International Reggae Poster Contest 

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Maria Papaefstathiou is a graphic designer, illustrator and blogger from Athens, Greece. She has been focusing her research on poster design and particular on social poster design and portrait design. Her most recent poster project is a series of posters celebrating great personalities of Greek and Jamaican traditional and popular culture.. These include actors, singers, musicians, poets etc. This is an ongoing project. “I believe that design is a powerful tool that we designers can use to spark enthusiasm, change mind sets and bring positive actions to our world and our culture”.

 

She is also 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 graphicart-news.com blog. She carefully curates 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 was awarded and invited to participate in International exhibitions, showcasing her posters in group exhibitions such as: Belgium, South Korea, Jamaica, Greece, Turkey, Cape Town, Poland, China, USA etc.

Beijing Grain Museum

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Shi Duo is a graduate of the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University and holds the title of National First-Class Artist. He is a mentor for the Advanced Research Program at Peking University and the Entrepreneurship School at Renmin University of China. Shi Duo also serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Aesthetic Education Committee of the China Oriental Culture Research Association, Vice President of the Art and Science Committee of the China Future Research Association, Director of the Beijing Heritage Future Cultural Institute, and Vice President of the Bangkok Academy of Painting in Thailand. Additionally, he is a board member of the French International Association of Artists and Designers, a member of the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Exchange Association, the Chinese Society for the Study of Anthropology of Art, the China Arts and Crafts Society, and the Hong Kong High Talent Service Association. Shi Duo also holds the title of Senior Art Broker under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and is the director of the Beijing Grain Museum. He is the founder and CEO of Yihuo Aesthetic Education.

The University of Texas at El Paso

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Anne M. Giangiulio is an internationally award-winning graphic designer and Associate Professor of Art, Graphic Design at The University of Texas at El Paso. She is also a wife, mother, mentor, proud daughter of immigrants, environmentalist, and voter. Originally from Wayne, Pennsylvania, she holds an MFA in Graphic & Interactive Design from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. 

 

Her design expertise includes annual reports, graphic identities, logos, exhibit design, and most recently, exploring the audience experience of augmented reality animation in her posters. She has designed over 30 books, and dozens of annual reports, earning first and second place, Annual Reports category, in the 2020 and 2021 Print Awards presented by Adobe. In addition, her posters have garnered numerous awards from AIGA, Creative Quarterly, Graphis, and are in the permanent collections of institutions including Poster House NYC and Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México. Her passion lies in multidisciplinary, civically-engaged teaching; community-based problem solving; and designing for clients who deserve great design, but cannot afford it. 

Hubei Academy of Fine Arts

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Zhichu is a Graphic Designers，Associate Professor of Department of Visual Design，and Director of Design and Practice Department in Hubei Academy of Fine Arts. He was the curator of the "East + West" International Poster Biennale. He is the member of Academic Committee of China Advertising Association, Deputy director of the Design Committee of the Hubei Packaging Federation, Member of Hubei Artists Association, Association of Hubei Photographers Member of Wuhan Jiuyi Creation Association, member of Vision Strategic Alliance (China), and member of ADCK Asia and China Design Association.

 

He is a well-known designer on the China's media. He curated a number of design competitions, and he won many international awards.

October 6 Univeristy

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Mohamed Zakaria Soltan was born in 1973 in Cairo, Egyptian visual artist, designer, and graphic designer. He received his PhD in advertising from Helwan University in Cairo. He currently works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Arts and has participated in several hundred projects and events around the world.

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In his career he has won numerous awards, diplomas and medals including International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2015 Honorary Mention, Bulgaria, award ”Acknowledgement for the CGD Graphic Artwork” / ”1st International Bookplate Exhibition” Subotica, Serbia, 2015 Collection Certificates at the Beijing International Biennale 2015 and 2017, award of the R + Gallery of the Szczecin Academy of Fine Arts at the 6th International Triennial of Digital Graphics Gdynia 2019, Poland.

Purdue University 

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Hyungjoo A. Kim is an accomplished communication designer, multidisciplinary researcher, and educator. Currently serving as an Associate Professor and Visual Communication Design Program Coordinator at Purdue University (USA), Kim's expertise spans a wide array of disciplines within the design field.

 

Kim's research and teaching interests are deeply rooted in her commitment to exploring the transformative power of design and visual communication. Her focus areas include Visual Systems, Branding, Typography, and Public, Environmental, and Social Design, all of which play a crucial role in shaping human perception and experience positively.

 

Kim's work, which has garnered international recognition, has been showcased in prestigious exhibitions and publications worldwide. Notable venues include the 4th Block International Triennial, IPBP (International Poster Biennale for Peace Nanjing), Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design, and the Gwangju Design Biennale, among others.

