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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06 BOSIBADec 2024
Typeface
Script / Handwritten
29 Glyphs
A typeface derived from Taíno petroglyphs. While these rock carvings were utilized to communicate with deities and spiritual purposes, Bosiba is hieroglyphic system that exists in fictional Puerto Rico– a Puerto Rico that was never colonized.
The process of producing a writen alphabet brings up the question: How is language created? With this in mind, the creation of Bosiba revealed the many curiosities about the cognitive, social, and artistic processes through which the mind goes when attempting to communicate.