Kareem Rizk (b.1984?) Australia
He studied graphic design from 2001 to 2004 and graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication. He was introduced to collage at art school but only started using it as a creative outlet after his formal studies, trying to create something rawer, more passionate and less commercial. Kareem's obsession with nostalgia draws him to multi-layered, three-dimensional paper collages which often include elements of vintage magazines, old books and all sorts of printed bits and pieces, which he has often collected over a long period of time.

Kareem's working process can best be described as slow-paced: gathering textures, patterns and colours, loosely laying them out on the working surface and combining them with typographic elements, letting the piece develop naturally and finally painting on it in different media like acrylic, oil pastel or pencil to add further dimensions to the work. Sometimes the design of larger canvasses is initially digitally tried out in Photoshop before reproducing it with traditional materials.
The dynamics and balance of the final composition, however, is always determined by strong design principles.