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Garland Kirkpatrick

Garland Kirkpatrick (born 1960) is an American designer, educator, and curator based in Los Angeles.

Career

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Kirkpatrick's works include — social graphics visualizing complex socio-political issues ranging from the criminal justice system — capital punishment, mass incarceration, police brutality, and recidivism — to environmental justice, HIV-AIDS, homophobia, immigrant rights, and racism.

After postgraduate work at the Institute of Design in Chicago (1985–1987), he received his Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design (1990) from Yale University where he studied under modernist design icons Paul Rand, Armin Hofmann, and Alvin Eisenman.

Kirkpatrick taught as a regular faculty in the Graphic Design program at the California Institute of the Arts (1992–2002), and served as Program Director for two years. He continues to teach design as a Professor at Loyola Marymount University, where he served as art department Chair (2011–2016).

His work is held in the permanent collections of: the American Institute of Graphic Arts Design Archives (AIGA);[1][2][3][4] the Denver Art Museum, AIGA Awards Archive, Denver, CO (1991–Present); the Center for the Study of Political Graphics;[5][6][7][8][9] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art;[10] the Museum of Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland;[11][12][13] the Oakland Museum of California;[14][15][16][17] the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY (1993); Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles;[18][19] the Caridad Archive of Chicano Printmaking in California (CEMA), University of California, Santa Barbara;[18] the Gerald Buck Collection, Orange County, California; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; the Online Archives of California;[20] the Huntington Museum, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas; the Institute of Texas Cultures, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio Texas; and other poster collectives including national Chicano and university archives in Arizona and New Mexico.

Kirkpatrick's graphic design work has been recognized by three national competitions for graphic design: the American Alliance of Museums' national museum publication competition, the American Center for Design (ACD) 100 show (1927–2002), and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Communication Graphics competition. He received a City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Artist Fellowship for Design from the Department of Cultural Affairs (2003).[21][22][23][24]

Garland Kirkpatrick has worked closely with the cultural communities of Los Angeles, as both art director and graphic designer through his studio, Helvetica Jones. Selected nonprofits and cultural institutions include the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, ChangeLinks Community Newspaper (masthead/logotype), the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Japanese American National Museum.[25][26] He was a Director of Experience Design at Sapient corporation in San Francisco and Los Angeles (2000–2001).

Garland Kirkpatrick was featured with Emory Douglas and Chaz Maviyane-Davies in Observe | Make | State: A Collection of Design Reproductions and Artifacts that Convey Issues of Social Justice (2017), an exhibition curated by Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman at Seattle Pacific University Gallery. Exhibitions and workshops include Urgent Messages: Exhibition and Risographic Poster Making Workshop (2018), curated by Tuan Phan at St. Edwards University, Fine Arts Gallery in Austin, Texas. Group exhibition and workshop featured Ashley Robin Franklin, Brandy Shigemoto, Claudia Gamundi, Edith Valle, Harsh Patel, Jesse Jaramillo, Jimmy Luu, Rene Cruz, Suthada Wadkhien, Tuan Phan, and Yewon Kwon.[citation needed]

Filmography

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His film credits as a designer include the independent film, Fast Food Nation (2006), and the political thriller, Game (2013).[27][28]

His film appearances include: Digging the Suez Canal with a Teaspoon (2019), a documentary film by David Stairs and Eric Limarenko.


