Dr. Yumnam Sapha Wangam Apanthoi M, born in Langmeidong village, Manipur, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Manipur University, specializing in Printmaking. He holds an MFA in Printmaking from Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya (IKSVV), Khairagarh University, and a PhD from the Centre for Folk Culture Studies, University of Hyderabad.

As an artist, he has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions and has received several awards and honours, including the State Kala Academy Award in 2006. His works in Modern Subika art have been presented through solo exhibitions. He has also contributed as an illustrator to Feathers, Fools and Farts: Manipuri Folktales Retold (Penguin Random House, 2024) and And That Is Why: Manipuri Myths Retold (Penguin Random House, 2021), where he reinterprets Subika art for contemporary audiences. Currently, he is actively engaged in academic and creative initiatives aimed at preserving, recontextualizing, and promoting

Subika art.