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. 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. With an extensive exhibition record he has served as a juror, speaker, and workshop mentor at major design exhibitions and conferences on four continents. 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