“A Rear View: Recent Work of Gustavo Prado, by Saul Ostrow & Note(s) About Space(s) by Fernanda Lopes”
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João Doria de Souza is a graphic designer with an MFA, from Yale University (2014) and a Visual Communications BA, PUC-Rio (2009). “Since 2014 I have been wearing multiple hats as an editor, educator, editorial/typographic designer, ux lead, product designer, facilitator, publisher, printer and researcher in initiatives across print and digital media. I enjoy transforming large information volumes into things in the world through applying systemic, conceptual and visual energy to projects while at the same time modelling inclusive processes that can connect, activate and represent the knowledge and needs of every participant and collaborator, prompting impact-informed discussions along the whole way. Said activities are informed by a life lived in different countries and work experience for a spectrum of clients that ranges from the arts and architecture to large corporations. I have taught at different capacities (guest lecturer, associate professor, external thesis advisor, teaching assistant) in institutions such as Konstfack (Stockholm, Sweden); Beckmans Designhögskola (Stockholm, Sweden); The Oslo National Academy of Arts (Oslo, Norway); Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA, USA); California Institute of Arts (Valencia, CA, USA); Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA) and others (see full list on profile.)”
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Saul Ostrow is an independent critic, curator and Art Editor at Lodge, Bomb Magazine and founded in 2010, the all-volunteer non-profit organization Critical Practices Inc. Prof. Ostrow has taught at various institutions since 1991 and was Chair of Visual Arts and Technologies at the Cleveland Institute of Art (2002–12). His writings have appeared in numerous art magazines, journals, catalogues, and books in the USA and Europe. Since 1987, he has curated over 70 exhibitions in the US and abroad. He was Co-Editor of Lusitania Press (1996–2004) as well as the Editor of the book series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture (1996–2006) published by Routledge. Ostrow has also been engaged in two collaborative projects. from 2008–12 he worked with the artist, Charles Tucker designing and theorizing a quantifiable “systems-network” by which to analyze art-works. The second project 2010–13 was with the Miami based artist Lidija Slavkovic, which consists of an unfinished text, and series of catalog and exhibition projects that were collectively titled, An Ambition. He was born in Brooklyn and now lives and works in NYC.
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