بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Bio

عمر محمد Omar Mohammad designs, researches, and works with Afghan & Islamic culture: architecture, materials, symbols, technology, and love. Artifacts manifest themselves as archives, graphics, exhibitions, publications, objects, and software. These artifacts are designed to define historical pasts and propose speculative futures. He teaches design at the California College of the Arts, designed at cultural institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and studied design at UC Davis. He is currently a graduate student pursuing a Master of Design at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.

Networks

Are.na Email Social

Education

[2025]
Master of Design (MDes) UC Berkeley

[2018]
BA Design UC Davis

Exhibitions

[2024] [info]
Between Worlds: Technology, Spirit & The Digital South
Vienna, Austria

[2023] [info]
Unrealized Archive 7: Text to Image at WRM
Seoul, South Korea

Publications

[2021][read]
Tools for Cultural Production: Archiving Voice, Culture, and Community
Are.na

[2018][read]
The American Mosque: What, How, and Where to Build
UC Davis

Features

[2023][read]
Omar Mohammad revives Afghan culture through design and typography
Itsnicethat

Awards

[2024][info]
Graduate Certificate in New Media
UC Berkeley Center for New Media

[2024][info]
American Cultures Engaged Scholarship
UC Berkeley American Cultures Center & Public Service Center

[2024][info]
Arcus Social Justice Corps Fellowship
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Public

[2025]
Keynote Lecture
UC Davis Global Game Jam
Invited by Professor Patrick LeMieux
Davis, CA

[2024][watch]
Panelist at Day of Translation
Typography and Translation
Center for Fiction and Center for the Art of Translation
Brooklyn, New York

[2022]
Guest Lecture
DES 40C Design Aesthetics & Experience
Invited by Dr. James Housefield
Davis, CA

[2020]
How to Design an Exhibition
Curatorial Research Bureau
Invited by Chris Hamamoto
San Francisco, CA

Teaching

[2025]
Graduate Student Instructor
ASAMST 132AC Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
Dr. Hatem Bazian
UC Berkeley

[2024]
Graduate Student Instructor
ASAMST 128AC Muslims in America
Dr. Hatem Bazian
UC Berkeley

[2024][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6940-3 Thesis Exhibition: Digital Space
California College of the Arts

[2024][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6132-1 Interactive Media California College of the Arts
California College of the Arts

[2023][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6630-4 Topic Studio: Web to Print
California College of the Arts

[2023][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6940-3 Thesis Exhibition: Digital Space
California College of the Arts

[2022][output]
Adjunct Professor I
DESGN 6630-4 Topic Studio: Web to Print
California College of the Arts

[2021]
Guest Critic
DES 115 Letterforms and Typography
Invited by Brett Snyder
UC Davis