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Sawsan Chalabi

Illustration & Design

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I’m a DC-based illustrator and designer. I have a passion for translating words into imagery that convey not only their meaning but also their mood and spirit. I love reading, conceptualizing and incorporating subtle wit and humor in my pieces. My work is mostly digital but also involves some traditional line work and textures. When I am not at my Cintiq, I can be found in my studio getting messy with my inks and paint as I continue to explore the power in the silent communication of art.

BA, Graphic Design | Notre Dame University (Beirut, Lebanon)
MFA, Illustration | Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA) 

Represented by Marlena Agency

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Awards and Exhibitions:

  • AI- 40 Chosen for Illustration Annual 40 (2021)

  • Print Pop-Up Exhibition - International Visions Gallery (July, 2017 | Washington, DC).

  • New York Public Library | Book cover designs displayed as part of “Recovering the Classics”
    exhibition held by Creative Action Network and The Digital Public Library of America
    (May 29, 2015)

  • Featured and reviewed by Applied Arts Magazine, Canada's premier magazine of visual communications (Aug. 29, 2014)

  • U.S. Department of Interior Museum "SEE AMERICA" (July 28 - Oct.18, 2014)

  • Received two Honorable Mentions in the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 11 (2014)

  • FDR Presidential Library and Museum "SEE AMERICA... THEN AND NOW"
    (Jan. 11 - June 30, 2014)

  • Solo Exhibition: Pun Intended - Oglethorpe Gallery (Nov. 15 - 18, 2013 | Savannah, GA)

  • AI- 31 Chosen for Illustration Annual 31 (2012)

  • Honor Award Scholarship 2011 | Honor Award Scholarship 2012
    (Savannah College of Art and Design)

  • Small Works Exhibition - International Visions Gallery
    (Dec.9, 2005 - Jan.14, 2006 | Washington, DC).

 

 
Select Client List:

  • American Theatre Magazine

  • Bust Magazine

  • Candlewick Press

  • Charleston Magazine

  • Charleston Weddings Magazine

  • Chicago Magazine

  • Commercial Observer

  • Cricket Magazine

  • Ford Foundation

  • Harvard Business Review

  • LA Times

  • Lee & Low Books

  • Litigation Journal
    (American Bar Association)

  • Penguin Random House

  • Penny Candy Books

  • Rethinking Schools Magazine

  • Strings Magazine

  • Washington Post

  • Wine & Spirits Magazine

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Featured in/on:

CBC Diversity Newsletter |
Applied Arts Magazine | Huffington Post | Creative Action Network | Flavorwire | Hire An Illustrator | Illustrator Saturday

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