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.

projects ( personal & collab & clients )
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+ 2024 metamodernism: the search for synthesis in fragmented worldviews.
+ 2023 some of mfa projects.
+ 2023 bfa thesis ‘roaming emptiness’.
+ 2022 searching for harmony in type design.
+ 2021 brier typeface.
+ 2020 local radiance.

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+ 2023 vitra: masterpieces of furniture design exhibition @m7. doha, qatar. (publication).

interviews & press
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2023 artsthread x gucci, uk. (interview).
2022 type 01, uk (issue 04).
2021 type 01, uk (article).
2021 people of print, uk (article).

awards
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2022 aeb award for creative achievement & potential in graphic design.