Communication artist based in London since 2004, and recent MA graduate from the Royal
College of Art in Communication Art & Design.

My practice has been based around graphic design, photography, publication & magazine design
and art direction, print design, illustration, typography on a graphic level;
and communication design, video, photography, as part of an art-based practice.

For my fine-art based work, please visit: www.rashakahil.com

I'm always interested in freelance commissions and art collaborations!

ABOUT CLIENTS (PAST AND PRESENT)

Arena
BBC WST
Dazed & Confused
Double M Denim
ELLE UK
Esska
European Alternatives
Gilbert Hage
LemonluLondon
Mandi Lennard PR
Nadine Khouri
Naked Punch
Optimum Holding
Pop Will Save Us
Rankin
SCHRmm Jewellery
Shortlist
Transeuropa Festival
Underexposed Publishing

ABOUT EDUCATION

2007-2009: MA Communication Art & Design > Royal College of Art, London, UK
Centered around photography, video and communication art, with an emphasis on
the gaze and the body in the public / private.

2006: Central Saint Martins, Illustration Short Course, London, UK

2000-2004: BA Graphic Design > American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Honor List graduate + Distinguished Graduate Award

1998-2000: 2 years studying Cinema and Directing at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts
(ALBA), Lebanon, which gave me skills in storytelling, editing, cinematography and directing.

ABOUT STUDIO EXPERIENCE

2003-current: Freelance Graphic Designer / Photographer based in London

2009-current: Freelance designer at ELLE UK magazine, London

June 2008-March 2009: Acting Art Editor (June-Aug 2008) and freelance designer at Arena Magazine, London

2006-2007: Designer at Dazed & Confused Magazine, London

2006: Designer at Gellender Studio, London

2004-2005: 6-month design placement at Barnbrook Design, London

2003: 2-month design placement at Vangog Ontwerpers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ABOUT EXHIBITIONS

July 2010: The Shameless, solo exhibition, Zico House gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Feb 2010: "The Eye" screened at The Running Horse Gallery, as part of
Soft Sculpture or the Ordinary reinterpreted , Beirut, Lebanon

Dec 2009: "The Eye" screened at BolteLang Gallery, as part of
The Corridor: PixelPops09, Zurich, Switzerland

July 2009: "The Eye" screened at the British Film Institute (BFI) as part
of the Acoustic Images video and film night

June 2009: RCA Graduate Show 2009, exhibiting "Poses" and launching the "XI and la Gueule du Monde"
art publication. Poses was awarded the Carl Garnham Prize for Photographic Media

March 2009: "M for Stalking" print installation exhibited in the collective The Affluenza Exhibition,
St. John's warehouse, Clerkenwell, London

February 2009: Performed Narratives, exhibition with filmmaker Sanna Kuittinen,
showing a large-scale photo triptych "She", Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art

January 2009: Quiet Please, "The Eye" video projected as part of the GSK Contemporary sonic event,
Royal Academy of Arts, London (curated by David Blamey and Craig Richards)

October 2008: Spiritual Promises, showing "Skinned" project in the collective exhibition
curated by Cosmicmegabrain, Cordy House, Shoreditch, London

June 2008: Environmental Design Valpak Award shortlist exhibition, Royal College of Art, London

April 2008: Oberon Book Illustration exhibition, Royal College of Art, London

February 2008: Beyond the Surface, Passion for Print exhibition, Hockney Gallery,
Royal College of Art, London

October 2006: Today is a Beautiful Day, illustration exhibition, Nog Gallery, London

ABOUT WEBSITE

This website is obviously based on Eatock's design.