and present by drawing.

I believe each piece of writing has its nuances and requires a different approach that suits them best. That way, I hope my works can deliver the feeling passed to the hearts of the readers. Currently, I work from Makamhaji, Indonesia.

Exhibition

• 2024 Pameran Ilustrasiana, Jakarta dan Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• 2024 Book’s Illustrator Gallery (BIG) Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) Singapore
• 2023 Pameran Ini Juga Ilustrasi #2, Bandung, Indonesia
• 2022 Pameran Ilustrasiana, Jakarta Indonesia
• 2022 Book’s Illustrator Gallery (BIG) Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) Singapore
• 2021 Bienále Ilustrácií Bratislava (The Biennal of Illustration Bratislava), Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2020 “Sengsara Membawa Nikmat”, Pameran Ilustrasi Grafis Sampul Buku Roman Klasik, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Honors and Award

• ARF (Asian Rights Fair) Distinguished Awards 2024 for “Gleger”
• The White Ravens 2023: A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature for “Ingatan Masa Kecil”