BORDERLESS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder and Owner of Retroavangarda Gallery
Born in Warsaw. She specializes in poster design, book design and non-commercial collages. She finished her diploma in poster and graduated with honors in 1999 under professor Julian Pałka and professor Mieczysław Wasilewski. In the same year she has begun her didactic work. In 2007 she got her phD degree at Art Faculty of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin for defending her doctoral thesis ‘Dadaist collage as an inspiration for my artwork'.In 2002-2010 she worked with the publishing company Bertelsmann Media where she designed hundreds of book covers and layouts mainly for high-volume titles. She took part in numerous contests and group exhibitions. Since 2008 she has been teaching graphic design and giving lectures on history of graphic design in Warsaw School of Information Technology. Since 2010 she has acted as proxy of the dean at the Graphic Design faculty, she is also a member of the Senate of the University and of the Faculty Council for the term 2013-17 and 2017-21. In 2012 she received the Medal of the National Education Commission. In 2017 she was in the jury of International Poster Competition ‘Escucha mi Voz' organized in Mexico under the patronage on UNESCO and in 2018 she was in the jury of international poster contest Ecuador Poster Bienal. She is a member of China International Design Educator Association (C-IDEA). Her professional interests include not only poster but also contemporary painting, graphics and art market. She is the founder and owner of Retroavangarda Gallery in Warsaw, Poland. In 2019 Anna Kłos became a curator to a second gallery - WIT Gallery in Warsaw located in the building of the school she works at.WIT Gallery's main goal is to present pieces of students and professors by organizing international exhibitions.
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- Taiwan Kaohsiung Creators Association President
Mr.Chang Teach Shih Chien University, Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising as Lecturer, He served as the final Jury for the 2020 Turkish Bolu International Poster Design Award, the 2019 CIDEA International Jury Team, and has curated international exhibitions in the Czech Republic and South Korea. His creation was shortlisted for the Murakami Takashi GEISAI-TAIWAN # 3 Art Award, as well as two consecutive Asian Youth Creation Awards and other important awards. His poster works have been arranged in the Czech Republic, Iran, Ukraine, Turkey, Mexico, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, Taiwan, Poland and other places.
Job Titles:
- Designer
- Graphic Designer, President and Founder of the Ecuador Poster Bienal
Christopher Scott is an internationally recognised award-winning designer. Born in Northern Ireland, he received both a bachelors and a Masters degree in Design from the University of Ulster, Magee. The concepts of his posters are paramount to his visuals, and his work communicates strong and meaningful messages with humanity at the core of his designs. Scott has won more than 200 international awards and has been recognised by many organisations such as the International Poster Biennale Warsaw, Poster For Tomorrow, Designboom, Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee, Adobe Design Achievement Awards and he received a silver medal in the International Design Awards and also 3 Gold awards at the prestigious Graphis in United States.His work has been exhibited all around the world including countries such as Mexico, Russia, China, Korea, Ecuador, Germany, Poland, Italy, Peru, Korea, the United States and many more, including the Louvre in Paris, France. He has been a member of multiple international juries and he is also the Co-Founder of Poster Poster and the Founder of Designers Speak. Scott has also giving conferences and workshops in countries such as China, United States, Argentina, Ecuador, Indonesia, Venezuela, Mexico, Northern Ireland and Russia. Currently he is a Professor of Graphic Design at the Universidad UTE and President and Founder of the Ecuador Poster Bienal.
She was born in Denizli, Turkey. Completed her proficiency in art degree in Hacettepe University, Institute of Social Sciences. Started her career of Assistant Professor in Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in year 2009. Co-founded international poster design initiative "Like For Poster." She continues her academic career as the head of graphic design department in the same university as an Associate Professor.
She has participated and also invited designer in international and national design exhibitions and competitions. Her posters have been exhibited in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iran, Japan, Ukraine, Poland, Mexico, South Korea, Macedonia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, United States of America, Taiwan, Japan, Ecuador, Italy, Cyprus and other places.
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- President of the COW International Design Festival
An award-winning designer, illustrator, photographer, artist and design events curator.
She is member of the Designers Union of Ukraine and «Society of Designers» International Association since 2001. Member of the C-IDEA association (China) since 2017. Also she is co-founder of the DUU (Designers Union of Ukraine) in Dnipropetrovsk, co-founder and president of the COW International Design festival, which has been held annually since 2004. She has extensive experience in organizing and carrying out social projects such as: actual poster campaign, social poster exhibitions, conduct art therapy for wounded soldiers in a military hospital, an art auction to raise funds to support social projects and more.Helen has received many important awards including «Lege artis» Honorary Award and Medal of Honor from the DUU (Designers Union of Ukraine) for the powerful contribution she has made to the development of design in Ukraine and Gold Medal named after Alexander Rodchenko (awarded from «Society of Designers International Association) etc.Was invited to jury member, as a speaker and as invited designer for different prestigious design events in Ukraine, Austria, China, France, USA, Iran, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and other. She also exhibited her works at many important exhibitions, biennial and triennial in over 20 countries worldwide.
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- Graphic Designer, Art Director, Creator
Hossein Mohammadi Vahidi (حسین محمدی وحیدی) was born in Iran, Tehran. He is a graphic arts graduate. Most famous for his poster designs, he has organized dozens of international exhibitions and calls in various countries. He has worked and taught in the field of graphic design in Iran.Vahidi has won awards in Iran and abroad, including the Asian Graphic Designer Bronze Medal from the World Graphic Design Association (Icograda).He has been to 50 biennials and graphic exhibitions in countries including Turkey, Mexico, China, Iran, United States, Poland, Spain, Indonesia, Ukraine, Taipei, Taiwan, Switzerland, Serbia, Greece and South Korea, he attended as a secretary, jury member and invited designer.
