Photo by Tony Luong

An artist who recently held his sixth solo exhibition, Chris Piascik is also active in the design community. With 6 years of professional experience at award-winning firms in New England, he is currently working as a freelance designer and illustrator. He has been fascinated with design since he discovered his parent’s music collection at a young age. It was his first exposure to design, and it was only a matter of time before he began remixing the album packaging to better suit what he was hearing. He holds degrees in Visual Communication Design and Art History from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, where he has moonlighted as an instructor of several design courses.

In 2008, the American Institute of Graphic Arts selected his poster design as a winning entry for its Get Out the Vote campaign. Distributed nationwide and displayed in conjunction with the Republican and Democratic national conventions, Chris’s poster was also part of the Declare Yourself campaign. His other recognitions include Gold Awards, Silver Awards, Excellence Awards and the Judges Award from the Connecticut Art Director’s Club as well as a BoNE award from the AIGA. In addition his work has been published in numerous books and publications including the Logo Lounge series, Typography Essentials and Lettering, Beyond Computer Graphics. In the few hours Chris isn’t designing, illustrating, or drawing, he enjoys riding bicycles and petting kittens…

Testimonials

“I have had the unique experience of working with Chris on many print projects during my tenure as a Campaign Producer at BzzAgent and can’t recommend him enough. Chris can design anything from corporate snooze-fest to cutting edge branding and does so with passion, respect for the client’s needs and a sparkling personality. He clearly has a rich artistic life outside of his day to day which keeps him sharp and 100% focused on being innovative. Great designer & overall great guy, I recommend Chris highly.”
- Cat Ganim, BzzAgent

“Chris is a creative freight train. I’ve never met anyone else who can churn out such a high volume of work while maintaining such superb quality. It’s impressive to witness. He’s also one of the funniest people I know. It takes some restraint to keep a recommendation for him this brief.”
– Michael Deal, Pentagram

“Chris is exceptionally responsive and works well with minimal direction. If you have several projects running concurrently, you can leave the important work to Chris and assume he’ll: make quality work within clients’ visual constriants; keep client happy; let you know if any problems arise; provide latest music tips; entertain colleagues; inspire you to do the best work you can as his colleague. Check his portfolio to see what the work will look like: it’s a great range.”
– Elena Grossman, Yale Center for British Art

Read more on my Linked In profile.
Contact: ChrisPiascik@Gmail.com

On the Internetz
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• Print Brigade
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Friends
• Vaughn Fender
• Ryan Frease
• Ira Cummings
• Tony Luong
• Josh Lafayette
• DYKC?
• Design is Love
• Diesel Sweeties
• Chad Kouri
• Janell Francois
• Chad Drobish
• Jillian Vento
• Faith Antion
• Doodlers Anonymous
• Open Bicycle
• Andy Huff
• Drew Amato
• ONE Magazine
• Steve Ponzo
• Grand
• Kate Bingaman-Burt
• The Post Family
• The Retrospective
• Unlikely Words
• Will Bryant
• Troy Monroe
• Ryan O’rourke
• Kaitlin Hefner
• Adam MacHose
• Jillian Portelance
• Jessica Hiller
• Kari Macdowell
• Little Vegan Monsters
• Elena Grossman
• Adrian Cooke
• Sam McKinniss
• Pedal Strike
• Hartford Art School