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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design
Department of Art and Design

Teaching areas

Visual Comminucation.

Research areas

Typography, Animation, Topology, Mapping, Information Design, Video.

Education

MFA, Basel School of Design, Switzerland, 2013.
MA, University of Illinois Chicago, USA, 2013.
BS, American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2009.

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 2013 - present.
Mobius Design Studio, Dubai, UAE, 2010 - present.

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2840

Riem Ibrahim

Assistant Professor
Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, University of Illinois-Chicago, USA

Riem Ibrahim co-founded Dubai-based Mobius Design Studio, where she works on commissioned design projects as well as self-initiated research. Her research is focused on challenging static identities of typography and extends to include participation in and creation of a critical discourse around the processes and role of design as a practice in the region. Most recently, she received the Type Directors Club Award for her work “Behaving/Kinetic Typography."

Publications

Essay, Ibrahim, Riem. "The Body Keeps the Score, Foreword." In The Body Keeps the Score, edited by Tamsin Wildy, 4. Dubai, UAE: Tashkeel Gallery, 2017.
Innovation in the Creative Industries Art Week Guide Mar, 2016.

Other creative/research

Ibrahim, Riem. "RCA Secret". Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE. Curated. Curated by Art Dubai. 2016. [Type: Collective, Significance: International].
Ibrahim, Riem. "Behaving/Kinetic Typography". Type Directors Club Awards Exhibition, New York City, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Poland, Russia, So. Juried. 2017. [Type: Collective, Significance: International, Comments: Traveling Exhibition].
Ibrahim, Riem, Al Ani, Hala, Badri, Hadeyeh. "Silhouette, Altered". Tashkeel Gallery, Nad ElSheba, Dubai. Curated. Curated by Jack Thomas Taylor. 2017. [Type: Collective, Significance: Local].
Van Cleef + Arpels and Design Days Exhibition, 2014.
UAE Pavilion at Dubai Design Week Curation, 2015.
Design House Exhibition and Curation, 2014-Present.

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