Graphic Design
experienced, computer
based, graphic design professional
specializing in document design, production and typography
excellent customer service and troubleshooting skills
fine art digital photographer, color, black and white
1981–present:
Freelance Graphic Designer
Executed
all phases of book design and production from design stage to print, including
document preparation, illustrations, rough and final design comps, typography,
proofs, cover/jacket design, paper specification and printing. Designed
and produced dictionaries, poetry books, textbooks, graphic design books, craft
books, non-fiction and scholarly texts. Designed
and produced brochures, newsletters, booklets, ads, posters and business stationary.
Clients
include: Hearst Publications, Harper Collins, Watson-Guptil, F&W Publications,
C&T
Publishing, Dimensional Illustrators, Gibbs Smith Publishers, Sage Publications,
Pine Forge Press, American Association of University Women, University of Southern
California, Columbia University Press, New York University Press and Wesleyan
University Press.
1996–1999: Hespenheide
Design and Infographix Design Studio, Thousand Oaks, California
Assisted
in all phases of design and production in these two design studios. Produced
initial comps, revisions and final designs for a variety of books, catalogs,
newsletters, brochures and other print advertising products and clients.
1992–1998: Kinko’s,
Thousand Oaks, California
1992–1996 Worked
exclusively in Design Department for Kinko’s corporate customers.
1996–1998 Computer
Trainer. Wrote manuals and taught computer skills in private classes. Taught
Mac and PC System classes in addition to QuarkXPress, PageMaker, MS Word, Excel
and PowerPoint. Responsible for advertising posters and brochures.
1979–1981: Columbia
University Press, NYC
Responsible
for all phases of book design from manuscript to bound book. CUP is a scholarly
book publisher, publishing approximately 125 titles per year.
1976–1979: Judd & Detweiler,
NYC
Responsible
for customer service in the New York sales office. J&D is a high quality,
4/color magazine and catalog printer.
1974–1976: Varityper,
Hanover, NJ
Designed
and produced type fonts for one of the first phototype production facilities.
Responsible for the entire alphabet; upper and lower case, small caps, punctuation,
ligatures, accents, alternate characters and numbers for each font.
Digital
Photography and Compositions
Exhibitions
2009
Elusive Reality. Photographs
on Silk. Invitational. Solo Show. July/August. Shambhala Center
Gallery, Boulder, Colorado.
2008
Relate to Surrounding Areas for Color.
MorYork Gallery. Two-Person Show, August. Los Angeles, California.
www.claregraham.com/MorYork.html
Captured Moment. Juried
Group Show. March. Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado.
Urban Landscape. Juried
Group Show. February. Photographers’ Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
2007
Compositions. Invitational.
Solo Show. June/July. Shambhala Center Gallery, Boulder, Colorado.
Distance and Time.
Invitational. April. Mercury Framing, Boulder, Colorado.
www.mercuryframing.com
Geometry. Juried
Group Show. February/March. Flash Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado.
www.workingwithartists.com
2006
Mask: A Portrait Show. Juried
Group Show. November/December. Flash Gallery, Lakewood,
Colorado. www.workingwithartists.com
Skewed. Solo
Show for 2006 Exhibition Season, July/August. Old Firehouse
Art Center, Longmont, Colorado. 25 pairs of
photographs
demonstrating how our presence in viewing pairs of visual images
changes what we see. www.firehouseart.org
Invitational. Invited
to exhibit in the juried Unspoken Word’s Art Auction;
their annual fundraising auction. 2006.
XY/XX The Gender Show. Juried Group
Show. March/April. Flash Gallery, Denver, Colorado. www.workingwithartists.com
2005
Winter Show. Invitational Group
Show. November/December. Marpa House, Boulder, Colorado
Trading Voices. Juried Group
Show. September and October 2005. Arvada Center for the Arts
and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado. www.arvadacenter.org
Invitational. Invited
to exhibit in the museum-curated Boulder Museum of Contemporary
Arts’ Art
Auction; their annual fundraising auction. 2005, 2003,
2002.
2004
Poetry Concrete. Two-Person Show. June/July
2004. The Dairy Center, Boulder, Colorado. Twenty-five digital images fusing
photography, design and collage with typography and symbolic elements.
www.thedairy.org
Science Fair. Invitational.
Group Show. February and March 2004. Old Firehouse Art
Center, Longmont, Colorado. Video Installation and accompanying
Triptych “Does
Prayer Work?” www.firehouseart.org
Summer Show. Juried Group
Show. Summer 2004. Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado.
www.firehouseart.org
Traditional
Photography
Exhibitions
2003
SelfExposure: Ordinary Portraits Reflecting Extraordinary
Women. Solo Show. November 2002. Meadows Gallery, Boulder, Colorado.
20 Black and White Portraits.
2001
Annual Juried Show. Group Show. February
2001. Sparks Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
2000
Photo Documentary. 2000. Black and White
Photo Documentary covering 3 years in the life of a high school varsity
girls waterpolo team. Photos featured on major international waterpolo
website, waterpolo-world.com.
1999
Ten For Ten. Invitational. Group
Show. 1999. Larry
Janss Gallery, Thousand Oaks, California.
Point of Departure. Group Show. February
1999. Gallery 9, Thousand Oaks, California.
1998
Masters in Our Midst—A Classic
Competition. Juried Group
Show. October 1998. Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California.
First place award for Photography. www.vcnet.com/carnart
Define Art. Group Show. February 1998. Gallery
9, Thousand Oaks, California.
Awards and Grants
Carnegie Art Museum,
Oxnard, California. First place award for Photography 1998
American Association of University Women, Named Gift Honoree
1996
Grant awarded to group to publish
3 Volume Set: Profiles of Women Past & Present, Women’s
History Monologues for Group Presentations, 8.5 x 11", 96
pages. 1993-2003
Selected Collections
Shambhala Center, Boulder, Colorado
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California
Private Collections: California, Colorado, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania |
