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 NYC Council District 35; and a Freelance Designer. She is currently based in Brooklyn, NY.
EXPERIENCE
Researcher and Designer: NYC Council
District 35 Participatory Budgeting Team
Coordinator & Lead Artist: Bad Dog Print
Freelance Graphic Designer
Print Lab Technician, Pratt Institute
Book Designer, Lady Lee Andrews
Graphic Design Intern, Frank 151
Educator, Estudio de Arte Berta Melendez[24 - 25]
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EDUCATION
B.F.A Communications Design, with minors in The Book and Photography, Pratt Institute, BK, NY
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EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS
Pratt Student Design Marketplace
KB x Doch Magazine [Group], KB Gallery
Pratt’s Holiday Print Sale
Bad Dog’s Interdisciplinary Print Sale
Shadows & Silhouettes [Group]
Horsemarket [Group], Steuben Gallery
Brooklyn Art Book Fair
Printed Matter East Village Zine Fair
Pratt Student Design Marketplace
Devocion Violenta [Solo], Ojo de Tigre[25]
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12 LA CALLE HABLASep 2024
Artist Book
30” x 5” in
Glossy Paper
Watercolor Stock
An accordion style book made with iPhone street photography of political and social singage taken all around Puerto Rico during the span of a year.
Does an image need to follow the formal elements of photography to convey a message or a serious tone? This book open up the discourse about the notions of what is a photograph and what is an image by presenting snapshots that fall somewhere in between.