Elisabeth Paymal
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elisabeth@paymaldesign.com
Art director and graphic designer, specializing in art and education projects; freelance and small teams, 1996–current
Develop and produce original designs, from conception to production, of print and web materials. Identity, branding, reports, catalogues, posters, event and marketing packages, signage. Photo shoots direction. Work closely with printers; press checks. Staff support and training.
Selected projects
University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities (freelance and staff position), identity, exhibition catalogues, annual reports, posters, brochures, newsletter, website maintenance, 1996–2008
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University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, identity, posters, exhibition catalogue, brochures, 2006–current
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University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender, posters, brochures, invitations, banners, 2000–current
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Tirtza Even, Maree Makom, artist’s book, 2008
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University of Michigan-Dearborn, James Scripps Booth, Artist, Engineer, Polymath, exhibition catalogue, 2008
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University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, fund raising package, posters, 2001–07
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Midwest Eye-Banks, marketing package, 2006
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Biomedware website, www.biomedware.com, 2006
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Peter Sparling Dance Company, identity, promotional materials, newsletter, 1997–2006
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University of Michigan College of Engineering (staff position), alumni magazine, brochures, invitations, website, 2001
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Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tearoom, identity, packaging, signage, 2000–04
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Van Gogh Face to Face exhibition, display panels, including a 42-ft timeline, 2000
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 72, No. 1/2 and
No. 3/4, 1998
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University of Michigan School of Art & Design, identity, brochure, 1996 space
Curator and exhibition designer, University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities, 2004–2008
Established a vision for the exhibition program. Researched and developed exhibition concepts. Strategized the program and determine content. Identified and selected artifacts and art work. Collaborated with artists, scholars, curators, art collectors, and loan institutions, locally, nationally and internationally. Multi-disciplinary and inter-departmental collaborations. Wrote curatorial statements and didactic panels. Organized the logistics. Event marketing and public outreach, including curatorial tours. Mentored staff of students. Budget management. Created display narrative. Visualized, designed, and implemented all aspects of exhibitions display. Designed all the collaterals, print (invitations, catalogues, signage, labels and didactic panels) and multi-media materials (videos, website). Coordinated vendors’ production.
Selected exhibitions
Looks Given/Looks Taken, Jews & Urban Photography, 2008
Curated by Deborah Dash Moore and Macdonald Moore (University of Michigan Frankel Center for Judaic Studies), selection of photographs from the New York School of photographyspace
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Spirit into Script, 2008
Words and texts charged with spiritual powers, from Buddhist, Daoist, Islamic and Judaic traditions
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20 Years, 12 Poets; Ceramics by Rachid Koraïchi, 2007
Commissioned French-Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi to decorate ceramics with texts by 12 poets that were fellows at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities
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Mankoff on Mankoff; Cartoons from The New Yorker, 2007
A retrospective of the cartoons by Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor for The New Yorker
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Texas Death Row, 2007
Curated by Bill Crawford, over 300 mug shots of offenders executed by the State of Texas between 1982 and 2007
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French Artists’ Books from the Eugenie R. Beal Trust Collection, 2006
Books by Bonnard, Buffet, Chagall, Dali, Denis, Derain, Dufy, Ernst, Léger, Maillol, Manet, Matisse, Picasso, Rouault and De Vlaminck.
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Fêtes, text by Jacques Prévert praising Alexander Calder's work with prints by Calder, 2006
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Shifting Views, Chinese Urban Photographs, 2006
Curated by Gu Zheng, photographs by contemporary Chinese artists documentating the fast changes in China urban landscapes
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Boris Mikhaïlov: Original Photographs, 2006
Ukrainian artist who documentated people's condition in Soviet Union
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Piranesi: Selected Etchings for the Collection of Bruce W. Frier, 2006
Views of Rome by 18th-century Italian etching master Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Teaching experience
University of Michigan-Flint, computer software for graphic designer (Abobe CS3), lab class of 15 students on basic design principles, 2005
Education and training
Ceramics, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, 2008
Exhibition design, Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, Mt Carroll, IL, 2007
BFA in graphic design, summa cum laude, University of Michigan, 1995
MA in clinical psychology, University of Paris V-Sorbonne, France, 1985
Awards
2001 American Advertising Award, Ann Arbor Ad Club
Certificate of Excellence, Print Magazine, 1997
1996 BFA Award, University of Michigan School of Art
Skills
Adobe CS 3 (Dreamweaver, In-Design, Illustrator, Photoshop), Adobe PageMaker, FileMaker Pro, Final Cut Pro, HTML, Microsoft Office, QuarkXpress, and Website Content Management System, on Macintosh
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Photography and video editing
Work in ceramics and fiber
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Bi-cultural and bi-lingual, France-USA; intermediate Spanish
Extensive world-travels
Contact
elisabeth@paymaldesign.com
Elisabeth Paymal
1214 Pomona
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734 996 1848 phone & fax
