Samya Arif
Illustrator + Graphic Designer
Karachi, PakistanI'm a graphic designer and illustrator and I love to experiment with different mediums and projects. I graduated from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Communication Design and Photography in 2010.
Work Experience
Indus Valley School Of Art And Architecture
Part-time Professor / Visiting Faculty
Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration and Web Design
August 2013
- December 2016
Pakistan
NOWPDP
Creative Manager
Graphic design, illustration and art direction for the prominent, Aga-Khan funded NGO Nowpdp and its sub-ngos.
December 2013
- March 2015
Pakistan
Education
Btk
Summer School
Digital Illustration programme of BTK Summer School DesignCultureBerlin 2014
July 2014
- August 2014
Berlin, Germany
Languages
English (Fluent),
Urdu (Fluent),
Awards
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Lightroom,
Adobe Photoshop,
Analogue Photography,
Art Direction,
Copy Writing,
Creative Direction,
Digital Art,
Digital Photography,
Drawing,
Editorial Design,
Graphic Design,
Illustration,
Microsoft Office,
Painting,
Photo Manipulation,
Photo Retouching,
Typography,
UI Design ,
UX Design,
Web Design,
Contact
samyah.arif@gmail.com
Press
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/arts/international/samya-arif-a-pakistani-artist-aiming-to-go-beyond-ornamentation.html?_r=0&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F
The FADER
http://www.thefader.com/2014/07/17/world-view-meet-the-rising-stars-of-karachis-fraught-yet-fertile-creative-scene
VICE
http://www.vice.com/read/meeting-pakistans-radical-feminists
BuzzFeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/niralishah/celebration-of-peace-between-india-pakistan?utm_term=.gxaJMMlQk#.psraeeAmR
Pitchfork
http://pitchfork.com/features/photo-gallery/9797-searching-for-an-underground-generation-in-karachi-pakistan/
Border Movement
http://www.bordermovement.com/one-cover-at-a-time-female-artists-shape-the-image-of-karachis-electronica-movement/
Quartz
http://qz.com/479995/photos-a-mumbai-taxi-cab-gets-a-stunning-symbolic-makeover-from-an-indian-and-pakistani-design-dream-team/
Homegrown
http://homegrown.co.in/a-pakistani-artist-a-sikh-taxi-driver-create-a-special-artwork-remembering-partition/
The Express Tribune
http://tribune.com.pk/story/939584/a-taxi-in-india-will-transport-you-to-pakistan-and-back/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1036822/pakistani-designers-taxi-art-features-in-coldplays-latest-video/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1074994/pakistani-artist-samya-arif-designs-vinyl-sleeve-for-tame-impala/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1102102/samya-arif-an-artist-whos-making-pakistan-proud/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/arts/international/samya-arif-a-pakistani-artist-aiming-to-go-beyond-ornamentation.html?_r=0&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F
The FADER
http://www.thefader.com/2014/07/17/world-view-meet-the-rising-stars-of-karachis-fraught-yet-fertile-creative-scene
VICE
http://www.vice.com/read/meeting-pakistans-radical-feminists
BuzzFeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/niralishah/celebration-of-peace-between-india-pakistan?utm_term=.gxaJMMlQk#.psraeeAmR
Pitchfork
http://pitchfork.com/features/photo-gallery/9797-searching-for-an-underground-generation-in-karachi-pakistan/
Border Movement
http://www.bordermovement.com/one-cover-at-a-time-female-artists-shape-the-image-of-karachis-electronica-movement/
Quartz
http://qz.com/479995/photos-a-mumbai-taxi-cab-gets-a-stunning-symbolic-makeover-from-an-indian-and-pakistani-design-dream-team/
Homegrown
http://homegrown.co.in/a-pakistani-artist-a-sikh-taxi-driver-create-a-special-artwork-remembering-partition/
The Express Tribune
http://tribune.com.pk/story/939584/a-taxi-in-india-will-transport-you-to-pakistan-and-back/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1036822/pakistani-designers-taxi-art-features-in-coldplays-latest-video/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1074994/pakistani-artist-samya-arif-designs-vinyl-sleeve-for-tame-impala/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1102102/samya-arif-an-artist-whos-making-pakistan-proud/
Selected Clients + Collaborators
Red Bull • Secret 7" • Coke Studio • Herald Magazine • Magnum • Unilever • Taxi Fabric • Coldplay • Take Back The Tech • Bytes For All • LALS • Patari • Salt Arts • One Beat Zines • Goethe Institut • Border Movement • Libas Magazine • Creative Chaos • Neon Tape Deck • Arif Mahmood • Lahore Music Meet • Dolmen Group • Wateen Sana Nasir • Stoneage • Yasmeen Jiwa • Design Fabric • US Embassy, Nepal • Bloxxy • Lakhany Silk Mills (LSM) • Naheed Mashooqullah