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1 JAMES O BRIEN CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT INFORMATION: Studio: th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN Phone: [email protected] Web: ACADEMIC DEGREES MFA, Hartford University, 2008, Illustration MA, Syracuse University, 2006, Illustration BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1989, Graphic Design/Illustration TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2009 present Assistant Professor, Chair, Illustration Department College of Visual Arts 344 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN (ph: ) Designed curriculum for a new independent illustration program Responsible for hiring iillustration and web design faculty Advisor for illustration majors Capstone, Technology, and Gallery Committee member Board of Trustees faculty representative AIGA Student Group faculty representative Courses taught: Illustration Concepts, Digital Illustration, Advanced Digital Illustration, Hand Lettering, Applied Illustration, Professional Practice, Digital Portfolio, Studio Thesis Senior Adjunct Faculty, Illustration Department Minneapolis College of Art and Design 2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (ph: ) Designed and initiated the digital curriculum for the Illustration Department (1998) Interim Coordinator for the Illustration Department ( ) Mentor for illustration graduate students Faculty Senate and Adjunct Faculty Committee member ( ) Courses taught: Foundation 2D, Digital Illustration, Illustration 2, Illustration 3, Illustration 4, Professional Practice, Senior Project j.obrien curriculum vitae page 1 of 6

2 2009 Adjunct Faculty Miami Ad School 25 North 4th Street, Suite 201, Minneapolis, MN (ph: ) Courses taught: Advanced Photoshop, Type Journey (Typography) Adjunct Faculty, Art Department Augsburg College Minneapolis, MN Courses taught: Graphic Design I & II, Web Design I & II Adjunct Faculty, Design Department The College of St. Catherine St. Paul, MN Courses taught: Graphic & Web Design, Computer Design & Illustration Adjunct Faculty, Design Department Art Institutes International/Art Institutes Online Minneapolis, MN Courses taught: Perspective Drawing, Design Fundamentals, Color Theory, Drawing & Perspective, Computer Applications, Image Manipulation, Electronic Design, Digital Illustration, Typography PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1989 present Illustrator, represented by Gerald & Cullen Rapp, New York, Editorial and Publishing Clients include: AARP Canadian Business Ad Age Christianity Today Alberta Magazine CIO Magazine American Express City Pages American Lawyer Columbia University Atlanta Magazine Computer World Augsburg Fortress Consumer Reports Better Homes & Gardens Convene Magazine Boston Globe Corporate Counsel Boy Scouts of America CSO Magazine Boy s Life Darwin Magazine Brandeis University Delta Airlines Brown University Design Bureau Business Week Diablo Magazine Entertainment Weekly Entrepreneur Magazine Fast Company Ferro + Ferro Communication Financial Services Institute Forbes Magazine Fortune Magazine Forward Magazine Good Housekeeping Guideposts Hanley Wood Harvard Business Review Harvard Law Bulletin j.obrien curriculum vitae page 2 of 6

3 Hewlett Packard How Magazine Indianapolis Magazine Information Week Interactive Week Johns Hopkins Kiplinger s LA Times Northeastern University Notre Dame University Obit On Wall Street Magazine Oracle Oxford American PC Magazine People Design The Progressive Red Herring Magazine Research Magazine Restaurant Business Ronn Campisi Design Ladies Home Journal Liberty Magazine Los Angeles Magazine MacUser Macworld McGraw-Hill Publishing Metropolitan Regional Arts Council San Francisco Chronicle Scientist Magazine Seattle Weekly Selling Power Shostak Studios Smart Money Smithsonian Sports Illustrated Spot Co. Summit Business Media Time Inc. Publishing Treasury & Risk Tufts Minnesota Parent Money Magazine Mount Holyoke College NavPress Networker Magazine New York Magazine New York Times Newsweek TVGuide Twin Cities Reader U.S. News University Of Miami University Of Minnesota The Van Fleteren Group Vegetarian Times The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post Washingtonian Magazine Western Living Wine Spectator Advertising and Corporate Clients include: Bank Of America Lure Design Blacklist Microsoft Blue Cross Ogilvy Colgate Park & Company Florida Assoc. of Realtors Rand McNally Sears Softmart Sutter Home Target Xavier University 2003 present Graphic Designer Web design, branding, and book cover design for various clients. AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS 2012 American Illustration 31 Juried Competition Creative Quarterly 29 Juried Competition x3 Magazine Pro8 Annual Juried Competition x3 Magazine Pro7 Annual Juried Competition Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message j.obrien curriculum vitae page 3 of 6

4 2009 American Illustration 28 Juried Competition Luerzer s 200 Best Illustrators Juried Competition Creative Quarterly 15 Juried Competition x3 Magazine Pro5 Annual Juried Competition x3 Magazine Pro4 Annual Juried Competition 2006 Society of Illustrators Juried Competition, New York Society of Illustrators Juried Competition, Los Angeles 2005 American Illustration 24 Juried Competition American Illustration 22 Juried Competition Society of Illustrators Juried Competition, Los Angeles (honorable distinction) 2002 Communication Arts Illustration Annual Juried Competition American Illustration 21 Juried Competition 2001 American Illustration 20 Juried Competition INTERVIEWS SBS Digital Design, interview, Accident & Control (May 2004) SBS Digital Design, feature interview, Multiplying Textures (January 2002) EXHIBITS 2012 Alumni Juried Exhibition: Group Exhibit, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT Recent Work: Two-person Exhibit, Nina s, St. Paul, MN Battle Royale: Group Exhibit, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN j.obrien curriculum vitae page 4 of 6

5 2011 Recent Work: Solo Exhibit, Birchwood, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Mail Me Art 2: Group Exhibit, Red Gates Gallery, London, UK Illo MN, Volume 2: Group Exhibit, College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul, MN 2009 Recent Work: Solo Exhibit, Spyhouse, Minneapolis, MN Pixel & Pen: Group Exhibit, Augsburg Christensen Center Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Illo MN: Group Exhibit, College of Visual Arts Gallery, St. Paul, MN 2008 Position/Imposition: Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN Political Portraits: MFA Exhibit, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT 2006 Sustainability: Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN MA Exhibit: Fahrenheit 451, SUArt Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Faculty Exchange Exhibit, Minnetonka Center For The Arts, Minnetonka, MN 2005 The Other Hat: Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN Marketplace Exhibit, Thinc Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2004 Dwellings, Online Group Show, (inactive) 2002 Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN 2000 Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN 1990 Eye90 Illustration, AIGA Juried Exhibit, Dayton s Gallery, Minneapolis, MN CURATOR 2009 Pixel & Pen: Group Exhibit, Augsburg Christensen Center Gallery, Minneapolis, MN JUROR 2002 Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN j.obrien curriculum vitae page 5 of 6

6 2013 Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN ORGANIZATIONS Society of Illustrators Artist Member American Institute of Graphic Arts Member, Faculty Advisor (College of Visual Arts) Graphic Artists Guild Full Member REFERENCES John Thompson Professor, School of Art and Design, ISDP-MA Syracuse University 132d Shaffer Art Building Syracuse, NY Phone: J. Kevin Byrne Associate Professor, Science Baccalaureate Program in Visualization Adjunct Professor, Design Minneapolis College of Art and Design 2501 Stevens Avenue South Minneapolis, MN Phone: Gerald M. Rapp Gerald & Cullen Rapp 420 Lexington Ave., PH New York, NY Phone: j.obrien curriculum vitae page 6 of 6