 

In addition to her creative endeavors, Kim has played integral roles in various advisory, steering, jury, and organizing committees for prominent international events and organizations, including the United States International Poster Biennial (USIPB), BI International Poster Art Biennale (BIPB), C-International Design Education Association (C-IDEA), and Posters For Future.

Studio A N D

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Jean-Benoit Levy is the founder of Studio A N D, a small visual design firm for clients in the cultural, social,
humanitarian, non-profits, and public services domains.
Born near Lake Geneva in Switzerland, Jean-Benoit is a graduate of the Basel School of Design,
and is a member of AGI, the Alliance Graphique Internationale and AIGA, the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

He is renowned for the many striking street posters he has designed to advertise various entrepreneurs
and promote various events and organizations.
Other notable commissions include postage stamps for the Swiss and US Postal Services, and a coin for Swissmint.
Published in design books and periodicals, and included in public and private collections around the globe,
Jean-Benoit’s work has explored the expressive power of typographic and pictorial signs for over 25 years.
For example, in Handbook, published in 2006, Levy investigates how depictions of hands are used
across myriad cultures as a universal means of symbolic, instructional, or aesthetic communication.

Jean-Benoit  has also regularly brought his expertise and enthusiasm to the classroom, teaching workshops and
classes at educational institutions around the world.
Levy lives with his family in San Francisco and currently teaches at San Jose State University’s Department of Design.

Graphic Stories Cyprus

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Visual Designer / Columnist / Founder, Creative & Art Director of Graphic Stories Cyprus.

 

Aggeliki is founder and creative directer of Graphic Stories Cyprus, founding member of VCDC.gr, member of the C-IDEA International Design Educators Association and member of the board of the Cyprus Creative Club, which is the Cypriot representative of the Art Director Club of Europe [ADC*E]. She has been a member of the jury for ADC*E as well as a member of the jury for international design contests. She is also partner in the “Worldwide Graphic Designer” & “Like for Poster” groups. She has participated in international poster exhibitions in Greece, Cyprus, Russia, UAE, China, Korea, Indonesia, Ecuador, Serbia, Mexico and Spain with more than 120 personal artworks and has been awarded in the Cypriot Design & Advertising Awards "Pygmalion" with gold and silver distinction.
 

Aggeliki is the founder and Creative Director of the annual International Conference on Visual Communication, Graphic Stories, with the aim of imparting knowledge and specialized technical training, as well as exploring the modern trends in visual communication. She is also the creator and co-organizer of the Design Forum "10 min Design Talks" and has organized the "Behance Portfolio Reviews" in Cyprus. The "Graphic Stories" book is her first authoring work, containing 62 theoretical articles and 28 interviews with important designers.

School of Design of Jiangnan University

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Li Zhenyu, PhD degree, Associate Professor, and Master's supervisor.

He is the cultural talent training object of the ‘Zijin Cultural Talent Training Project’ (cultural innovation and excellent youth) in Jiangsu Province of China, and the ‘Taihu Lake Talent Plan and Training Object’ (cultural innovation and excellent youth) in Wuxi of China. He is an expert in the expert pool of the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

He was the professional reviewer for the China Packaging Creative Competition, the Jiangsu Division of the China National University Digital Word Count Design Competition (2023-2026), the China Oriental Creative Star Design Competition (2023-2026), the Milan Design Week China University Design Discipline Excellent Works Exhibition, the China University Student Computing Design Competition (2023-2024), and the 2021 Ministry of Commerce "Time-honored Brand Carnival" Ship Talk Grand Canal Time-honored Brand Cultural and Creative Competition.

He is a member of the editorial board of ‘the International Journal of Arts and Technology’( EI journal) and the youth editorial board of ‘Hunan Packaging Magazine’.

His works have been invited to multiple domestic and international exhibitions, and have won numerous awards in professional competitions both domestically and globally. He has led multiple design and development projects, conducted a range of design research projects, and published a variety of academic articles.

Buenos Aires University

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Designer and graphic activist, graduated from Buenos Aires University - Argentina, where he also started teaching since 2007. He gives workshops in prisons and in the private sphere. Specialised in Visual Identity and social design. His posters on Human Rights have been distinguished and exhibited in 40 countries and included in the book "The Design of Dissent" by Milton Glaser and Mirko Illic. Speaker at TEDx, Forum Art & Branding Russia, Ibero-American Design Biennial Madrid, and numerous design events.

Shanghai Art Collection Museum.

