Bio


Abigail Conant is a Boston-based graphic designer and visual artist. Born in China and raised in the U.S., she earned her BFA in Graphic Design from Boston University. Her work explores Asian American identity and the human condition, often balancing the digital and analog to elevate simple ideas with a distinct style.
    She co-founded the design collective FutureKiki, where she has exhibited collaboratively. Outside of design, Abigail is an avid museum goer, enjoys using her passport, loves eating food she doesn’t have to cook, and strives to log as many movies on her Letterboxd as possible.

Visit the ARCHIVE to explore more of her work. She is open for freelance projects, conversation, or so you can share your top four films.



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FocusesEditorial / Book Design
Experience Design
Visual Identity
Typography
Drawing
Painting
Photography



Skills    Adobe Creative Suite
    (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects)
Google Workspace
Microsoft Office
Figma
HTML / CSS



Exhibitions
Boston University BFA Thesis Show
2025 / Boston, MA

Resiliency Through Generations
2025 / Durham, NH

Multiple Fairs Art Book Fair, Exhibitor
2025 / Boston, MA

Sown Together
2024 / Boston, MA

NISDA Intern Showcase
2024 / Nantucket, MA

Homecoming
2024 / Durham, NH

BU Abroad Studio Arts Exhibition
2023 / Venice, Italy



RecognitionBU College of Fine Arts, Dean’s List with Distinction
2021–2025

Gold Key Recipient, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2021

Adoptee Creative Scholar, Holt International
2021

Silver Key Recipient, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2020

Artist of Promise Award, Hartford Art School
2020




A Glossary of Unconventional Collection Methods

  • Editorial Design / Bookbinding / 166 pages / 2025

A glossary that explores the subtle, everyday acts of collection beyond traditional archives and redefine what it means to be a collector today.


An Index of Objects We Keep
  • Editorial Design / Bookbinding / 118 pages / 2025

An index of everyday objects we hold onto, revealing how insignificant things become quiet archives of who we are. The glossary’s companion piece.




Toolkits of a False Reality
  • Speculative Design / Ephemera / 3 Toolkits / 2025

Bound ephemera kits using speculative design and exploring how identity can be constructed through the archived remnants of imagined lives. 




Curate to the Core
  • Editorial Design / Bookbinding / 220 pages / 2025

A book documenting the process and culmination of my thesis which explores how curation, authorship, and archival work intersect to shape both personal and collective identities.




Chinese Born, American Made
  • Editorial Design / Bookbinding / 104 pages / 2024

Archive book reexamining childhood photographs, from my adoption in China to growing up in the U.S., through the lens of my adult self. 




walk into my memory
  • Spatial Design / Interactive Design / 2024

Immersive digital space representative of my hometown, reflecting on lost memories and asking the question, "how do you recreate what you can't remember?" Visit here.




Working Upwards

  • Spatial Design / Interactive Design / 2024

Immersive digital exhibition serving as an interactive archive. Exploration is encouraged as viewers travel a vertical path of connecting shapes representative for each designer’s work. Visit here.

Created in collaboration with Andrea Rojas Doupovec.





23:59
  • Editorial Design / 248 pages / 2024

Curated visual catalog showcasing design, artwork, photographs, songs, and written excerpts of what moves me as an artist, designer, and person. 





After Yang
  • Editorial Design / Bookbinding / 24 pages / 2023

Booklet analyzing Kogonada’s film After Yang, exploring its reflections on nature, technology, love, loss, and the human condition through a unique visual language.




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Last Updated: 09.2025