Zakee Shariff

ZAKEE SHARIFF FOR LEONA NAESS | 2008

Zakee is art directing and designing the new album campaign for Polydor artist Leona Naess in collaboration with her husband Al. The first single from the campaign, 'Heavy Like Sunday', came out on 7" single on 2nd June (limited to 500 copies), featuring Zakee's hand-drawn dot logo on the sleeve and watercolour drawings on the label. A glowing version of the logo, animated by 76 Creative, can be seen on Leona's website.

For Polydor Records
© Zakee Shariff

ZAKEE SHARIFF for URBAN OUTFITTERS (USA) | 2008

Zakee has collaborated with Urban Outfitters (USA) on an exciting collection of ten different pieces of clothing, accessories, underwear, and wall-art.

ZAKEE SHARIFF × X-GIRL | SS 2008

Zakee's first collaborative collection with X-Girl (Japan) is out now. It consists of a ten-piece ladies clothing collection and the prints were inspired by drawings Zakee made after a special trip to Jamaica in 2007. If you can read Japanese, you can buy it online here (type Zakee Shariff into the search box). It's also available in X-Girl stores in Japan and Hong Kong.

ZAKEE SHARIFF AT LIBERTY MENSWEAR DEPT | 2008

Zakee has some drawings on display in the menswear department of Liberty of London (Regent St, London W1), as well as her printed ceramic cups (a collaboration with her Japanese friends Make Art Your Zoo). In the coming months some Zakee/MAYZ men's T-shirts and sweatshirts go on display, with more artwork to follow as well.

AL FINGERS MEETS ZAKEE SHARIFF – STARDUST | 2007

DJ Al Fingers has compiled a mixtape entitled Stardust to accompany Zakee's collection of the same name (you can view it in the Fashion Gallery). Featuring Jill Scott, Minnie Riperton, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, and Brian Eno among others, the mix is Al Fingers' musical interpretation of Zakee's work, and revolves around a central celestial theme as sung by Joni Mitchell in her song Woodstock: "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden".
You can listen to the mix on Al Fingers' web site, and the CD is available from Juno Records.

www.alfingers.com
www.junorecords.com

SHARIFF/MILLER SITE LAUNCH | 2007

Zakee and her good friend and fellow creative, photographer Rosalind Miller, have launched their own web site, www.shariffmiller.com, showcasing collaborative artwork produced by the pair over the last seven years. Their work may be seen as an example of how two different mediums, photography and silk-screen printmaking, can work harmoniously together.

ZAKEE'S BLOG

You can now keep up-to-date with Zakee's latest exploits on her Blog.

To view the Blog either click here or on the speech bubble opposite.