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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Kurt is a veteran Art Director, Graphic Designer
and Illustrator. A Skilled, experienced and versatile graphics
professional
with over 25 years experience in print, publishing, marketing,
promotions, web design, production, and training. He has produced
projects ranging
from brochures, logos, magazine designs, book illustrations to
media kits and web sites. This broad range of skills and stylistic
approach
enables him to execute client’s projects from concept to finished
production art.
Over
a diverse career in the industry, he has accumulated skills in Art
Direction, Illustration, Graphic Design, Digital Art, Electronic
Publishing and Web Design. He has worked as freelance and as
a staff artist, working both solo and with creative teams and workgroups.
Having
learned his craft in the murky prehistory prior to desktop publishing,
he therefore possesses both traditional and
digital studio skills.
Kurt
has a BFA with honors in Graphic Design and Illustration from Pratt
Institute. Raised in Brooklyn, NY, he moved with his family to Rockland
Country in 2001. Kurt established Fantastic
Realities Studio as a versatile source for seasoned and
professional design solutions.
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MOST
RECENT GIGS
October
2001-Present
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Fantastic Realities Studio, Graphics and Design Services
Clients
Include:
Juliet Stewart, Cases by Source, Ettinger Enginerring, Namaste
Garden Environents, Rob Kron Custom Designs, Eyevolution Optique,
RMS Business Advisors, Big
Brothers/Big
Sisters
of Rockland
County.
RB Works,
e-World
Consulting
and Education,
The Inanna Company, Dypes-N-Wypes,
Professional
Title Insurance, Patience T'ai Chi Association, King Limo Service,
RBA Consultants Council.
July
2003 -June 2004
Art
on Paper Magazine, Fanning Publishing, NYC
Art Director & Webmaster
January
2001 - October 2001
Elite Traveler Magazine,
Universal Communications, NYC
Art Director, Ad Design, Prepress Technician & Web
Designer
March
1998 - January 2001
Crescent Publishing Group, NYC, New Media Group
Senior Art Director, Web Designer
May
1991 - March 1998
Universal Media, Inc., NYC
Art Director, Marketing And Promotions
SOME
FREELANCE CREDITS
Juliet
Stewart, International Make-up Artist, Promotional
Website, Marketing
and Promotional materials
Rob Kron Custom Design, Logo Design, Graphic Identity, Website
Development
RMS Business Advisors, Logo Design, Promotional Brochure
e-World
Consulting and Education, Logo Design
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Rockland County, Invitation, Gala
Journal Cover
RB Works, Marketing and
Promotional Materials, Brochures,
Fact Sheets, Print Ads, Trade Booth Graphics
Jezibell & The
Inanna Company, CD Cover
Artwork, Production and Art Direction, Inanna: Journey of
Darkness and Light
Superclubs,
Sales Presentation
Four Winds Earth Chorus: Logo
Design, CD Cover Art, We
Each Send A Voice, Web
site
Cover Illustration, Philip
Jose Farmer, Image of the Beast
Cover Illustration, Samuel
Delany, Equinox
Masquerade Books, Book Cover Designs
for RK Books Series
1996 NYC Witches Masquerade Ball, Benefit
Poster, Promotional Websites
1998-2000
Dr. Michael Klaus, Corporate Identity & Promotional Graphics, Print
& Direct Mail Advertising
Kim Anderson, Poet, Book Design
Patience T’ai Chi Association, Staff Artist, Calligrapher,
Computer Video Graphics,
Brochures, Promotional Art
Peluro Imports, Corporate Identity Program
Schaeffer Foods, Advertising Illustrations
Metro Food service News, Cover Illustrator, Comic Feature
Writer/Artist, Corporate Promotional Graphics
Computer Arts Forum, Computer Graphics Instructor 1984-1985
Fashion Contacts Magazine, Staff Artist, Assistant
Art Director
A.R.M. Productions, Animation Cel Painting & Titles, Record
Album Graphics
Gold Key Entertainment, Promotional Media Illustration
Millimeter Magazine, Cover Illustration
Mitchell Cohen, Poet, Book Design and Illustration, Love and
Rockets
EDUCATION
1990
- PRATT MANHATTAN, NYC - Const. Ed., Electronic Publishing
1980
- PRATT INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN, NY
BFA w Honors, Illustration and Graphic Design
1976
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKLYN, NY
Industrial Design Major w Honors
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