Anupa Joshy is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Glasgow, originally from Bangalore, India, with a Master’s from the Glasgow School of Art. Four years after moving to Scotland, she is building a design practice and a community around making the country’s creative industries more equitable.

In April 2025, Anupa founded Colour Theory, a volunteer-led platform spotlighting BPOC creatives in Scotland. In under a year, its networking events and exhibition opening night all sold out, and the exhibition showcased 18 BPOC creatives across disciplines and cultures. Every speaker and exhibitor featured has been BPOC. Anupa leads the platform’s visual identity, communications and programming, with Rachel Tsang. Events have been supported by Studio Form, MadeBrave, Collective Communities CIC and the Glasgow School of Art. The platform’s work has led to an invitation to speak before Glasgow City Council and to a partnership with DYW Scotland, supporting young BPOC people entering creative careers.

Her freelance practice focuses on publicly funded, community and cultural organisations, including the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, We Are Here Scotland and the Scottish Refugee Council. For the Scottish Refugee Council, she designed the identity for Refugee Festival Scotland, a nationwide programme of over 160 events, with oil painter Nii Sackey and was featured on the front page of a special edition of The National. She was a finalist for Young Designer of the Year at the Scottish Design Awards 2026 and shortlisted for the Hugo Burge Foundation Art and Engagement Residency.

Anupa has been invited to speak about design at Glasgow Caledonian University, Edinburgh College of Art and the Glasgow School of Art. She also speaks at industry events including Gab and Curio, and is leading a workshop for Be United’s creative partnership conference.

Rooted in culture and community, her work holds space for the stories that don’t often get told in the Scottish design landscape.