Karna Mustaqim memiliki ketertarikan pada bidang penelitian artistik berbasis praktik dalam seni rupa dan studi desain. Pernah mengajar dasar desain grafis, metodologi desain, estetika dan filsafat serta teori seni di UPH, UBINUS, dan UMN. Penggemar novel grafis dan buku komik ini tengah menyelesaikan studi PhD di bidang seni dengan mengambil isu formalisme pada seni sekuensial dan fenomena pengalaman membaca komik.

EDUKASI

2006–sekarang
Candidate of Philosophy of Doctor (PhD) | Art and Design | UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA), Malaysia

2006
Master of Art | Visual Communication Design, Faculty of Art and Design | UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA), Malaysia

1998
Sarjana Seni | Desain Komunikasi Visual, Fakultas Desain dan Teknik Perencanaan | Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang

2013
Extension Course: Estetika | STF Driyarkara, Jakarta

2000
Extension Course: Sejarah Pemikiran Barat | STF Driyarkara, Jakarta

PENGALAMAN PROFESIONAL

2013–2014
Director, Lecturer | Center for Art & Design | Surya University

2011–2013
Lecturer Specialist: Desain Komunikasi Visual dan New Media | School of Design, Binus University

PENGHARGAAN

2007
– Final selection | Kaba Si Malin Kundang | Comics Competition at Asia Animation & Comics Contest (AACC 2007). Cartoon Commission of China TV Artists Association and Guiyang Government.
– Bronze | Visual Musicality: Towards A Visual Language of Music & Visual Expression | The 19th International Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design & Technology Exhibition (I-TEX ’07) | Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) by MINDS.
– Silver | A Visual Documentation Research on A Young Malaysian Artist’s Work | The Invention, Innovation, and Design (IID 2007) | Institute Of Research, Development & Commercialization, UiTM Shah Alam.

PAMERAN DAN PUBLIKASI

Pameran

2009
We’re All Millionaires (Pameran Seni Rupa) | A.O.D. Art Space | Curated by C&C Projects, Jakarta

2007
Eyes of Tahan National Park | Galeri Tuanku Nur Zahirah | Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

2005
Mother’s Nature: Testimony of A Journey to Taman Negara Kuala Tahan | Galeri Seni Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

Publikasi

2011
– Along the Way with the Three Humane Show. Signs, Symbols and Icons. Artikel dalam katalog pameran Galeri Chandan. ThreeSixty SDN BHD., Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
– Introducing Comics as Visual Culture Sentap!: Contemporary Visual Art Magazine (No.4/10, 2011). Penerbit Teratak Nuromar, Perak, Malaysia

2010
– Draw Therefore I Am: Drawing as Visual Studies. ITB Journal of Visual Art & Design. Vol. 4. No. 2, 2010; hal. 103-118
– Visual Musicality in Graphic Expression: A Study on Intertwined of Visual and Music. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany.
– (Shy)lence. Young Malaysian Artists: New Object(ion). Artikel dalam katalog pameran Galeri Petronas. KLCC, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
– Paperworks. Paperworks: Marks and Trails of Artistic Minds. Artikel dalam katalog pameran. Galeri Chandan. ThreeSixty SDN BHD., Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.

2008
Membangkitkan Kembali Komik Medan. Harian Analisa, Medan.

2007
An Overview on Indonesian Comics. International Journal of Comic Art (IJOCA), Vol.9. Pennsylvania, US.

PENGALAMAN LAIN

2014
Presenter | International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research (i-cader 2014) | IEEE Industrial Electronics & Industrial Applications Joint Chapter of Malaysia.

2012
Presenter | Art and Design International Conference (AnDIC) | Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.

2011
– Presenter | The 4th International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA 2011) | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
– Presenter | The 2nd Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (ACAH) | The International Academic Forum, Ramada Hotel, Osaka, Jepang.