EDUCATION
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2-D Design, 2010
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Western Washington University, Graphic Design, 2003
Art History and Liberal Studies minors.
ACADEMIC
SUNY PURCHASE
Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2012 – Present
Teaching "Visual Language" and "Digital Media for Designers" studio classes.
ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2012
Taught "Graphic Design II" studio class.
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY
Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
Developed the curricula and taught “Typography in the Urban Environment” and “Experimental Poster Making” studios for the Digital Media Studies department.
PROFESSIONAL
INDEPENDENT DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
New York, NY, 2010 – Present
Clients & collaborators include: Pentagram, W Hotels Global Brand Design, Sotheby's, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Refinery29, Limited Brands, Tsang Seymour, Cranbrook Art Museum.
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
2D Design Studio Manager, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2009 – 2010
Responsibilities include internal and external affairs, arranging visiting artists, travel, managing department schedule, calendar and budget.
HENRY ART GALLERY
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2005 – 2008
// Lead Graphic Designer, July 2007 – August 2008
// Graphic Designer, May 2006 – June 2007
// Graphic Design/Production Assistant, November 2005 – April 2006
Responsible for all design, production and project management of graphics for this contemporary art museum. Work includes exhibition graphics, building signage, posters, brochures, educational materials, advertisements, catalog book design and other print collateral from concept through production. Managed design department including Graphic Design/Production Assistant, works study students and interns. Managed brand identity, direct planning and creative development of graphics.
ASSOCIAÇÃO CULTRUAL CABURÉ
Designer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003 – 2004
Design and production of a book for an independent documentary about Dino Sete Cordas, a renown Brazilian musician. Worked independently and in Portuguese.
PUBLICIS WEST
Internship, Seattle, WA, Summer 2001
Interned with the Creative Department. Worked with the Creative Director and Art Directors to design advertisements in addition to image research, in-house design and fetching lunch. Client list includes: T-Mobile, Washington State Apple Board, Purina.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, MERITS
Public Lectures
ATYPI CONFERENCE 2010
Dublin, Ireland, September 10-12, 2010
Presented “The New Aesthetics of Authenticity” in collaboration with Nicole Killian.
NC STATE GRADUATE GRAPHIC DESIGN CONFERENCE
Raleigh, NC, January 22 – 23, 2010
Presented “The New Aesthetics of Authenticity” in collaboration with Nicole Killian.
ATYPI CONFERENCE 2009
Mexico City, Mexico, October 26 – 30, 2009
Presented “Mayan Revival & Detroit’s Typographic Arcadia”
Publications
CRITICIZING ART: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEMPORARY
By Terry Barrett, artwork and review of the work featured, new edition published 2010
GRAPHORISMS SHS Publishing, 2011
Residencies
DEXTER SINISTER: FROM THE TOOLBOX OF A SERVING LIBRARY
The Banff Centre, Canada, July – August 2011
A six week residency rethinking the Bauhaus foundations course and related independent work.
JACOB DAHLGREN STUDIO
Stockholm, Sweden, May – June 2009
Independent work at the studio of artist Jacob Dahlgren.
Advisory Board Member & Participant
DESIGNINQUIRY
Vinalhaven, Maine, 2006 – 2010
// Fail Again: Typography in Flux, 2008
// Pass • Port, 2007
// More Than Business As Usual, 2006.
Nominated to the to the Advisory Board in June 2007, served through 2010. DesignInquiry is a non-profit educational organization devoted to researching design issues in intensive team-based gatherings. designinquiry.net
Selected Exhibitions
DAIMLER CHRYSLER ARTIST EXHIBIT, 2010 – 2011
Juried Show
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT, 2010
Out of the Woods: 2010 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art
FORUM GALLERY, 2009 – 2010
// Some Lines in the Sands...
// Month of Silence
// BREEZIN’
// I’m OK with the New Age
// Keep Sick @ Home: Survey of Current Typographic Work
// Delusions
Conference Participation
// NC STATE GRADUATE GRAPHIC DESIGN CONFERENCE Raleigh, NC, January, 2010
// ATYPI CONFERENCE 2009 Mexico City, Mexico, October, 2009
// DAS SCHNELLE ALTERN DES NEUEN/ABOUT THE FAST AGING OF NEW THINGS Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel, Germany, July 2009.
// TYPECON LETTER SPACE Seattle, WA, August 2007.
// ICOGRADA DESIGN WEEK DEFINING DESIGN ON A CHANGING PLANET Seattle, WA, July 2006