Wendell Rodricks International Poster Contest

Started by the couture designer Wendell Rodricks in 2012 , post his demise continued now in his memory by his partner Jérôme Marrel, the KASHISH 2023 Wendell Rodricks International Poster Contest invited artists and graphic designers across the world to participate in designing the official festival poster. The poster contest offers a cash award of Rs.25,000 (approx. US$300) and a KASHISH Butterfly trophy. The winning design is the look of KASHISH 2023 and is featured on all the branding elements for this edition.

This year Jérôme Marrel, husband of late Wendell Rodricks, along with six of Wendell’s friends unanimously, without consulting each other, selected the winning design. The winner they chose is Tanishka Jain, a student at ITM Institute of Design and Media, Mumbai.

I liked the theme of this year KASHISH 2023, ‘Be Fluid, Be You!’ as it is very much in line with Wendell’s thinking. We all felt the fluidity through the boat ride towards being us, represented by the LGBTQ colors of the sea, is the perfect representation of this year’s theme.

As an artist, it’s so fascinating to pour all your thoughts and imagination on a canvas and let others be a part of your own beautiful little story. This win was not at all expected because as much as I like working, I overthink about my designs a lot too. So this really is a big accomplishment for me and I’m more than grateful for being chosen to receive this esteemed award. Thanks a lot to the jury members and KASHISH Film Fest for recognising my work.