Ingrīda Pičukāne (1978, Latvia) is an artist and a teacher in animation and comics at the Riga Art and media school. She graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia, Estonian Academy of Arts and Jānis Rozentāls Art High School. She works in different techniques: drawing, comics, video, animation, installations, murals and live performance. Pičukāne has participated in several editions of the contemporary art festival “Survival Kit”, in many international comics exhibitions and illustrated children’s books published by “Liels un mazs”. Lately Pičukāne has been mostly interested in feminist art, drawing comics with female characters, making large scale paintings, and has published a feminist zine “Samanta”. She is also very passionate about going in nature, foraging and exploring wild edible plants.