Samia

Portfolio Samia Singh 2020 Bio Samia Singh studied Visual Communication at Srishti, Bangalore, India (2004-09) and worked as the Associate Art Director for Tehelka, a reputed political news magazine from 2010-13. Samia also worked as a Visual Conceptualiser for the Sikh History Museum in Punjab, India. She studied Printmaking in Il Bisonte Instituto De Arte Grafica in Firenze, Italy (2013). In 2014, Samia was invited by the city council of Carballo, La Coruña, Spain as a participating artist in the year long street art festival. From 2016-18 Samia worked as the Creative Director for No. 3 Clive Road, a luxury tea company based in New Delhi, India. In 2018 and 2019 Samia was invited to Tokyo by the Japan Foundation as a designer in residence as part of the Door to Asia program, a design entrepreneurship think tank that focuses on helping Tsunami affected bussinesses. In 2019 Samia was part of their city rejuvenation project in Bangkok and the projects were shown at the Bangkok Design week 2020. Samia is currently the Creative Director at her family run Preet Nagar Residency, an artist residency in Punjab, India. Samia works across digital and analog techniques and attempts to bring the viewer closest to the essence of the subject in focus with maximum impact and a touch of the poetic. Samia’s work has been exhibited in India, Singapore, Spain, Japan, UK & Italy. Samia’s clients include UNFPA, The Economist, Huffington Post, National geographic, Pan Macmillan, Standard Chartered, Tourism Australia, Clinique, Japan Foundation and leading universities in India and the UK. Website: www.samiasingh.com Instagram: samiasingh_art PACKAGING DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, PHOTO STYLING From May 2016-18 I worked as Creative Director for No. 3 Clive Road, a tea company based out of New Delhi, India. For the Classics, I was working with a map maker and was responsible for the art direction for the classics series. Identifying the key elements for the historically inspired maps, figuring out the colour, typography, styling the photos of the new product range. PACKAGING DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, PHOTO STYLING, PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGING DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, PHOTO STYLING, PHOTOGRAPHY PATTERN RESEARCH & DESIGN, PACKAGING DESIGN, PHOTO STYLING For the tea pouches, I worked with a family of Indian block printers who have been making metal and wood blocks for textiles for 5 generations. We used traditional Indian patterns and colours for the packaging design for these hand blended teas. ILLUSTRATION, PACKAGING DESIGN, PHOTO STYLING For this range of scented candles based on different temple towns of India, I focussed on the mood of the place. Both illustrations were made by hand. The Banaras candle in watercolour and Mahabalipuram in acrylic and then scanned and designed into labels and boxes for these perfumed candles. identity design, illustration Logo deign and posters for an Art & Crafts festival held in rural Punjab at Preet Nagar Residency. ILLUSTRATION, INSTALLATION Illustration and installtion for Hakoneyama festival, part of the Sanriku art festival, Japan. A festival poster and installation to celebrate the various Tsunami affected businesses that the Door to Asia program in Japan helped to start and support. Poster design for events Illustration and poster design for Economic and Social research foundation, UK, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Northumbria University for research based events and seminars. Poster design for events Illustration and poster design for Northumbria University for a research based event. “Feminism in action to me is a constantly evolving idea of equality for women and other marginalized groups. It serves as an active force that connects deeply to pasts, roots us firmly in our present, and allows us to have this idea of a shared hope for our combined futures. As a doctoral student my action is expressed through a questioning feminist lens and this in turn fuels my research.” Melissa Dever 10 Catalogue Design for a conference by University of Edinburgh, GenderEd, Glasgow Women’s library & the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Book Design for research on Estranged Students and their experience in the UK for the Carnegie Trust, Society for Research in Higher Education and University of Strathclyde Estranged Students book, 2019 DESIGN THINKING, COMMUNITY DESIGN, BRANDING For my Japanese client Mr. Hasegawa, I came up with the idea for an alternative reality game which would be played through a tangible passport. A solution to help the kids engage more with nature, the community to spend more time with each other and to increase tourism in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, Japan. Woodcut from a series of prints in progress, these will be a part of a book I’m making called The Book of Inspiration. This book speaks about overcoming artist blocks and other hurdles one faces as we continue our practise. Exploring the North East (2014) Etching Process for an etching/creating a final artwork. The place of a woman in society. Before she is a daughter, a girlfriend, a sister, a wife, a mother, a grandmother. Outside of all these roles. What does she like to do when she is alone. Where does she go to feel like herself? Some questions I am finding the answers to a series on women in solitude. Stories of struggle and resilience. Will be working with women I know and will meet. Street Art: An incredible oppurtunity for me 2014 in A Coruna, Spain. The city council of Carballo wanted to fight the recession depression and the gloomy weather with art of their walls! I asked the locals and friends from India to fill a form on my website - a memory that filled them with happiness was what I was looking for. I got close to 80 entries and based on ten of these memories from Spain & India I built the street art content over 6 weeks on this wall. The memories are written near their visual triggers. 2014 Dhanvaad! Shukriya! Grazie! Gracias! Arigato! Danke! Thank You! - www.samiasingh.com-