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  Education:

M.F.A. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Warsaw, Poland.
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, USA.


Experience:

Graphic Artist, Illustrator and Graphic Designer with strong production skills, experienced in working with QuarkXPress,
Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator.

• Graphic designer and production artist for publishing companies with experience in creating brochures, posters, and catalogs.
• Web designer and production artist for internet companies with experience in creating graphics, animations and banners.
• Illustrator for magazines, newspapers an literary work. Illustrations drawn both by hand and using Adobe Illustrator.
• Photoshop specialist - scanning, retouching, optimizing, silhouetting.
• Photographer


Employment History:

2004 - 2006   Graphic Designer for Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, working on "100 Works on Paper by Chaim Gross" CD presentation, logo design and website design.

Freelance Illustrator for "Foyer" Magazine, Poland
Freelance Illustrator for 11211 Magazine

2004   Graphic Designer for Chaim Gross Studio Museum and for Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation.

• Freelance Illustrator for 11211 Magazine
• Freelance graphic Designer for "SuperNova" Production Inc.

2003    Freelance Illustrator for 11211 Magazine.

• Freelance Web Designer for "Sculptors Resources" banners: http://sculptorresources.com.
• "National Sculpture Society": http://www.nationalsculpture.org.
• "Sculptors Resources" website, including banners: http://sculptorresources.com.
• "Online Members Community" website: http://www.nationalsculpture.org/community.
• "P2 Electric. Inc," website: http://www.p2electric.com.

2001  Freelance Web Designer:

• "Sculptors Guild" website: http://sculptorsguild.org.
• "National Sculpture Society": http://www.nationalsculpture.org.
Assignment includes: design of "NSS Store", "Annual Exhibition" and "Animals in the Atrium" pages. Upgrading images, creating graphics, advertisements and banners.
To see the samples search under: Designer.

2001   Long term Freelance Graphic Designer for The Japan Society working in design for Publishing Department, designing brochures, flyers, calendars, invitations, postcards, outside display posters, book covers and stationery. I also worked for The Japan Society website as well, preparing graphics and images (retouching, resizing, optimizing and scanning) including main page graphics and images for Gallery Tour of "Frank Lloyd Wright & the Inspiration of Japan" Exhibition.
To see the samples search under: Designer.

2000-01   Illustrator for two children's books: "Piano Magic" published in Japan by Zen-On Music Co., Ltd. and "Pictures of Music" by Alicia Jonas.
• Layout artist and illustrator for "Nowy Dziennik" Polish Publishing.
To see the samples search under: Drawings/ Illustrations.

1998-02   Freelance graphic designer, web designer and production artist working for New York agencies.

1995-03   Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator.

• Illustrations for editorials and feature articles for Polish and Polish-American Magazines and Newspapers such as Sunday edition of the "Rzeczpospolita" Magazine, (including cover of the magazine), "Jazz Magazine" (cover), "Nowy Dziennik" Polish Publishing (including drawings for weekly horoscope), and "Kurier Plus" Publishing.

1980-89   Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator for Polish Magazines and Newspapers such as "Razem" Magazine, "Jazz" Music Magazine, "Na Przelaj" Magazine.

1984    Stage Designer for The National Jewish Theater's production of the play "Purim Miracle". I also designed and painted curtain for the play, Warsaw, Poland.

1983    Stage and Costume Designer for The Polish Theater's production of the play "Doña Rosita or Puppets and Club" by Federico Garcia Lorca. Graphic designer of the poster and program for the play, Szczecin, Poland.


Awards:

2000    Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts, 2000 9th. International Annual Cover Art Competition
1996    First Prize, Graphic Competition, Warsaw, Poland
1990    Seventh Prize, Soho Art Competition #10, New York, USA
1980-87    Three Grants from Minister of Culture, Poland

 



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