Studies:

Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2003/06 - BA in Graphic Design

City As School
New York, US - 1998/2000 - Photography, printing techniques

Istituto D'arte
Siracusa, Italia - 1996/98 - Architecture & Interior Design

Film/Video Arts
New York, US - 1997/98 - Film production, lighting & off-line editing

Film/Video Arts
New York, US - 1997/98 - Cinematography and camera technique

Selected publications & projects

Flash Bar book
- A photographic anthology of Mirjam Wirz’s Flash Bar events. 80 pages of photography from the Flash Bar archives. 80 pages, offset printed (1 pantone) in an edition of 500.

The Obstacle is Tautology
- An exhibition booklet we produced for Tulips & Roses gallery. Produced in 100 copy edition, home printed and bound on offset paper.

MIHCK
- A photo dossier by Mirjam Wirz. Edition of 1000 1-color offset books.

Roman Grotesque in domus magazine
- My font (still in progress) was used by swiss design studio onlab in their layout for Domus magazine #929 as part of a special section called Intersections Scenari Italiani.

A Happening in Central Park ’67
- A poster project for artist Gintaras Didžiapetris’ participation in a recent Cairo exhibition A Fantasy for Allan Kaprow at the Contemporary Image Collective. The concept of ‘happenings’ became a starting point for the poster which is made in two phases: firstly the poster design was made and silkscreened on (A1), then the poster was photographed and re-printed with an arabic translation added.

Progetto ITALIC 2.0
- Equo (& myself) featured in a new book about Italian type designers. The book was also the occasion of an exhibition in Rome as part of Romadesign+

Yearbook
- The Yearbook project is an ongoing relay publication featuring artist contributions collected over a period of one year.

Centre Culturel Français calendar
- Monthly events calendar for the Centre Culturel Francais in Vilnius. Folded A3’s offset in a different pantone color each month.

One Love
- An experiment in transcribing an MC's words. Nas’ “One Love” re-worked and expanded in a limited editon zine..

Fotografija magazine #16-17
- The recent manipulation themed issue of the Lithuanian Photo Union’s magazine Fotografija on contemporary photography and criticsm.

Space Oddity
- Poster, reader and flyers for an exhibition of young baltic artists, at Maison Folie Wazemmes Lille, France, April 2009.

Expanding the image into conversation
- 2008; exhibition and printed material design for an exhibition curated by Julija Fomina and Valentinas Klimašauskas at the Contemporary Art Centre - Vilnius, Lithuania

Flash Institut #3
- newspaper, 2008; produced on the occasion of the photography exhibition “Lithuanian Art 08. Photography” at the Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius; one of three parts of the curatorial project Street Photography curated by Mirjam Wirz - Vilnius, Lithuania

Thanks (An extraordinary handkerchief)
- mailer and mini-poster, 2008; announcement of a screening programme by Virginija Januškevičiūtė for the Contemporary Culture Forum WHITE NIGHT at NOASS - Riga, latvia

NINETY (#2)
- magazine, 2008; as part of Gintaras Didžiapetris' participation in an exhibition (curated by Adam Carr) in which only works published in magazines were shown

Conversation Piece
- Poster, 2008; announcement foe exhibition/performance of a work by Gintaras Didžiapetris "Down the Rabbit Hole" - exhibition catalogue and printed matter, 2008; an exhibition of young Lithuanian artists curated by Dovilė Tumpytė of the Lithuanian National Gallery of Art Information Centre - Vilnius, Lithuania

Flash Institut #2
- newspaper (downloadable PDF), 2008 collaborative project with Mirjam Wirz

Flash Institut #1
- newspaper, 2007; collaborative project with Mirjam Wirz, for the thematic project series: "Work to do! Self-organization in precarious working-conditions" at the Shedhalle exhibition space, Zurich, Switzerland

On the Poverty of Student Life
- self published, 2006 graduation project

Equo
- 15 OpenType Typefaces designed for multilanguage support & printing, 2006 graduation project

I ain't the cat you saw yesterday
- self published, 2005

ODB
- self published tribute & lyrics book, 2004

Failed Attempts
- self published image study, 2004

Typefaces:

Equo
family of 15 fonts, 2006

Shaolin
display face, 2006

Stout Gothic
display face, 2006

Kaporal
display face, 2005

Crasto
newspaper/text face, 2005

Expertise:

Graphic/multimedia design, Typography, Bookmaking & binding, Web design, Workshops & interdisciplinary projects, Lectures, events and exhibition curation