MARÍA SEMIDEY


Semi is a Puerto Rican graphic designer working as a Coordinator and Lead Artist at Bad Dog Print; a Researcher and Designer for the the NYC Council District 35; and a Freelance Designer. She is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.


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01  ÌNDICE TAINO BORICUA: DE LAS TIERRAS DEL VALIENTE SEÑOR


Curated dictionary with Taíno-Puerto Rican words selected from José Marcano’s “Vocabulario Indo-Antillano.” 

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Nov 2024 
Book





02  LONGING FOR CONNECTION


A preliminary thesis book that explores the sequencing, narrative, and visual language of what will eventually become my Final Thesis Book. 

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Dec 2024 
Book





03  DULCE Y SALADO


A four-color riso print of my photograph “Dulce y salado” using Yellow, Federal Blue, Burgundy Red, and Black.

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Nov 2024 
Print





04  BIOMIMETISMO: LA CUERPA


An experimental photobook offering a tactile and visual experience that demonstrates how the body immitates the natural.

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Apr 2024
Photobook





5  PETROGLYPH POSTCARD


What appears to be a simple postcard, carries an extensive analysis on the practive rock carving with two self-carved petrgolpyhs.

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Oct 2024 
Print





06  BOSIBA


A totally fictional, non-diruptive, speculative alphabet and typeface based on Taíno petroglyphs.

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Dec 2024
Typeface





07  BOSIBA PROPOSAL


A proposal research poster for what is now Bosiba, that argues against Dr. Yarey Meléndez‘ “Naguaké Taíno Pictographic Alphabet” (2005).

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Oct 2024 
Print



08  DOCUMENTACIÓN DE MEMORIAS


A collection of writen reflections that arise from looking at photographs from my grandmothers’ houses today and archival family pictures.

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Dec 2024 
Photobook




09  EXHIBITIONS: VISUAL LANGUAGE


A variety of branding, promotion, and handouts designed for different group shows, most of which I was also an exhibitor.

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Oct 2024
Print





10  AL FINAL


An unbound printmade photobook produced with unconventional practices such as metal type setting, polymer plate printing, and laser cutting.

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Mar 2024
Artist Book





11  THE EXPERIENCE OF SELF


An extensive book that looks at identity as an experience rathen than an idea.

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Dec 2023
Book





12  LA CALLE HABLA


An accordion style photobook with a selection of political singage street art seen all around Puerto Rico.

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Sep 2024 
Artist Book





13  LANGUAGE


An International Typographic Style poster exploring a potential thesis topic: Language.

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Oct 2024 
Print



14  SURVEILANCE FILM STRIP


A 168-feet-long curational artist book of found surveilance footage, bound and presented as a film strip.

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Nov 2024
Artist Book





15  UNTITLED


An oversized book made of hand-made and hand-dyed rice paper sheets.

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Dec 2023
Artist Book