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I AM
Nicole Killian. I grew up in Buffalo went to school in Rochester, New York at RIT + finished my BFA in 2004 at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany in conjunction with the Hochschule Anhalt (FH). I am currently getting my MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art. I am available for freelance, friends and fun.
I am 50% of hot sundae.
I'VE WORKED WITH
Artvoice, DailyCandy, Disney, Dovecote Records, Elevation Suite Music Group, LOGO, MTV News, The N, Nick @ Nite, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Stolen Transmission Records, Warner Music Group, WEA Corporation, Wonk Furniture
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oakland Community College Guest lecturer 2010
University of Detroit Mercy Guest Critic for Experimental Poster Making 2010
NCSU Symposium Co-presenter on "The New Aesthetics of Authenticity" 2010
Pratt Institute Fall guest critic/lecturer for Type 3 + Senior Projects 2008
Typecon Buffalo Co-facilitate Expermental Type workshop 2008
RIT Spring guest critic for senior portfolio review + lecturer 2008
Pratt Institute Mid-term/end of semester guest critic for Senior Projects 2007
Upstate NY AIGA Participation in panel on Women in Design 2006
RIT Teaching assistant to Graham Carson in Foundations 3D class 2003/4
EXHIBITIONS
DITTOS Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2010
OFF THE WALL Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2010
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2010
THE SILENCE IS OVER Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2010
THE LINE Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2009
THE LIBRARY OF THINGS Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2009
KEEP SICK @ HOME Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI 2009
BUMP IN THE NIGHT 1975: Surface Salon, Rochester NY 2009
STRANDED! Winkel & Balktick, Brooklyn NY 2009
BOS Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn NY 2009
PUCKER 1975: Surface Salon, Rochester NY 2009
DEITCH ART PARADE Deitch Projects, NY NY 2008
FRUiTS GO GO Monkeyhouse Gallery, LA CA 2008
TYPECON POSTER SHOW traveling 2008
3 Norway Gallery, 2008
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL Austin TX 2008
WOMEN’S WORK Upstate NY AIGA, Rochester NY 2006
ASSEMBLECOLLAGECONSTRUCT Gallery402, NY NY 2006
SENIOR SHOW Wallace Library, Rochester NY 2004
HONORS SHOW Bevier Gallery, Rochester NY 2003
HONORS SHOW Bevier Gallery, Rochester NY 2002
WORK FEATURED IN
i-D magazine, 2009
The Marveller, 2006/7/8
Urb Magazine, May 2007
I.D. Magazine, March/April 2004
Student Society for News Design, 2003
AWARDS
Cranbrook Merit Scholarship, 2009
The Bernadette Merkel Design Award, 2003
RIT Mowris Mulligan Design Scholarship, 2002/3
I SPEAK
English, native
Italian, intermediate
American Sign Language, intermediate
German, basic
Spanish, basic
REACH ME AT
Nicole@nylondip.com
aim: saucyunicorn
*for full curriculum vitae, email me!