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SamyaArif - O CEÁ is an internationally featured visual artist, illustrator and graphic designer H er practice focuses on observations of social and cultural paradigms from a woman's perspective, embodying womxn and the spaces they inhabit

A fter graduating from the Indus Valley School of A rt & A rchitecture in Communication D esign, she has created visuals for various publications, music artists, book covers, and film posters

Samya has been featured in The N ew York Times, the BBC, V ice, CBC, The Fader and Pitchfork H er projects include clients such as Penguin Books, H arperCollins, M acmillan Publishers, A l Jazeera, the U S Embassy in N epal, British Council, N PR and Google She has been a regular illustrator at Pakistan?s renowned H erald magazine. H er work has been exhibited in Pakistan, India, U A E, England, U S, Belgium and Spain Samya currently lives and works in Karachi, Pakistan and is a part-time professor at her alma mater.