Jarin Moriguchi is a Chicago-based graphic designer and multidisciplinary artist from Honolulu. His work is inspired by speculative fiction, cinematic world-building, alternative forms of publication, and good books that he reads. He investigates themes of internet culture and corruption by playing on visual languages of meme literacy, government surveillance, corporate branding, and chatbots.
Current projects include designing artist publications and cool PDFs with new and long-time collaborators for the unofficial Workers Comp enterprise, challenging form and legibility through custom typography, and researching + writing about ideologies and subcultures bred from internet addiction.
His extracurricular time is spent patiently practicing minimalist living, making the case for PDFs to be taken more seriously, eating tofu curry, and reading elaborate sci-fi fantasy.
As an enthusiastic collaborator and passionate worker, Jarin has worked as a designer for university programs, studios, and freelance clients nationwide; and has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Honolulu and Chicago.
Current projects include designing artist publications and cool PDFs with new and long-time collaborators for the unofficial Workers Comp enterprise, challenging form and legibility through custom typography, and researching + writing about ideologies and subcultures bred from internet addiction.
His extracurricular time is spent patiently practicing minimalist living, making the case for PDFs to be taken more seriously, eating tofu curry, and reading elaborate sci-fi fantasy.
As an enthusiastic collaborator and passionate worker, Jarin has worked as a designer for university programs, studios, and freelance clients nationwide; and has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Honolulu and Chicago.
education
[2024] University of Illinois at Chicago - MDes - Master of Design, Graphic Design (currently)
[2021] University of Hawaii at Manoa - BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Focus in Painting
education cont.
[2023] Poster Design led by Leander Eisenmann - The Basel School of Design - Basel, Switzerland
[2023] Creative Coding and Interactive Typography led by Talia Cotton - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
professional
[2023] Teaching Assistant (Digital Media Design), School of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
[2023] Teaching Assistant, Learning Technology Solutions, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
[2023] Junior Designer, Common Space Studio, New York, NY + Honolulu, HI
[2023] Member, Chicago Printer’s Guild, Chicago, IL
[2023] Graduate Assistant (Graphic Design), School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
[2022 - 2023] Graduate Assistant (Digital Media and Design Education), Digital Scholarship Hub, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
[2022] Design Assistant, Common Space Studio, New York, NY + Honolulu, HI
[2021 - 2023] Freelance Designer, Jarin Moriguchi Studio LLC, Honolulu, HI
residencies
[2021] Artist-In-Residence - Boxjelly, Honolulu, HI
awards and recognitions
[2022] Board of Trustees Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
[2020] Helen Gilbert-Bushnell Memorial Award in Painting, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
curatorial projects
[2019] Due West of Tomorrow and Nowhere, Gallery 214, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
select exhibitions
[2023] Chicago Publishers Fair - Co-Prosperity, Chicago, IL
[2023] Printed Matter: LA Art Book Fair - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
[2023] Zine To Be Seen - Optimist Gallery at Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL (group)
[2022] Kagu/Akari - Fishcake, Honolulu, HI (group)
[2022] The End and The Beginning - Boxjelly, Honolulu, HI (solo)
[2020] Calm and Anxiety - ARS Gallery, Honolulu, HI (group)
[2020] Serving the People BFA Show - Serving the People (online, group)
[2020] Hued - University of Hawaii at Manoa: Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI (group)
[2020] Worker’s Comp - GRRIC Contemporary, Honolulu, HI (two-person)
[2019] An Urban Dialogue - Apt. 155 by Fishcake, Honolulu, HI (group)
[2019] FalseTeeth - GRRIC Contemporary, Honolulu, HI (solo)
[2019] Insert Here - Aupuni Space, Honolulu, HI (group)
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