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Rohanna (Ron) Han, bachelor and master’s major in visual communication. She is the art director of Shanghai Art Collection Museum. She has been responsible for the visual design more than 40 international exhibitions, including arts and crafts, intangible cultural heritage, children's art, contemporary art, traditional painting, etc., which have been exhibited in many countries and cities such as China, Britain, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Slovakia and Indonesia. Over the years, she has been responsible for the design of Shanghai foreign affairs gifts and conference supplies, and responsible for more than 100 application design projects, mainly including: The State Council Information Office of the PRC, Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai, and Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism. She has also been responsible for the design and publication of books for many times and designed for many well-known companies.

Worldwide Graphic Designers

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Irwan is graduate of design and fine arts at Trisakti University, where he received a Master’s degree at the same University. He is a graphic designer, educator, art curator and jury. He designs posters and visual identity. He has held exhibitions and design events, but also been a jury and participated in various prestigious poster exhibitions, both in Indonesia and abroad (especially in China, Poland, South Korea, Japan, Russia, USA, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Lithuania, Ukraine, Mexico, Ecuador, Hungary, Cyprus). He is the founder and the leader of the Worldwide Graphic Designers community which has held exhibitions in four countries: Cyprus, Greece, Indonesia, Iran. Worldwide Graphic Designers (WGD) is a group of graphic designers which organize projects of poster design with social content. The participants, all established designers from all over the world, are invited to create collaboration posters, aiming the awareness, the sensitization and social reflection. He is also one of the founder of the Type Unite (TU) community (Members consist of several countries from within and outside the country: Indonesia, USA, Poland, Turkey, Ecuador, Hungary, United Arab Emirates and South Korea). TU has held exhibitions in four countries: Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Turkey.  His works have been presented at over 100 exhibitions. Currently Irwan works as a lecturer at Pradita University especially in Typography course.

Qingyun Art Program

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Peng Qu (曲鹏) is an artist and digital media specialist, renowned for his contributions to art education in Dalian, China. As an exceptional art practitioner, Peng possesses extensive experience in the field of art education and has a strong passion for nurturing the next generation of designers and artists. Peng has established several highly acclaimed art education institutions in Dalian and other regions, providing students with expansive learning platforms.

 

Through his guidance, many of his students have successfully gained admission to these esteemed institutions and achieved outstanding personal accomplishments. 

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Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA

 

Xue Tianchong, Ph. D(Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA), curator and designer, assistant professor of Curating Design & Narrative Environments at the School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts. Member of Academic Committee of China Science and Technology Museum.

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Based on the development of contemporary art and design, he explores the various possibilities of curatorial practice by combining the history of exhibitions and studying existing exhibition models. At the same time, he designs and regulates spatial narratives and reading experiences within the scope of perceptible space; uses visual expression as the ontology of image reading, transforms visual contexts between flat and spatial carriers, and explores the local practice of image visuality.

 

He has participated in Variations Time and Space Exhibition ,751 International Design Festival,Time Medium Exhibition， Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai,The 9th BI-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture,Material Tales-the life of things Exhibition,Century Wave - International Art Invitational Exhibition of Haifa Island,Crisis Moment Online Curatorial Project,Asian Digital Art Exhibition,BMAB Beijing Media Art Biennial,MAB18 International Media Architecture Biennale,EAST-Science and Technology Art Season,Multiple Spectacle Art From Asia,The Central Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Season, Strange Asia - The 2nd Beijing International Photography Biennial, Un-Future Global Education Program and many other exhibitions planning and exhibition design work.

 

He has participated in many major national projects, including the design of the 70th anniversary of the National Day parade, and the visual design of the fifth set of RMB.His works were selected for the 13th National Art Exhibition, the Asia-Pacific Design Yearbook, and others. He has won the National Book Design Award, the Taipei Design Award, the Xu Beihong Award, among others. Additionally, his works have been collected by the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

COW International Design festival

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An award-winning designer, illustrator, photographer, artist and design events curator. 

 

She is member of the DUU (Designers Union of Ukraine) and «Society of Designers» International Association since 2001. Member of the C-IDEA association (International Design Educator Association, China) since 2017. Also she is co-founder of the DUU in Dnipropetrovsk (Designers Union of Ukraine), co-founder and president of the COW International Design festival (http//www.cow.com.ua), which has been held annually since 2004. 

 

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) and other.

 

Was invited to jury member and as a speaker to do presentations and workshops for different prestigious design events and for universities in Ukraine, Austria, Iran, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. 

 

She also exhibited his works at many important exhibitions, biennial and triennial in China, England, France, Georgia, Japan, Hong Kong, Iran, Korea, Kazakhstan, Mexio, Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovenia, USA, Ukraine and other.