Igor Arume (b. BR, 1991) is a designer1, visual artist2, researcher3 and collector4 working at the multiple intersections between design, publishing5 and printmaking6.



  1. My design practice focuses primarily on typography, editorial design and identity.
  2. My artistic practice originates as a research-based exploration of archive material and found imagery. Removing the source material from its original context activates these image-based archives using appropriation, image sequencing, and collage, creating new associative meanings, friction, and alternative narratives. In a time of oversaturation, my (post-)photographic practice carves out and repurposes pre-existing images to answer ontological questions about the nature of images themselves: the status of authorship, ownership, and the technical means of reproduction, locating it throughout the history of media.
  3. My research interests range from design history, designer-as-author to media archeology and the transformations of graphic design labor through the means of production and technology.
  4. I collect stencil-printed material culture — specially printed in Risograph duplicators — since 2012 at Riso Ephemera︎︎.
  5. I investigate critical issues within the fields of design and media like appropriation, found image and publishing as artistic practice in self-initiated projects.
  6. I'm interested in exploring the aesthetic qualities, ideological potential and technical limits of stencil duplicators as a means of production for self-publishing and artists’ books while pushing the boundaries of the printed medium.



︎ Education

MFA in Visual Studies
2023 - Present

Master in Design
ESDI UERJ, Brazil
2020 - 2022 


BA in Visual Communication Design Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009 – 2016

Art&Technology Exchange program Saxion Hogescholen, the Netherlands
2013 – 2014

Introduction to Archaeological Theory: from Antiquarianism to Post-processualism
Brazil
2021

Figure drawing with painter Lydio Bandeira de Mello ︎︎
Brazil
2014 – 2020


Escola Livre ︎︎
Workshop, Brazil
2016


Campeonato Carioca de Design
Workshop, Brazil
2014


Risograph Workshop
PrintRoom, Rotterdam
2014


Escola Aberta ︎︎
Workshop, Brazil
2012


Watercolour with Renato Alarcão
Workshop, Brazil
2012

Kalligráphos with Cláudio Gil
Workshop, Brazil
2011

Illustration Theory with Renato Alarcão Workshop, Brazil
2010
︎Currently work

Risotrip Print Shop Co.︎︎
Co-founder/Designer/Printmaker
2015 – Present


︎Selected Press & Publications

GRAPHIC magazine #43 “Paper is Beautiful”︎︎
Propaganda Press, Seoul
2019


Risomania: the new spirit of printing ︎︎
Vetro Editions, Berlin
2016


Étapes magazine #233︎︎ Pyramyd Éditions, Paris
2016

Trendlist ︎︎
Hayzed Magazine ︎︎
Bamboo ︎︎


︎Self Published Book

COLOSSUS
Risotrip Print Shop Co.
2017


Available at
︎︎︎ Printed Matter, NY︎︎
︎︎︎ Casa Plana, Brazil
︎︎︎ Banca Tatuí, Brazil ︎︎
︎︎︎ EAV Parque Lage Library
︎︎︎ UFMG Artist's Book Collection


︎Teaching

Miami Ad School
Print production teacher
2020 - Present

Risobell: Lettering+Illustration+Risograph Workshop with Paula Cruz, Leandro Assis & Risotrip, Brazil
2018


Riso Printing Photographs in 2 & 4 colors
Workshop with Risotrip, Brazil
2018–2019


Dar imagens às palavras: Illustration+Risograph Workshop with Lord Mantraste, Meli-Melo Press & Risotrip, Brazil
2017


Zine Amado
Workshop with Pipoca Press + Risotrip, Brazil
2017


Zine Amado
Workshop with Pipoca Press + Risotrip, Brazil
2016


Design workshop with Quinta-feira + Risotrip Travessias–Arte Contemporânea na Maré, Brazil
2015


Risograph workshop with Meli-Melo + Risotrip
Comuna, Brazil
2015


Workshop Tipografia Tangível
Pavão ESDI, Brazil
2012



︎Group Exhibitions

Close to home: a local artist pop-up show and holiday art market Stop-Gap projects, USA
2023


International Open Call Exhibition︎︎ VOLUMES Art Publishing Days, Zürich
2019


Riso Revolution, curated by Herbarium Riso︎︎ The Other Book Festival, the Netherlands 2019

Riso Circles: The World in Halftone︎︎ San Francisco State University, USA
2019

Dizzy Ink A2 Open Call︎︎ Nottingham, UK
2019

Parque Longe: Mail Art Expo ︎︎EAV Parque Lage, Brazil
2019

Colors Unite! ︎︎
︎︎︎Druck Druck Druck at the Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
2019

︎︎︎Magical Riso conference at the Jan van Eyck Academie, NL
2016 and 2018

︎︎︎ Unfold Shanghai Art Book Fair, CN
2018

︎︎︎ PrintRoom Rotterdam, NL
2016

The Riso Museum ︎︎
︎︎︎ Brainfreeze Comics, USA
2017
︎︎︎ Asheville BookWorks, USA
2016

Print Club World ︎︎
︎︎︎ Torino Graphic Days, Italy
2017

Processos ︎︎
Atelier Co.dorna, Brazil
2017

Galeria Brasil Exhibition
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016


Leque Cultural
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2013

︎Art Book Fairs

New York Art Book Fair
New York City, USA
2024


Detroit Art Book Fair
Detroit, USA
2023


Feira Miolo(s)
Online
2020

Feira Miolo(s)
São Paulo, Brazil
2019


Printa-feira IV: Riso/Gráfica
São Paulo, Brazil
2019


24 ª Feira Tijuana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019


23ª Feira Tijuana
São Paulo, Brazil
2019


5ª Feira Urca de Fotolivros
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019


Magical Art Book Fair ︎︎
Jan van Eyck Academie, NL
2018


20ª Feira Tijuana
São Paulo, Brazil
2018


19ª Feira Tijuana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018


4ª Feira Urca de Fotolivros
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018


Plana Festival
São Paulo, Brazil
2018


16ª Feira Tijuana
São Paulo, Brazil
2017


3ª Feira Urca de Fotolivros
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017


15 ª Feira Tijuana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017


Plana Festival
São Paulo, Brazil
2017


10ª Feira Tijuana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016


4ª Feira Plana
São Paulo, Brazil
2016


Feira Urca de Fotolivros
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015


3ª Feira Pão de Forma
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
︎Lectures

Risograph in context: history, specificities and creative use Hemeroteca Mario de Andrade, São Paulo 2019

Risograph: history and specificities of stencil duplication
EBA UFRJ, Brazil
2019

Self publishing
EBA UFRJ, Brazil
2017


Maratona Rio Criativo: Empreendedorismo Editorial ︎︎
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016


Self publishing with Risotrip, Beleléu and Pipoca Press roundtable with Bendita Gambiarra
Pavão ESDI, Brazil
2015


Risograph printing and self publishing
EBA UFRJ, Brazil
2015



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