Pablo A. Medina
Pablo A. Medina (or Pablo Medina), is a Cuban-Colombian multi-disciplnary type designer, graphic designer, art director, educator and artist based in New York City.[1][2] He is interested in using urban vernacular from Latin-American neighborhoods as inspiration.[2] Currently he works as an freelancer, and owns a multi-disciplinary graphic design studio called Design is Culture.[3]
Education
Publo A. Medina was born and raised in Washington D.C.[4] He studied major in drawing and minor in print-making at Pratt Institute, and received his BFA degree (Dean's List) in 1992.[5][4] After undergrad, Medina struggled to step foot into the fine art scene and make a living, so he went back to study for graphic design.[4] He later received his Master of Science in Communication Design (Dean's List) from Pratt Institute in 1996.[6][4] During his time at Pratt, Medina collaborated with the band named The Deviators, in which he delivered flyers and screen printed T-shirts to promote their performances.[2]
Inspiration and influence
As a descendant of immigrants from Latin-America, Medina has keen interest in immigrant neighborhoods.[7][8] In addition, hand-painted signage and music are also influencial in Medina's creative practices.[2][9] At the age of 16, he was influenced by punk rock utopia of music, creativity, ethics, and activism.[2] Growing up from these scenes in the late 80s with the influence of art school led to a very independent-minded, DIY ethos in him[4].Aside from cultural themes, Pablo Medina also explores spiritual themes, including Buddhism and Yoruban[10][11]. Medina has struggled with mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression,[2] he discovered meditation to help him navigate his struggles.[2] He practices a meditation called Vipassana [2][11], which also became his source for creative ideas.[2]
Career
In 1996, Publo Medina begin designing typefaces, in which photography played a role in the beginning stages.[7] The first three fonts he designed for his graduate thesis at Pratt,[7] Vitrina, Cuba, and North Bergen, were inspired by photographed letterforms in a Latin-American neighborhood in New Jersey called Union City.[2][7]
After receiving his Masters, Medina teamed up with David Carson (American Graphic Designer),[9] and designed post-modernist typeface inspired by his interest in Latin-American popular culture.[12] In these early days, Medina also worked at Digital Pulp, a multi-media design agency, as a Designer. During his time at the agency, he worked with clients like Doubleclick and Cigar Aficionado.[6] In 1997, Medina was hired by The National Hockey League, and worked as a Permalance Designer.[6] In 1999, Medina was hired by global advertising agency, Ogilvy & Mather.[6] There he worked as Art Director and Graphic Designer for corporate clients such as Motorola and Miller Lite.[6]
During 2000 – 2019, Medina founded his own multi-disciplinary graphic design studio called Design is Culture (previously named Cubanica[13]), located at the Trestle Art Space in Brooklyn.[6] He pursued client's work with experimental ideas that combines multiple disciplines in art and design.[11] The studio provided editorial design, book design, font design, graphics for apparel, event design and branding services.[6]
Since 2017, He started on-site freelancing as designer, illustrator and animator.[6] He partnered with non-profit organization Taskforce, at which he creates animations to promote social justice.[14]
Beside working as artist and designer, Medina also worked as an educator. He has taught art and design at Parsons School of Design.[15] During 1999–2000, he taught at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) as Adjunct Faculty for Graphic Design.[15] In 2012, he taught at California College of the Arts (CCA) as visiting Adjunct Faculty and Artist-in-residence.[15] In 2015, he taught at the School of Visual Arts for the Design Department.[15]
Awards and achievements
2018| The Latin America Contemporary Fine Art Competition (Chelsea, NY) awarded him an exhibition space in Miami’s Spectrum Art Fair during Art Basel.[16][17]
2015 | Bushwick: Brooklyn Neighborhood inspired typeface, crowfunded [18]
2008 | AIGA Design Journeys Archives[19]
2005 | AIGA Design Journeys: Featured Medina Gothic typeface[20]
2004 | Type Directors Club (New York), Typeface Competition Judge
2001 | Selected by the Art Directors Club Young Guns III (under 30)[3]
Exhibitions
Group
2020 | Pleiades Gallery, Altered States
2019 | Catalyst Gallery, Small Works
2018 | Planthouse Gallery for VOCAL-NY and the Young Center for Immigrant Children Rights
2018 | Spectrum Miami at Art Basel, Miami 2017 | Benefit Exhibition for NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council).[16][17]
2017 | Benefit Exhibition for ACLU and IRAP (International Refugee Assistance Project)[21]
2016 | Benefit Exhibition for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
2012 | 111 Minna Gallery, Mission on Minna
2010 | AIGA NY, Design Journeys: You Are Here[22]
2007 | Chelsea Art Museum, 10 Years Running
2003 | Museum of Modern Art (NY) Book Exhibition
2001 | Art Directors Club Young Guns III[23]
1999 | Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian National Design Museum, Design Triennial
Solo
2012 | Type Directors Club, "A Mission in the Mission" [24]
References
- ↑ En, Hecho (2021-07-19). "Pablo Medina: Artist". Hecho En Co. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "Dec 2017 – Pablo Medina". Retrieved November 27, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Young Guns 3 / Pablo Medina". www.oneclub.org. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 p-themes. "Meet Pablo A. Medina". Curina. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ "Times Square Arts: Pablo Medina". arts.timessquarenyc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 "about : Design is Culture". designisculture.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Hogrebe, Ulrik (2017-05-15). "Use Crowd-Funding to Successfully Release Your Font". Type Thursday. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ Heller, Steven (2015-10-07). "Brooklyn In Your (Type)Face". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Mission in the Mission: Pablo Medina, retrieved 2022-11-27
- ↑ "About". Text Art from Urban and Spiritual Vernaculars - Pablo A. Medina. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 ""So much Love" by Pablo A. Medina - Goethe-Institut". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ "Guest Speaker: Pablo Medina, Type Maker". MFA Design. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ "Cubanica". cubanica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ "Young Guns 3 / Pablo Medina". www.oneclub.org. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Times Square Arts: Pablo Medina". arts.timessquarenyc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Pablo A. Medina". NLW Fest 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Results 2018". The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Pablo Medina: Bushwick — The Typeface". ADC • Global Awards & Club. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ↑ "Across Borders: A Look at the Work of Latinx Designers". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Medina Gothic (front) - Pablo A. Medina". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ↑ "75+ Major Artists Are Donating Sub-$200 Works to Benefit the ACLU and IRAP". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "culturalboundaries » AIGA". Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ "Young Guns 3 / Pablo Medina". www.oneclub.org. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ↑ Club, Type Directors (2012-10-23), Pablo Medina: A Mission in the Mission, retrieved 2022-11-28
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