Education
06.99-05.01 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
08.93-05.96 BFA, North Carolina State University, School of Design, Raleigh, NC
06.95-08.95 Prague Summer Study, Prague, Czech Republic
Employment
Teaching
08.16- present Chair, Department of Design, Loyola University of New Orleans
08.01-08.15 Associate Professor of Design, Loyola University of New Orleans, Louisiana
08.04-08.05 Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, American University of Sharjah, UAE
06.03-08.03 Instructor, New Orleans Public Access TV, New Orleans, Louisiana
08.99-05.01 Teaching Assistant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
Work
Professional designer
2011-Present Think NEW Orleans, founder of this design, writing, technology, research collaborative New Orleans, LA
Freelance designer
2001-Present New Orleans, Louisiana
1999-2001 Los Angeles, CA
Motion Graphic Designer
06.00-08.00 2000 Strong Company, Venice, California
09.98-08.99 Marketing Design Director, George Magazine, New York, New York
01.98-06.98 Designer, Slover and Company, New York, New York
09.96-09.97 Designer, Benetton: Fabrica: Research Center for Design, Treviso, Italy
Clients + Publications + Exhibitions + Conferences
2018
In progress: invited to write article for publication, Cal Arts Poster Archive, for Exhibition On/Off, Butt, in collaboration with Tuan Phan, due December 2018.
La Village De Chapitoulas, Paper Monuments invitation, 300 Year History Project, New Orleans, Lousians, January 2018
2017
Dear Humanity Poster, 9th United Designs: Messages to Humanity, United Design Alliance, Seoul, Korea, October 2017
Mother Henriette Delille Project, Paper Monuments Open Call, 300 Year History Project, New Orleans, Lousians, September, 2017
50th Wedding Anniversary Poster, Krewe of the Rolling Elvi, Submission Winner, Mardi Gras, February 2017.
Logo and Branding Consultation, Wallace/Meyeski Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2017.
2016
Reset, Poster, The Global Design Asssociations, The 8th United Designs, International Biennial Design Exhibition + Publication, Jeju, Korea: October 1-7, Dubai, UAE: October 25-November 30
D is Not for Dog, The Dog Show, Group Show, Inferno Gallery, December 11 2016 -Febrary 10, 2017
2015
National AIGA Design Conference, Presenter, Round Table discussion: Bachelor of Design Degree at Jesuit Institution, New Orleans, LA
Client
Bonfouca Festival branding, Mothership Foundations, Slidell, LA
2014
AIGA Education Conference, Intersections in Missions: A Design Pedagogy at the Crossroads of People, Place and Purpose, presenter and moderator, Portland, ORMake a better place, Political Posters, International Biennial Design Exhibition, Shanghai 2014
Clients
Leake, Nelson, Scott, Swigart, Exhibition poster and postcard, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Walker Percy Center, redesign logo, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
The Banner Store, redesign catalog, New Orleans, LA.
2013
Group exhibit: Collaborations, k(NO)w/here, collaboration with Robert Bell, Loyola Univeristy New Orleans, Diboll Gallery, New Orleans, LA
TypeCon Conference, Paper and presentation: New Synthesis: culture, typography and 2nd graders, Portland Oregon.
Invitation only group exhibition, Reminders, Jamjuree Art Gallery,Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The exhibit featured the work of four designers who were asked to create work that focused on typography and positive messages.
Screen Printed posters, Great Teacher Award for SALT (Society of American Law Teachers), M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award, St Paul, MN
2012
Design Clients
Meredith Cunnigham, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Review, literary magazine and website design, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
The Banner Store, catalog design, Metairie, Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
6th Annual United Design Poster Exhibition, St Louis Missouri
New Orleans Infant Burial Foundation, Logo Design, Christy Helmke, New Orleans
Art Council, Kim Cook, discussed design curriculum for high school students
English Department, designed NOR, professional publication published from Loyola English Department.
English Department, Irish Study abroad poster series, Robert Bell
Symphony Chorus New Orleans, Logo design, Karen Anklam
International School of Louisiana, designed signage/tshirts/banners, signage, booklet, Gala fundraiser.
Visual Arts Wellness Center, Design consultant, Propellor, New Orleans
2011
Three Ring Circus Big Top Gallery, Solo Show, Campaign: thinkNEWorleans, New Orleans, LA
2010
The 5th United Designs International Biennial Design Exhibition, Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design and The Cyprus University of Technology, Korea
The 5th United Designs International Biennial Design Exhibition, Korea Ensemble of Contemporary Design and The Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, Group Show
2008
St. Claude Collective (in conjunction with P.1) The New Orleans Healing Center, New Orleans
2008 Pencil and Paper: Visual Art Faculty and Invited Artists Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans
2006
Earthquakes and Aftershocks, Saint-Loubert Bie, Jerome, Publisher Ecole Des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France
Hyperflux, Mcknight, Jen, University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Degrees of Separation, Webzine (www.degreesnola.com), Aplural, Seattle Washington,
New Orleans Mixed Media Collages
Exhibition: Femme Fest, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Collages
Exhibition: Anniversary of Katrina, Mystic Blue Sign Shop, New Orleans, LA
2005
Poster Exhibition: Earthquakes and Aftershocks
Silk screen poster, Ecole Des Beaux-Arts Rennes, France
Poster Exhibition: Hyperflux: Silk screen Poster Exhibition
Silk screen Poster, University of St. Louis, MO
Video Collaboration with Artist Andrea Loest.
Video created for live performance of artist fashion show.
One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
Poster Not for Profit Exhibition, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA
2004
Video Collaboration with Artist Andrea Loest. Video created for live performance of artist fashion show, One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA
2003
Print Magazine, Eclectica Poster, Collaboration with Tom Varisco, New York, NY
Award Posters
3 silk screen posters designed as awards for 3 artists in Los Angeles, CA for the Center for Study of Political Graphics. Collaboration with 3 students and Colleague at California Institute of the Arts. These posters were shown in Museo Civico Archaeologico, Piazza Constituzione 3, 09020 Villanovaforru, Sardinia, Italy.
Video Show
Collaboration with Artist Andrea Loest. Video created for live performance of artist fashion show. Martyrs Club, Chicago, IL
Video Collaboration with Artist Andrea Loest.
13 Female Artist who live in New Orleans were invited to participate, Diboll Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Diboll Gallery: Curator: ADVERSARY: Travelling exhibition
Diboll Gallery: Curator: AIGA Southeast Regional Design Show
Danna Center Gallery: Exhibit, curator, West Coast versus East Coast in Gulf Coast
Type designers: Ed Fella and Michael Clark
2002
Desire Magazine, Illustration Design Lee Circle, New Orleans, L
Voice2, Palestine Poster Exhibition, AIGA Voice Conference, Washington, DC
Postcards
You Can’t Handle the Truth, White Linen Night, Mermaid, New Orleans, LA
2001
Output, Panchen Lama Poster, Germany
Exhibitions
Traveling exhibition: An Exhibition of Contesting Graphic Design: ADVERSARY
Collaboration with 3 students and colleague at California Institute of the Arts. This show has travelled to:
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA and
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Deluth, MN
Monterrat College of Art, Beverly, MA