Jean benoit levy biography channel
WEB POSTER EXHIBITION - Jean-Benoit Levy, Basel
| Jean-Benoit Levy (signing his self promotion poster) And ( Trafic Grafic ) Spalenvorstadt 11 CH 4051 Basel, Switzerland tel +41 - 61 - 261 6667 fax +41 - 61 - 261 6627 email jbl@and.ch Photo: Daniel Furon, 1998 |
Biography
| 1959 | Born in Pully VD, Switzerland grew up in Treytorrens and Epesses, small villages overlooking Lake Geneva |
| 1978 - 1983 | Schule fuer Gestaltung Basel, Graphik - Fachklasse, in Armin Hofmann's class |
| 1983 - 1986 | Graphic designer of the Schweiz. Mustermesse, Basel |
| 1986 - 1989 | Freelance work and travels to New York and San Francisco |
| 1989 | Opens his own studio "& Trafic Grafic" in Basel |
Teaching assignements
- Art Center College of Design, La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, USA
- Schule fuer Gestaltung, Basel, Switzerland
Awards and distinctions
Levy has won numerous prizes in international poster competitions in Switzerland, Poland, France, Finland, USA and his work is regularly selected and exhibited in the major international poster exhibitions.
Publications
The POSTER BIBLIOGRAPHY lists about 50 literature references on posters by Jean-Benoit Levy, starting in 1986 with a poster for a trade fair in Basel. In addition, his typographic talent has found special recognition, for example in the reference work "Typography - when, who, how", by F. Friedel, N. Ott and B. Stein.
Web links
go back to main page
page last revised on May 11, 1999 /