 Tarek
Atrissi
Biography: Born in Beirut,
Tarek Atrissi has worked and studied in Lebanon, the Netherlands
and the United States. He holds a BA in Graphic Design with distinction
from the American university of Beirut, an MA in Interactive Multimedia
from the Utrecht School of the Arts in Holland and an MFA in Design
from the School of Visual Arts in New York- where he studied under
people like Steven Heller, Paula Scher and Stefan Sagmeister.
His work has been exhibited at the Guggenheim museum in New York
and has been featured in several international design magazines
and books, e.g. Print magazine [USA] Novum magazine [Germany], Create
Online magazine [UK], Item Magazine [the Netherlands] Output [Germany]
and ArabAd magazine.
He received in 2002 the "Adobe Achievement awards" first
prize for his Print work as well as a third prize for his Web work.
He was awarded 4 time by IBDAA99, an open design competition for
professional Designers in the Arab world.
He is the founder of arabictypography.com, the online communication
platform for Arabic Designers.
His multicultural background is reflected in his work both in traditional
printed graphic design as well as in interactive design/information
architecture.
Online portfolio available on www.atrissi.com
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Some of the artist's artwork
Contact:
tarek@atrissi.com
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