References

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  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "MLK Commemorative Exhibit, 1992". American Institute of Graphic Arts Design Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Finding Family Stories Exhibition Catalogue, 1998". American Institute of Graphic Arts Design Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Matthias Biehler, 1990". American Institute of Graphic Arts Design Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Personal Inventory: Nick Vaughn, 1992". American Institute of Graphic Arts Design Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "¡No mas tratos!, 2002". Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Protect And Serve, Date Unknown". Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Art Action. Silkscreen, 1998". Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Art is Not a Mirror. Silkscreen, 1996". Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Until the Lions Have Their Historians. Silkscreen, 1996". Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  10. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "No Mas Tratos. Screenprint, 2002–2003". Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  11. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Sex, lies, and stereotypes-Poster on sexism and homophobia – Center for Studies in Political Graphics". Museum of Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, eMuseum. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  12. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Viva la Huelga! Graphic heritage and legacies of the United Farm Workers – A poster exhibition from the Archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics". Museum of Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, eMuseum. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  13. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Viva la Huelga! Graphic heritage and legacies of the United Farm Workers – A poster exhibition from the Archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics – California State University, Northridge – The Southern California Library for Social (...)". Museum of Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, eMuseum. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  14. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Viva la huelga. Offset lithograph paper, c. 1993". Oakland Museum of California, OMCA Collections.
  15. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Posters on the Myths and Realities of the Immigrant Experience. Offset lithograph paper, 2001". Oakland Museum of California, OMCA Collections. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  16. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Viva La Huelga! Offset lithograph paper, 1995". Oakland Museum of California, OMCA Collections. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  17. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Viva La Huelga! Offset lithograph paper, 1995". Oakland Museum of California, OMCA Collections. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b Kirkpatrick, Garland (19 August 2011). "¡No Más Tratos! (No More Deals!); July 30-31, 2002; Coventry Rag, 290 gms.; 16" × 16"". Guide to the Self Help Graphics Archives 1960–2003, UC Santa Barbara Library. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  19. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "No Mas Tratos! (No More Deals!), 2002". Online Archive of California, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Finding Aid for the Self Help Graphics & Art Research Collection 1973–2007. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  20. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "No Mas Tratos! (No More Deals!), 2002". Online Archive of California, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Finding Aid for the Self Help Graphics & Art Research Collection 1973–2007. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  21. ^ Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles (2013). COLA 2013: Individual Artist Fellowships. City of Los Angeles: Department of Cultural Affairs. pp. 77, 79, 82.
  22. ^ Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles (2014). COLA 2014: Individual Artist Fellowships. City of Los Angeles: Department of Cultural Affairs. pp. 7, 93.
  23. ^ Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles (2015). COLA 2015: Individual Artist Fellowships. City of Los Angeles: Department of Cultural Affairs. pp. 134, 139.
  24. ^ Grace Kook-Anderson; et al. (2011). Best Kept Secret: UCI and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California, 1964–1971. Laguna, California: Laguna Art Museum. ISBN 978-0940872370.
  25. ^ Judy Chan; et al. (December 1998). Finding Family Stories. Los Angeles, California: Japanese American National Museum. ISBN 9781881161035.
  26. ^ Striegel, Mary F. and Jo Hill (1996). Thin-Layer Chromatography for Binding Media Analysis (PDF). United States of America: J. Paul Getty Trust. ISBN 0892363908. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  27. ^ "Garland Kirkpatrick". IMDb. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  28. ^ Kirkpatrick, Garland. "Game, But Whose Game Is It? Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Anderson, Susan, ed. GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919–1956. Pasadena: Pasadena Museum of California Art in Association with Gardena High School Art Collection, Inc. and the Gardena High School Student Body, 2019. (Book Design)
  • Garland Kirkpatrick, One Down: Fix the 115th House, 2017, ink and digital collage, African American Heritage Calendar & Cultural Guide, (Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, January 2018), 162. (Illustration)
  • Colburn, Bolton, ed. Collecting on the Edge: The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2018. (Book Design)
  • Dooley, Michael, “Designer Garland Kirkpatrick: Keeping Social Issues Alive,” Print Magazine, October 28, 2017 (Online Review).
  • y Montoya, Will Caperton, COLA Printed Matter, COLA 20: City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowships, (Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, 2017), 78, 81, 84. (Catalogue)
  • Milton Glaser, Mirco Illic, and Steven Heller, eds. The Design of Dissent: Expanded Edition: Greed, Nationalism, Alternative Facts, and the Resistance. (Beverly: Rockport Publishers, 2017), 171. (Reproduction)
  • ''African American Heritage Month, Calendar and Cultural Guide'', City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 2017, p. 39 (Catalogue)
  • Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Poster of the Week: "Ban the Box," Social graphic activism on the civil rights of ex-offenders, persuading employers to remove "The box" from the hiring applications for the formerly incarcerated. November 2015.
  • Bohn-Spector, Claudia, "Remnants of the Real," Curator: Claudia Bohn-Spector, pp. 12, 36–39, 2009 (Catalogue)
  • African American Heritage Month, Calendar and Cultural Guide, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, 2009, p. 32 (Catalogue)
  • Shirky, Clay, "In Less Than 20 Years the Internet Has Transformed...," What Matters: Ten Questions That Will Shape Our Future, MsKinsey & Company, p. 117, January 2009 (Illustration)
  • Lowry, Camille, "Design Journeys: Garland Kirkpatrick," American Institute of Graphic Arts (Biography: 2008)
  • Style Wars: Dissecting the Candidate's Graphics, National Public Radio: News and Views, March 4, 2008 (Interview)
  • Gardner, Belinda, "In Geheimer PR-Mission," ArtNet Magazine, 2006 (Reproduction)
  • Maya Drozdz, Outside In: An International Poster Exhibit, Lulu Publishing, 2006 (Catalogue)
  • Burhart, Tara, "Art Exhibition Depicting Bush is Probed," Art Info (Associated Press), April 13, 2005 (Reproduction)
  • Milton Glaser and Mirco Illic, The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics, Rockport Publishers, 2005, p. 171 (Reproduction)
  • "Graphic Designing for Economic Justice," Santa Monica Daily Press, April 11, 2005, p. 3 (Quote)
  • Triumph of Our Communities, Arizona State University Press, 2005, p. 102 (Reproduction)
  • Axis of Evil: Perforated Prætor Naturam, Qualiatica Press, Chicago, 2004, pp. 76, 204 (Reproduction)
  • Buchanan, Richard, Dennis Doordan, Victor Margolin, "Twenty Two Years of Pluralistic Discourse," Design Issues: Volume 20, Number 1 Winter 2004, p. 6, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, (Mention)
  • Cannon, Sara, City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Artist Fellowships, 2003, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, pp. 41–44 (Catalogue)
  • Myers, Holly, "Relationships at Play in the Physical World," Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2003 (Review)
  • Scarborough, James, "Unlikely Icons," New York Arts Magazine, September 2003 (Review)
  • LA Arts Mix, City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowships, No. 11, LA City View, 2003 (Video Interview)
  • We Shall Not Be Moved: Posters, Gentrification, and Resistance in the Figueroa Corridor, SAJE/CSPG/Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, 2003, pp. 27, 35, 43 (Reproduction and interview)
  • American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA Graphic Design, USA 20, New York, 1999, p. 176 (Reproduction)
  • John Bowers, Introduction to Two Dimensional Design: Understanding Form and Function, New York, Wiley Publishers, 1999, p. 102 (Quote)
  • Jan van Toorn, Design Beyond Design, Critical Reflection and the Practice of Visual Communication, Maastricht, Netherlands, Jan van Eyck Akademie Editions, 1998, pp. 17, 18, 182, 183 (Ministry of Information-Watts Towers Arts Center, Poster- exhibition of student works); (Second edition, Seoul Korea, 2004)
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  • Carbone, Ken, "Communication Graphics Awards," Graphis Magazine, no. 278, Zurich, Switzerland, March/April, 1992, pp. 52, 53 (Reproduction)
  • American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA Graphic Design USA 12, New York, 1991, p. 121 (Reproduction)
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