Siwar Krai(y)tem

Siwar Krai(y)tem is multilingual artist, illustrator, graphic designer, and researcher based between Amsterdam and Beirut. She speaks Arabic, English, French, as well as some Dutch, German, and Italian. She was part of the Disarming Design (D.D.) temporary program at the Sandberg Instituut. Her research has been focusing on language and multilingualism. She also works with playful forms of diary entries, calendars, and public negotiation formats both in writing and installations. She has been the recipient of AFK’s 3-package deal and has participated in Mophradat’s New Agents Program in 2024. In her design practice she works regularly with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Mophradat, Gemeente Amsterdam, Switch Perspective and others.
Most recently, Siwar was in residency at Think Tanger in Morocco and was invited to partcicpate in a Bookmaking workshop for book makers with Rietlanden Women’s Office, organized by Mophradat in Athens, Greece. Her installation ‘abs(dis)tracted calendar’ was on show as part of the exhibition ‘Between Land and Sky’ at MaMa in Rotterdam. On the design front, she has been working on the exhibition graphics of ‘Onderweg Naar T(huis) at the Van Eesteren Museum. You can find more of her projects below and can download her CV and portfolio.

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