selwa abd is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, UI designer & community coordinator living in NYC.

she composes, produces and performs under the alias: BERGSONIST. she curates the NY music blog (since 2010) BIZAARBAZAAR and hosts a monthly radio show on NTS RADIO.

she also collaborates frequently with artist Greg Zifcak on various video projects. more info HERE.

in 2017, she started PICK UP TH E FLOW, an online resource to promote congregation and exchange between peers. It consists of an online resource (ig, WEBSITE, newsletter & private marketplace groups) aiming to democratize access to opportunities.

in 2019, she started 3AFAK, a project currently co-run with Sanna Almajedi.

she holds a BFA degree in Communication Design from Parsons / The New School. THESIS.

she has performed at spaces such as Basilica Hudson, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Parsons The New School For Design, Flux Factory, Issue Project Room, Spectacle Theater, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Brooklyn College and Boston Museum Of Fine Arts to name a few. she has performed at festivals such as Moogfest, Sonic Acts, Basilica Hudson Drone Festival and By Larm.

she was a panelist/guest speaker at: The New School (invited by professor Dafna Naphtali), Pratt Institute (invited by Raphael Griswold), Columbia University (invited by James Hoff / studio visit to grad students from the Columbia University MFA program), Moogfest (on a panel hosted by Emilie Friedlander), RA Exchange( hosted by Working Women) and MOMA Ps1 (along with Stephen Decker, they organized a pickuptheflow virtual panel).

her work has been covered by The Washington Post, Bandcamp Daily, Resident Advisor (breaking through), The Wire, Nouveau York, RA, Fact Mag, DJ Mag, AQNB, Zweikommasieben, Spin Mag, Inverted Audio, Juno Plus, The Standard Hotel, The Vinyl Factory, Mixmag Turkey, Trax Mag, Totokaelo, Bomb Magazine, Love Injection, Shure X Mixcloud and Borshch Magazine.

selected press links: Nouveau York, The Washington Post, Bandcamp Guide nov 2020, RA Breaking Through, February 2020 - Trax Magazine 229, Interview by Maxime Jacob, March 2020 (print) - Love Injection 55 Interview by Ruth Saxelby, March 2020 (print) - Shure x Mixcloud Interview, November 2019 - Borshch Interview, January 2019 - Bomb Magazine Interview, September 2018

awards: graduated with honors from Parsons School Of Design | The New School (2016). received a grant "Aide A La Creation De Musique Originale" from SACEM to work on a film by Samy Sidali (2020).