serina tarkhanian is a designer and researcher whose work explores contemporary issues around care and the social conditions of health and well-being. throughout the years she has been interested on the relations between embodied knowledges, their embedded rituals and materiality, and design. she is the president of the community lighting for the urban environment organisation and has over ten years of experience in exhibition design, namely working with studios such as gsm project.

education

ma social design, cum laude, gijs bakker award nomination, best thesis award, design academy eindhoven, netherlands, 2020.

graduate degree (dess) event design, faculty of arts of the university of quebec in montreal, canada, 2012.

bachelor of arts in environmental design, faculty of arts of the university of quebec in montreal, canada, 2011.

exhibitions

gs20, dutch design week 2020, fuorisalon 2019, dubai children’s museum, healthy champions (abu dhabi department of health), montreal science center, canada.

curious about something? want to collaborate? feel free to contact me at s@trkhnn.com