- Thursday 25th February 2016, 6.30pm
- Exhibition Private View begins 7.30pm
- Tessa Blackstone Lecture Theatre [11_0003]
Vaughan Oliver will be discussing his exhibition ‘Where Is My Mind?’, on his long-standing collaboration with cult American band the Pixies. A private viewing of the exhibition will begin after the talk at 7.30pm.
Vaughan Oliver is an art director, graphic designer and consultant with 35 years experience of working in all areas of graphic design. Specialising in work for the music industry, Oliver’s unique approach has attracted clients from a broader field including fashion, publishing, packaging, film and television, theatre, architecture, retail, advertising, food, dance, erotica, football and education. He has enjoyed numerous international “solo” shows including Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, Los Angeles and Athens. “Vaughan Oliver: visceral pleasures”, a design monograph by Rick Poynor was published in November, 2000. In 2011 Vaughan was awarded an Honorary MA by the University of the Creative Arts (UCA), Surrey and a Visiting Professorship at the University of Greenwich. In 2013 Vaughan was elected into the AGI, Alliance Graphique International: an elite group of graphic designers with 643 members from 38 countries worldwide. In 2014 Vaughan was awarded a further Visiting Professorship at the UCA, Epsom. He is also featured as one of 75 profiles of “Graphic Visionaries” from 100 years of graphic design published in 2015 by Laurence King.