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fatima abbas
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a sudanese 'graphic designer, observer, & thinker' based in qatar. her work lies around the philosophy of materializing the relationship between the tangible & intangible. visualizing this connection through the language of shapes, and their graphic relations & behaviors ...
she approaches her chosen topics by delving deep into the subject matter to uncover its essence and re-present it from a unique perspective using mediums of poetic & minimalist aesthetics.
education 
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2023   fine art bachelor degree in graphic design from virginia commonwealth university school of the arts in qatar.

+ currently studying mfa in interdisciplinary design at the same university.


working experiences
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2023   freelance.
2022   student research assistant @xlab.
2022   internship position @typearaby.
2021   student research assistant @xlab.


participations ( exhibitions & conferences & projects )
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+ xlab: language-as-machine (2023, vcuarts qatar).
 + xlab: hello world! (2021, vcuarts qatar).
+ xlab: algorithmic arabic artifacts (2022 typographics: typelab, nyc, us). 
+ xlab: alternative typographic histories (2022 acadia: hybrids & haecceities, us).
+ xlab’s collabrative projects; “preceding emptiness, electric calligraphy, & rays of essence (2023 ars electronica: linz, austria).

+ soli type no.12 ‘refugees in libya’. berlin.
+ diversity type, distillery. london, uk.