Professor of Graphic Design

About

  • Website:

    Gravdahl Design

  • Role:

    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Professor of Graphic Design
    • Co-Director, Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition (CIIPE)

  • Concentration:

    • Graphic Design
    • Illustration

  • Department:

    • Art and Art History

  • Education:

    • M.F.A. Illustration, Syracuse University
    • B.F.A. Graphic Design, Colorado State University

  • Curriculum Vitae:

Biography

John Gravdahl earned his BFA at Colorado State University. He worked for design firms in the Rocky Mountain market before establishing a free-lance enterprise with a wide-ranging clientele from small family-owned businesses to high-tech corporations and non-profit organizations. He received his MFA in Illustration at Syracuse University before founding Propeller Press, winning awards for his children’s books and educational posters. He continues his professional practice with private industry. Holding an extensive international exhibition record he has served as a juror, speaker, and workshop mentor at major design exhibitions and conferences on four continents. Most recently he was named a GRAPHIS Master by the international design publisher Graphis Institute. A profile, portfolio, and interview on his career accomplishments and design philosophy is featured in the GRAPHIS Journal #379. He is a professor of Graphic Design in the Department of Art and Art History at CSU and a Co-Director of the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition (CIIPE).

https://gravdahldesign.com

https://blog.graphis.com/journal-design-johngravdahl/?mc_cid=9f4c9553e7&mc_eid=2d3d5bc278

https://graphis.com/portfolios/john-gravdahl-3

Publications

Publications include exhibition catalogs for many international juried and invitational graphic design exhibitions (see attached CV). Other examples include:

GRAPHIS Journal #379 – Professional profile, interview, and portfolio, November 2023

Essay for the "15 Years" commemorative hardcover of the Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) 2023.

Works featured in two international textbooks:

     Design Composition Training, Rikuyosha Publishing, Japan 2017

     Communicating Design Through Numbers, P.I.E. Books, Japan 2016

Children's Picture Story Books:

     Curious Catwalk - Designer/Illustrator/Author, Propeller Press 2003

     The Tale of Dog Giovanni - Designer/Illustrator/Author, Propeller Press,  2001

The Physical Characteristics of Poster Art,  Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation, Co-author, 1994