Arja Karhumaa
I am a graphic designer and text artist, or text designer and graphic artist, and Associate Professor in Visual Communication Design.
My work spans across typography, design, and experimental writing and across both poetry and academia. Curious about unseen currents within contemporary visual communication, I seek new modes of diffractive and sustainable academic practice beyond commercial interest. I'm interested in language and typography, publication as art/design practice, and redefining communication design in the context of new materiality. All of these areas are visible in my doctoral research Epä/igenesis (2021) featuring the bookwork Epägenesis: Katalogi X (2020), a catalogue of material and conceptual writing.
My work has been published and exhibited in anthologies, galleries and festivals within Europe. Since 2021 I am co-founder of the independent non-profit publishing platform Multipöly.