About — valeriearif.com

Valerie Arif, who sometimes morphs into Studio Sibouni, is an Egyptian graphic designer and creative director specializing in branding, event identities and editorial design. Arif completed her bachelor’s degree in marketing at the John Molson School of Business of Concordia University and then veered into graphic design seeking more creative pastures. She took on her first project as an independent designer in 2010 and has been developing her style and growing the scope of her projects since then. Arif’s work spans cultural and commercial projects and can be described as eclectic and dynamic.

SELECTED CLIENTS
Zawya, Mada Masr, Mophradat, Cairobserver, Townhouse Gallery, Gypsum Gallery, Institut Français d’Égypte, Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Il Cairo, Pro Helvetia Cairo, Cinema Akil, Habibi Funk, Nacelle

SHOP
A selection of posters is available for purchase through Cairopolitan at their Garden City store or through their website.

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
︎︎︎ Open Studio | Draft4Finalllhhhhx.ai [2017]
︎ artist talk and showcase at Townhouse Gallery in Cairo

︎︎︎ Cairo Now! City Incomplete [2016, 2017]
︎ group exhibition at Dubai Design Week 2016
︎ & at Beirut Design Week 2017
︎ panel discussion with exhibition curator Mohamed ElShahed and fellow participating designers Ahmed Abuzaid, Tamara Altmann, and Ahmad Hammoud at RiseUp Summit 2017 in Cairo

︎︎︎ Delusions & Errors [2017 - 2022]
︎ group exhibition at Dubai Design Week 2017
︎ & at Weltformat Graphic Design Festival 2018 in Lucerne, Switzerland
︎ & at Shelter Art Space in Alexandria in 2022, followed by a conversation with exhibition curator Engy Aly and fellow participating designer Ahmad Hammoud
︎ & at Cairopolitan in Cairo in 2022

︎︎︎ Best Arabic Posters | Round 02 [2018, 2019]
︎ group exhibition at RiseUp Summit, Cairo
︎ & at Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi
︎ & at the American University in Sharjah
︎ & at the German University in Cairo

︎︎︎ Best Arabic Posters | Round 03 [2021, 2022]
︎ at the American University in Cairo’s Tahrir Cultural Center
︎ & at Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft in Bornem, Belgium
︎ & at Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi
︎ & at the Saudi Design Festival in Diriyah
︎ & at Birzeit University in Palestine
︎ & at The Design Show in Cairo
︎ & at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria
︎ & as part of ‘Trial and Error’ at AUC’s TCC in Cairo

︎︎︎ Cairopolitan’s Cairo Prints II [2021]
︎ group exhibition at Cairopolitan, the Institut Français d’Égypte and the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale in Cairo

︎︎︎ Cairopolitan’s Cairo Prints III [2022]
︎ group exhibition at Cairopolitan and then as part of Doha Prints I at Studio 7 in Qatar

︎︎︎ Seeen Symposium [2023]
︎ speaker at launch event at the German University in Cairo and one of the 25 designers featured in Seeen Magazine’s first issue