Byoungil-Sun was Born in 1958, in Korea. He is a graphic designer based in Seoul.

Since 1995, he has been a professor in Visual Information Design at Namseoul University. He is a graduate of Visual Communication Design in Hongik University, where he receiving his Master’s degree in 2005. (Ph., D. degree in Arts)

Byoungil-Sun has been awarded various prizes such as the Presidential Award for his contribution to the development of design at the Government of the Republic of Korea, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Industry Award at the International Awards Golden Bee of Graphis in Taiwan, Red dot, China-Italy design week, Gdie, Ekoplakt, Information war, World without violence, Reggae Poster Contest, Mandela Poster Project, Poster for tomorrow and 160 international selections with posters.

He has also served on the juries of numerous international design competitions such as 4 Block Ukraine, Slovakia International Poster Competition, Lublin International Poster Biennial, Poster for tomorrow in France, Iran Red Ribbon International Poster Competition, Flexibility International Brand Design Awards, Turkey Samsun International Poster Competition, Ukraine COW International Design Festival, China Adack International Poster Exhibition, Asia Next Poster Experimental Design Exhibition etc.

He gave selected talks at tutorial special lecture in ICOGRADA, Nottingham Trent university in UK, Poland PJAIT university, Indonesia UNTAR university and IPEK (International Poster Exhibition Korea : Korea-China-Japan-Taiwan).

He has participated in solo exhibitions, both in Korea and abroad ( notably in London, Canberra, Osaka, Akita, Beijing, Turkey, Indonesia. Poland).

He was the Chair at the Hongik Communication Design Forum in 2011 and at Korea Institute of Cultural Product & Design in 2005 over the years.

 

 

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Anna Kłos was born in Warsaw. Graphic artist, academic lecturer, curator of exhibitions. In 2007 she got her Ph.D. degree at Art Faculty of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. Since…

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Antonio Castro H. teaches graphic design at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Art. He received a BFA in…

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Prof. Dr. Arafat Al-Naim (1966) BFA, MFA, PhD in graphic arts and MST in art teaching. Academic. Leader, graphic artist, designer, and the moving spirit behind international art and design…

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Kiko Farkas is a designer and illustrator. Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of São Paulo, Kiko works mainly in the editorial, cultural and institutional areas. He…

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Mehdi Saeedi is an internationally known artist and designer based in Philadelphia who was born and raised in Tehran. The design vision of Saeedi is influenced by his focus on…

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Mirko Ilic was born in Bosnia. In Europe, he drew comics, illustrations, and art-directed posters, books, and record covers. In 1991 he became he became the art director of Time…

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