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Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal
9.5 x 12.5, 192 pp, 124 images

Hammer Museum, DelMonico Books
ISBN: 9781636811567
2025



Exhibition catalog produced on the occasion of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal at the Hammer Museum, February 9th to May 4th, 2025. Thread sewn, cloth bound hardcover, tip image, foil stamping. Edited with text by Erin Christovale. Foreword by Ann Philbin. Text by Franya J. Berkman. Interviews by Ashley Kahn, Erin Christovale.




Arooj Aftab
Night Reign LP
Verve Records
2025

Album photography by Shreya Dev Dube and Kate Sterlin



tour posters



Silver Cord Song Book
Letterpress, 100 copies
2025



Printed on the occasion of Turiya Rising: Silver Cord by Ashley Rucker, in conjunction with Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal at the Hammer Museum. Two-color letterpress on handmade paper.




Rhody Butcher
Hand-drawn logo
Letterpress print, 80 copies
2025



Love Lies Bleeding
Letterpress print, 100 copies
2024



AKUA, Them Spirits LP
12" vinyl jacket, label and enclosed poster
2019




BLKNWS
Cover artwork
2020 - 2021

Creative Director: Kahlil Joseph
Logo Design: Hassan Rahim
Art Direction: Lee Harrison, Justin Leroy


FACT Magazine, BLKNWS exclusive cover
Published by: Zak Group
AW 2020





Harvard GSD inaugural publication ‘Pairs’, capturing the momentum of the BLKNWS visual archive alongside a conversation between Kahlil Joseph and artist Alexandra Bell
Published by: Normal Studio & Harvard Graduate School of Design
S 2021



MADAM X: Circumnavigating the Sphere of Time
9 x 13 x 0.5 in, 153 pp.
Edited by Axel Wilhite; Photography by Carlotta Guerra.

ISBN 797-8-9865513-1-9
2023












Craft Contemporary
2018-2020





RAW: Craft, Commodity, and Capitalism features work from nine contemporary artists exploring the complex and enduring legacy of capitalistic structures, such as slavery, colonialism, industrialization, and their human and environmental impact.

Exhibition artists: Charmaine Bee, Atul Bhalla, Sonya Clark, Raksha Parekh, Jovencio de la Paz, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Amor Muñoz, Juana Valdes, and Ken + Julia Yonetani. Curated by: Holly Jerger. On view September 20 – January 5, 2020 at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles.  




The Body, The Object, The Other, Craft Contemporary’s second clay biennial, examines contemporary ceramic practices that start with the human figure as the basis for material and conceptual experimentation.

Exhibition artists: Alex Anderson, Jenny Hata Blumenfield, Jason Briggs, Cassils, Sharif Farrag, Nicki Green, Phyllis Green, Raven Halfmoon, Roxanne Jackson, Anabel Juarez, Cynthia Lahti, Galia Linn, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Gerardo Monterrubio, Brie Ruais, Anders Herwald Ruhwald, Nicole Seisler, Meghan Smythe, Cammie Staros, Wanxin Zhang, and Bari Ziperstein. Curated by: Holly Jerger & Andres Payan Estrada. On view January 25, 2020 – January 10, 2021 at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles.


AKUA, Offering
Digital Lyric Book
2019




Symrin Chawla (c. 1990) is an art director and graphic designer engaged in editorial design, visual identities, printed matter and ephemera. She works intimately with arts and academic institutions, filmmakers, musicians, and creative agencies to develop visuals that are instinctual, sentimental and spirit-led.

She is the host of Ganga Blues on NTS Radio and the founder of Prayer Press, an independent publishing project.

Based in California. Working worldwide.







Select Clients

Arooj Aftab
BLKNWS
Craft Contemporary
De La Revolución
Giant Spoon
Hammer Museum
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Motown Records
Somesuch
Universal Pictures
University of California, Santa Cruz
Verve Records
symrin . chawla @ gmail . com