Samer Fouad is an artist and graphic designer. Although his degree is in graphic design, Fouad considers himself a design expert, specializing in human centered design, exhibition and curatorial design, ux/ui design, graphic design, marketing and branding, photography, video, digital collage, and various printmaking methods. Known for his creative problem solving and critical thinking skills, his work has been showcased around the world, including New York City, Japan, Qatar, France, Spain, Italy and Budapest. Fouad has been published in The AIGA, Adweek, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Design Sponge. Fouad has lectured and given design based workshops at many universities and studios around the world and has given a TEDTalk on “Comfort Kills Creativity.” Fouad was an artist-in-residence for the Mana BSMT program, located at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy, and Nouvelle Vague Gallery in Marbella, Spain. He is a co-founder of the Newark Print Shop in New Jersey. Most recently Fouad was a DesignInquiry Fellow.
Simultaneous to his career as an artist, Fouad has been an assistant professor of design and printmaking at higher education institutions for the past nine years. He has taught at both public research one institutions and private liberal arts colleges. For a more detailed summary of his teaching scholarship, a curriculum vitae can be provided.
Samer Fouad holds an Arts, Culture, Media degree with a Bachelors in Fine Art within a concentration of graphic design and a minor in art history from Rutgers University. He also holds a Master of Design degree from the University of Washington.
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Christie’s
Sotheby’s
NYPL
MoMA + MoMA PS1
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Guggenheim
The Museum of the City of New York
The Jewish Museum
The American Museum of Natural History
The Brooklyn Museum
The Harlem Studio Museum
The Queens Museum
El Museo del Barrio
The Whitney (the old one)
The New Museum
The 9/11 Museum
International Center of Photography Museum + Collection
Magnum Pictures
The New York Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society
David Zwirner
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Alexander Gray Associates
Shirin Gallery NY
Gagosian
Pace Gallery
Petzel Gallery
Sperone Westwater
Mykita
Cartier
Mana Contemporary
Project for Empty Space
Solo(s) Project House
Index Art Gallery
Gallery Aferro
Aljira
The Paul Robeson Gallery
303 Gallery
Metro Pictures
The Jane Lombard Gallery
MILK
SVA
Richard Meier
Sante D’orazio
Zoe Buckman
Studio Matthews
Citi Bank
The Hole NYC
The David Bowie Foundation
Matt Damon
Derrick Adams
Mary Kate + Ashley Olsen
The Row
Jay Z + Beyonce
Kanye West (Yeezy Season 1)
Andy Warhol Foundation
The Mugrabi Family