Jorge González Morales, He was born in zacatlán puebla mexico and studied graphic design at the Universidad de Oriente del Estado de Puebla (UO) and currently works as a professor at the Universidad Alianza Hispana, in Chignahuapan, Puebla, Mexico. He makes a political cartoon for television and radio media, has exhibited his graphic in 22 countries and is an active member of the International Network of Visual Creators AC.
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- Graphic Designer / Emeritus Professor of Konkuk University
1953 Born in Seoul, South Korea. He specializes in Korean typography design, identity design and non-commercial images. He finished his diploma graduated with honors in 1978 under professor Myung-kwang Kwon. In the same year he has begun his didactic work.
In 1981-1984 he taught students at Seoul institute of Arts as a full time lecturer. He moved to Konkuk University from 1985-2019, where he taught many students as a designer and a professor, 2019 retired and is currently an emeritus professor. In 1991 and 2003 he got his sabbatical year at Syracuse University and Boston University as visiting scholars. Since 1978 he has been teaching graphic design and giving lectures on design concept. 1994-1996 and 2009-2011 he has served as the dean at the College of Art & Design, Konkuk University. And He has published many papers, including A study on Graphic Design in the cognition and significance of culture and society (The Korea Society of Illustration Research).His professional interests include not only typography but also contemporary painting, graphics and art medias.In 2017 he received Gold Minister Prize of the Korea Design Exhibition Awards, 2004 he received the President Prize of Education-Konkuk University. And 1994 he received the Grand Prize of Korean Font Competition. The font name is Korean Bright-font. After 2009, He continuously updated Bright-font and published as an open source font and donated profits to an organization that produces braille for the blind.He is invited professional designer of the Korea Design Exhibition Awards. And since 2002 he was in the jury member of Korea Design Exhibition Awards several times. 2013-2015 he was President of Visual Information Design Association of Korea(VIDAK). At that time, he became the chair of Steering Committee and Jury panel of the 2013 International Poster Exhibition Korea.He is a member of China International Design Educator Association (CIDEA).He is Jury panel of the Calanca International Design Biennale 2020 Switzerland and the 17th International Biennial of Theatre Poster in Rzeszów, 2020
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- Co - Founder of the International Reggae Poster
Maria Papaefstathiou aka It's Just Me is a visual designer and blogger. Living in Athens, Greece. She has been focusing her research on portrait and social poster design. Her ongoing poster project is a series of posters celebrating great personalities of traditional and popular culture in Greece and Jamaica. These include actors, singers, musicians, poets etc.She is the co-founder of the INTERNATIONAL REGGAE POSTER CONTEST which was launched on December 2011, partnering, the creative activist Michael Thompson aka Freestylee.Maria is the founder and editor of the inspirational blog Graphic Art News, where she carefully selects and presents high-quality designs, illustrations, and art, from all over the world that will teach and provoke other designers. Many consider her blog to be an exceptional educational tool.She has been awarded and invited several times to participate and exhibit Internationally her posters in group exhibitions from 2012 to today.
Job Titles:
- Designer
- Graphic Designer, Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver
Martin Mendelsberg is a designer, typographer and design educator. He has exhibited internationally in Australia, New Zealand, China, Iran, South Korea, Germany, France, Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Belarus, Cyprus, Turkey, Mexico and the United States. The artist's work is represented in permanent collections at The Museum of New Zealand, Auckland, NZ, Victoria University School of Architecture, Wellington NZ, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Palmerston North, NZ, Yale University: Haas Arts Special Collections, The Florida Holocaust Museum, The Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, MI, The Mizel Museum, Denver, CO, Holocaust Observance Committee at The University of Northern Colorado and The Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles. Masterfont Ltd in Tel Aviv, Israel, distributes his Hebrew typeface designs. Mr. Mendelsberg is an Affiliate Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Job Titles:
- Graphic Designer
- Graphic Designer, Founder of PosterTerritory Project
Olga Severina is a Ukrainian born graphic designer and an exhibition curator currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is the founder and curator of a PosterTerritory project that launches socially conscious poster exhibits that promote poster art and a belief that a poster has the power to change the world. After obtaining her Ph.D. in Visual Arts Olga became involved with an International Eco-Poster Exhibition The 4th Block (Ukraine) and an International Graphic Design Biennale Golden Bee (Russia), where she served as a curator and a selection committee member for a number of years. Currently, Olga works for both poster exhibitions as the traveling exhibit curator in the United States. A few of her latest shows are: The World According to Love (Australia, 2019), Bauhaus 100 (USA, 2019) and The New Winds (co-curated with Majid Abbasi, USA, 2018), Biophilia Poster Competition and The World After poster call.A passionate promoter of the contemporary poster, Olga Severina is an author of poster books and catalogs as well as articles for magazines like NESHAN Graphic Design Magazine and AIGA LA chapter blogs, where she explores the latest trends in visual expression.As an artist, Olga Severina participates in a variety of poster shows and exhibitions worldwide. Most recently she took part in Cow International Design Festival (1st place) and Posters on Politics exhibit (artwork named one of the five most powerful political posters by the Daily Detroit).