Saba N. Maheen


I am a multimodal maker, thinker, and educator working with image, reproduction, & participation.  Artifacts may take form through designed experiences, queer data visualizations, and publication about alternate futures.  See select projects


  1. INTERCESSION
  2. Starlings : Leaflets
  3. On the QR
  4. Kuffiyeh/Shemagh 
  5. SUMUD
  6. Dreams for Liberation
  7. Poppy Seeds
  8. UNFOLDING
  9. Responding
  10. Iterativity in Processing

About
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see my teaching resume here

EDUCATION
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2018
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Art | New Brunswick, NJ
Masters of Fine Art in Design 

San Diego College of Continuing Education | San Diego, CA
Certificate in Clothing and Textiles

Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH
B.A. in Studio Art, Honors; Minor in Human Centered Design & Arabic Language

Cultural Center for Learning and Training (CCLT) | Rabat, Morocco
Certificate in Advanced Arabic Language, Darija Intensive

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sep 2024 – present


Sep 2024 – present


Sep 2018 – present


Jun 2021 – Jun 2024


Sep 2020 - Jun 2021


Jan 2023 – Aug 2023


Jul 2019 – Feb 2020


Jan 2018 - Jul 2019
Mason Gross School of Art | New Brunswick, NJ
Part Time Lecturer of Design Thesis and Exhibition I & II

Zimmerli Art Museum | New Brunswick, NJ 
Graphic Designer

SNM Photo
Freelance Photographer and Videographer

First Media US | remote 
Media Buyer

Photos, Movies & More | San Diego, CA
Media Preparator & Digitizer

Anyon Atelier and Design | San Francisco, CA
Photographer and Videographer; Design Intern (Spring 2019)

Luminta Photobooks | Hanover, NH
Associate Designer

Dartmouth Book Arts Workshop | Hanover, NH
Studio Assistant 

RECOGNITION
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Scarlet Arts Rx Grant | Rutgers University

Wolfenden Fine Arts Prize | Dartmouth College Department of Studio Art

1st Place in Photography | NH Art Association College Art Invitational

DCF Project Grant | Dartmouth Centers Forum

Student Project Grant | Leslie Center for the Humanities

Robert Dance Arts Fund, Hopkins Center for the Arts

1st place entry, Call for Art | Leslie Center for the Humanities

1st place JMC 48hr Film Competition, co-creator | Jones Media Center

EXHIBITIONS
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2018

Subterra: Art Exhibition Premiere | Highland Park, NJ

Racketeers | Handball Court, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

INTERCESSION @ all that's hidden: MFA Thesis Show II | Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

Starlings : Leaflets | Junction Arts & Media, White River Junction, VT

INTERCESSION @ SHAPE HUNTER: MFA Thesis Show I | Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

UNFOLDING: A Co-Cureate Exhibition | Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

Threads of Resistance with ATL Radical Art | Soapbox Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raj’un: In Remembrance | Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick, NJ

Exquisite Lives: A Collective Installation | Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick, NJ

Member, Staff & Volunteer Show | Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA

NH College Art Invitational | Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH

Senior Fall Exhibition | Black Visual Arts Center, Hanover, NH

Portrait of a Dartmouth Student | Black Visual Arts Center, Hanover, NH

Spirituality: booth Art Exhibition Premiere | Hopkins Center for the Arts; Hanover, NH
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FELLOWSHIPS, COMMISSIONS & OPPORTUNITIES
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Panelist | Screening of No Other Land
White River Indie Film Festival, White River Junction, VT

Designer | Brand and print design for Rutgers in New York show
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

Workshop Facilitator | Learning and Printing Arabic with Lego 
Spring Festival at Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick, NJ

Workshop Facilitator | Tatreez: Palestinian Embroidery
Spring Festival at Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick, NJ

Member | Marching Bass Drummer & Percussionist
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, San Francisco, CA

Co-Curator | Museum Collecting 101 Seminar
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH

Designer | Dartmouth 250th Anniversary Bookplate in letterpress
Sphinx Foundation, Hanover, NH

Commission | 3500 letterpress notecards for alumni
Dartmouth Office of Development, Hanover, NH

PUBLICATIONS - See select publications here
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2018
A Selection of Poems by Refaat Alareer and Marcellus ‘Khaliifa’ Williams 
artist book | laser-cut leather pages with tatreez embroidered edge, ring binding

LACUNA 
artist book | digital print of 35mm negatives, commercial casebinding, handcut collage & poem accompaniment

I was not aware of the moment when I first crossed the threshold of this life
artist book | digital prints from 35mm film negative, vellum, drum leaf handbound in case

HOME
artist book + collective handwriting | digital inkjet tip-ins, dyed Japanese mulberry paper, French link stitch binding

VESSEL
monograph | digital print and commercial case binding in handmade clamshell box

MAROC
monograph | digital print and commercial case binding