MARÍA SEMIDEY

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  Semi    is a Puerto Rican designer, photographer, and self-publisher with a BFA in Communications Design from Pratt Institute. She is currently based in Brooklyn, NY working as a Coordinator and Lead Artist at Bad Dog Print; a Researcher and Designer for the NYC Council District 35; and a Freelance Designer.


01  THESIS: LOS CÓDIGOS ANCESTRALES


An extensive research project on Taíno petroglyphs, consisting of a speculative alphabet, carved specimens, and a collection of complementary publications.

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02  BOSIBA: TYPE SPECIMEN

Bosiba’s Type Specimen is a translator of the alphabet. Showcasing every glyph, while including its phonetic pronounciation, this book allows for a full grasp of the space in which the alphabet exists.



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03  EN LA PIEL


A 5-color RISO fold-out poster of the deity, Atabeyra, exploring the relationship betweeen heritage and tattooing culture.

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04  PETRO

A visual report on petroglyphs, taking documentation from El Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana, in Utuado, PR.



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05  BOSIBA


A totally fictional, non-diruptive, speculative alphabet inspired from Native-Caribbean petroglyphs that exists in a decolonized Taino utopia.

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06  ÌNDICE TAINO BORICUA: DE LAS TIERRAS DEL VALIENTE SEÑOR


A Curated index with Taíno Puerto Rican words defined by Cateyano Coll y Coste in the “Vocabulario Indo-Antillano.”

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07  DULCE Y SALADO


A riso print of  “Dulce y salado” using Yellow, Federal Blue, Burgundy Red, and Black.

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08  BIOMIMETISMO: LA CUERPA


An experiental photobook that utilizes tactility to visualize how the figure immitates the natural.

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09  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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10  EXHIBITIONS: VISUAL LANGUAGE


A selection of branding and promotional work for a variety of group shows.

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11  AL FINAL

An unbound printmade photobook made with uncon-ventional practices such as metal type setting, polymer plate printing, and laser cutting.



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12  THE EXPERIENCE OF SELF

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



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13  LA CALLE HABLA


An accordion-style photobook with a selection of iPhone photography capturing political singage, street art, and grafitti in Puerto Rico.

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14  SURVEILANCE FILM STRIP


A 168-feet-long curatiorial artist book that gathers stills from found surveilance footage and presents them as a film strip.

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15  UNTITLED


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

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