Rassi Narika writes, illustrates, and interprets stories. She started and manages Seumpama, a small book studio that creates, publishes, and curates children books in Indonesia along with her two co-founders and an imaginary turtle.

Personally and through Seumpama, her art explores how children see the world. Through the art of words and illustrations, she build stories in the form of picture books. In it she tries to explore how well-made and well-told stories make reading pleasurable for children. She uses words and scratchy illustrations playfully to capture the witty and hidden wisdom of children. She also is a strong believer that the simplicity of children books is its superpower. Translating complex concept of life and fantasy into easy narrative is an art form. Once you succeed to do that, the so-called children book will speak strongly to anyone across ages.

Her books have been long-listed by UN Indonesia’s SDG Book Club (Terbang, 2015), received translation grants and published in UK (Waktu Hujan Turun, 2017–When It Rains, 2019, The Emma Press), shortlisted for children book awards (Robot Paling Keren, 2021) and used in book clubs/ discussions, read aloud communities, libraries, and bed time story sessions.

Her books in Seumpama are represented by Borobudur Agency for international copyrights.

When not making/ telling stories for children, you might find her getting lost in the alley or slowtour-ing with Arka Kinari.