Khairani Barokka, (b. Jakarta, 1985) is a writer, poet and artist in London. Among her honours, she was an NYU Tisch Departmental Fellow for her masters, Emerging Writers Festival’s (AUS) Inaugural International Writer-In-Residence (2013), and Indonesia’s first Writer-In-Residence at Vermont Studio Center (2011).

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Okka is the writer/performer/producer of, among others, a deaf-accessible, solo poetry/art show, Eve and Mary Are Having Coffee. It premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2014 as Indonesia’s only representative, with a grant from HIVOS. She was recognized in 2014 by UNFPA as one of Indonesia’s “Inspirational Young Leaders Driving Social Change", for highly prolific, pioneering international work in inclusive, accessible arts.

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Published internationally in anthologies and journals, Okka has presented work extensively, in nine countries, been awarded six residencies and various grants, appeared widely in the media, and given two TEDx talks (Jakarta and Youth@Chennai). She is author-illustrator of Indigenous Species (Tilted Axis Press, November 2016), co-editor of HEAT: A Southeast Asian Urban Anthology (Buku Fixi Publishing, 2016), and a PhD-by-practice researcher at Goldsmiths, as an LPDP Scholar in Visual Cultures. Recent work and more is housed at http://www.khairanibarokka.com/. She updates at @mailbykite.