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Gant Powell

Illustrator

Brooklyn, NY, USA
4437564296 www.gantpants.com

Work Experience

Freelance

Illustrator and Designer

Narrative illustration for editorial, books, advertising and events; as well as surface design, graphic design, logos, and typography.

My clients include M Magazine, Yahoo! Food, Clinton Kelly, Inc., The Wall Street Journal Weekend Journal, and Pandodaily
May 2008 - Present Brooklyn, New York, United States

InDecor Home Design

Design Director

We are a full - service home-products company. We specialize in bath hard accessories, shower curtains, and rugs. Our scope includes bedding and pet, and we devleop products for store brands, licenses, and our own proprietary brands. We are a young company, but we are quickly gaining market share thanks to our unparalleled enthusiasm, industry knowledge, and collaborative approach.
January 2016 - Present New York, United States

Scent-Sation, Inc

Senior Bedding Designer

Created specs, drawings, and layouts for a wide range of collections.

Reviewed strike-offs and samples alongside production.

Worked directly with design director & production team to create sheet & quilt programs for regional, traditional, and back to college markets.

Helped to launch new jacquard and knit throw programs.

Developed original prints; bought and edited existing studio prints

Balanced drop ship programs with customer orders within a fast paced work environment.
November 2014 - January 2016 New York, United States

Clinton Kelly Inc.

Designer

Clinton Kelly Effortless Table, now available at MACYS.com. Work-for-hire Contract, P/T. Developing designs from conception to production for tableware and serving pieces. Using inspiration boards and source imagery, I have worked with the creative director to compose images for salad plates, and coordinating repeating patterns for decals to be applied to mugs and dessert plates. The full set includes 6 coordinating dish sets, each following a different theme and color story, designed to be mixed and matched or used alone on a dinner table. The experience has been a pleasure. In addition, I designed marketing collateral and logos for the brand.
April 2013 - September 2014 New York, New York, United States

Cranston Print Works

Designer

Fabric designer for Cranston Village, and VIP lines of quilting fabrics. Editing and converting licensed and purchased art to create full groups of quilting fabrics. Limiting color palettes, matching colors between designs, and following style guides all make up the process.
July 2014 - Present New York, New York, United States

Printicon

Graphic design, product development, print production, sourcing,

Package design, product devlopement, sourcing of product and production, design for point of sale, store signage, and a wide variety of design projects for clients including invitations, business identity packages, greeting cards, and event products.
November 2012 - April 2013 New York, New York, United States

Ny-Lon USA Inc

Freelance Product Development

Executed amendments and new designs with the goal of maintaining or establishing stories within seasonal collections. Created new manufacturer briefs, amendment briefs, and color cards.
August 2012 - August 2012 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Ny-Lon USA Inc

Product Development Intern

Researched and created trend reports. Created original motifs and set them to repeat for textiles and accessories. Created colorways using Pantone cross-referencing. Converted vintage designs into color separation and modified designs to updated and unique repeats and color-ways for original application. Prepared color-cards, presentations, and spec sheets for production. Prepared full-size tiled paper mock-ups of duvets, bedding repeats for clients.
May 2012 - August 2012 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Habitat For Humanity

Volunteer

For three weeks I helped build houses for the farmers of Lenadora, Dambulla, Matale Province, while simultaneously documenting the trip and experience to prepare for resulting series and book projects.
March 2012 - March 2012 Lenadora, Sri Lanka

Conde Nast - The New Yorker

Art Department Intern

Assisted design associate and art dept with layouts and spot selection for Talk of the Town section. Edited images and layouts to specifications and standards followed by TNY art department. I kept and organized the archives of the magazine, independently laid out spot series for print, maintained magazine mini boards, and served as a liaison between members of the art dept, as well as the art dept and other depts. Organized inspiration and source binders for Caroline Mailhot (AD) and Chris Curry (AD). Assisted members of art dept with various requests
January 2011 - May 2011 New York, New York, United States

Education

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

MFA Illustration as Visual Essay

August 2009 - May 2011 New York, New York, United States

Maryland Institute College Of Art (MICA)

BFA Illustration

Graduated with Leadership Honors

Teaching Intern: Sensualists, Technocrats, Gamines & Sophisticates - A course in Fashion Illustration taught by Daniel Krall. Guest Instructors: Kris Chau, Sam Weber

Responsibilities included: preparing the classroom with supplies for guest instructor demos, availability for student questions during studio portion of class time, leading class discussion and critique of student work, assistance in determining student grades.

Member of Senior Class Advisory Council - Along with other council members, advised dean of students and other school administrators on how to best facilitate communication between the graduating class and the administration concerning graduation ceremony details, including Senior Class Gift, the speaker at graduation, event details, etc.

Juror for Student Gallery Space - a faculty nominated honor, juried artworks to determine which bodies of work would be awarded gallery space on campus.
August 2003 - May 2007 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Friends School Of Baltimore

Diploma

August 1997 - May 2003 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Languages

English (Fluent),
French (Conversational),

Skills

Typography, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Ps/Il/Id/Dw, Art, Books, Comics, Drawing, Hand-type, Illustration, Portraits, Print Production, Surface Design, Textile Design,

Clients

M Magazine, Yahoo! Food, AIDS Global Action, Axcess Worldwide, The Wall Street Journal: Weekend Journal, Clinton Kelly Inc., ADDitude Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly

Comics Anthologies

"Strange Altars"- edited by Molly and Greg Broxton. We Are Hermits Press. 2014.
"Sex and Pizza" - edited by Mark Delboy. 2013.
"Dadsville" - edited by Dane LaChiusa. 2012.
"Damn Fine Coffee" - edited by Andrea Kalfas. 2012.

Shows/Exhibitions

Omnia Vanitas - group show and benefit sale - organized by The Imperial Court of New York - Chelsea Eye Gallery - New York NY - 2014
Pictures at Play - solo show - thanks to Ben Roach - Katz Gallery - Friends School of Baltimore - Baltimore MD - 2014
Magic Show - Group show - Curated by Jess Worby - Launch Pad - Brooklyn NY - 2012
Imaginary Friends - An Exhibition of Art Inspired by Jim Henson - Group show - Curated by Jess Worby - Brave New Worlds - Philadelphia PA - 2012
SVA MFAI Thesis Exhibition - Group show - Curated by David Sandlin and Marshall Arisman - SVA Visual Arts Gallery - NY NY - 2011
SVA MFAI Book Show - Group show - Curated by Carol Titolo and Marshall Arisman - SVA Main Building Gallery - NY NY - 2010
SVA MFAI Narrative Illustration - Group show - Curated by Victor Koen - SVA Main Building Gallery - NY NY - 2009
Mixed Bag - Solo show - The Waterfront Hotel - Curated by Lorraine Imworld - Baltimore MD - 2009
Horns and Hooves - Solo show - Curated by Irene Donelly - Evergreen Coffee House - Baltimore MD - 2008
Sweets Show - Solo show - Curated by Anne Taliaferro - The Filling Station Coffee House - Sparks MD - 2007