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Jon Ashmann, USA Michalis Arfaras, GREECE Dimitris Arvanitis, GREECE Thanos Arvanitis, GREECE Neville Brody, UK Petr van Blokland, HOLLAND Aggelos Bakas, GREECE Maria Canellopoulou Bottis, GREECE Andreu Balius, SPAIN Jo De Baerdemaeker, UK Christina Banou, GREECE Joseph Coates, USA Anthony Cahalan, CANADA Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari, USA Dimitris Charitos, GREECE Vassilis Charissis, UK Mary Dyson, UK Simon Daniels, USA Dhian Damajani, INDONESIA Costis Dallas, GREECE Stergios Delialis, GREECE Artur Frankowski, POLAND Victor Gaultney, UK Iva Georgieva, BULGARIA Lars Harmsen, GERMANY Vangelis Hatzitheodorou, GREECE Haralambos Haitas, GREECE Akiem Helmling, HOLLAND Guy Hutsebaut, BELGIUM Naomi Haswanto, INDONESIA Peter Karow, GERMANY Nikos Koutsmanis, GREECE Alexandros Kouris, GREECE Pat Kahn, UK Richard Kegler, USA Marianna Kafaridou, CYPRUS Natassa Kalou, GREECE Petros Kostagiolas, GREECE Veroniki Korakidou, GREECE Eric Kindel, UK Giannis Karlopoulos, GREECE Christiana Lafazani, USA John Langdon, USA David Lemon, USA Gerry Leonidas, UK Louise McWhinnie, AUSTRALIA Eva Massoura, GREECE George Matthiopoulos, GREECE Klimis Mastoridis, GREECE Dimitris Mitsiopoulos, GREECE Arafat Al-Naim, JORDAN Maria Nicholas, USA Annette O'Sullivan, NEW ZEALAND Sarah Owens, UK Raquel Pelta, SPAIN Mervi Pakaste, USA Aspasia Papadema, CYPRUS Anastasios Politis, GREECE Irini Pitsaki, GREECE Klaudio Pap, CROATIA Efrossini Roupa, GREECE Dan Reynolds, GERMANY Natasha Raissaki, GREECE Manolis Savidis, GREECE Paul Stiff, UK José Scaglione, ARGENTINA Michael Semoglou, GREECE David Shields, USA Fred Smeijers, HOLLAND Iordanis Stylidis, GREECE Riama Sihombing, INDONESIA Andreas Sophocleous, CYPRUS Alessandro Segalini, TURKEY Andreas Stötzner, GERMANY Vangelio Tzanetatou, GREECE Adam Twardoch, GERMANY Charis Tsevis, GREECE Keith Chi-Hang Tam, Hong Kong Panos Vassiliou GREECE Eirini Vlachou, GREECE Jana Vujic, CROATIA Leoni Vidali, GREECE Karel van der Waarde, BELGIUM Ruth Westervelt, USA Daniel Warner, USA Artemis Yagou, GREECE Alexios Zavras, GREECE Ivana Ziljak, CROATIA Spyros Zevelakis, UK Evripides Zantides, CYPRUS

Jon Ashmann

Professor Jon Ashmann has taught in the Visual Communication Program at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb for the past 22 years. Prior to teaching at Northern, he was an instructor for five years at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design. In addition, he has been an adjunct professor and visiting designer at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago over a period of twenty years. He has received international recognition for his design, having worked for over 40 Chicago and national companies. In 1995 he was honored with recognition for excellence in teaching at Northern Illinois University, and in 1999 he received the "Above and Beyond Award" from the American Institute of Graphic Arts Chicago Chapter for his advocacy for design and contributions on the board and education committee. Jon Ashmann has been invited to give numerous lectures across the United States at conferences and other events. He has the distinction of lecturing in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the South Pacific and having travelled to over 70 countries worldwide. As a frequent guest at the Accademia di Comunicazione in Milan, Italy; he has conducted many lectures and workshops over the past ten years. In addition, he has directed fifteen short-term study programs in the countries of England, France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy. Two years earlier, a smaller scale one-person show was exhibited in Joao Pessoa, Brazil at the Universidade Federal da Paraiba. In March of 2002, he was invited to complete a one-person show at the Silpakorn University Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand. This show, titled "Second Chance "featured fifty drawings illustrating his experience with a life threatening illness.



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