Hatem Imam
Hatem Imam is a visual artist and a graphic designer living and working in Beirut, Lebanon. He holds a BFA in graphic design from the American University of Beirut (AUB), and an MA in Fine Arts from the University of Creative Arts in Canterbury. He co-founded the design agency Studio Safar, and the design and visual culture magazine, Journal Safar. He is also one of the co-founders of the Samandal comics collective, and the artistic director of Annihaya record label. He has taught design and printmaking at AUB since 2007. His work centers around landscape and employs painting, printmaking and sound to negotiate a relationship with place.