Peter Bilak

Education
The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
Atelier National de Création Typographique, Paris
Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
and exchange programmes in the US and UK

Work
BBDO Bratislava, Slovakia, art director
Studio Dumbar, The Hague, Netherlands: graphic/multimedia designer
member of the editorial board of Deleatur and DeSignUm magazines

Exhibitions
postscript: zur Form von Schrift heute, Vienna, Austria, 2002
TypoJanchi 2001, Seoul Typography Biennale, Korea
Video Lisboa, Portugal 2001
17th International Biennale of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Republic, 2000
New Typo, Pécs, Hungary
1st International Artist’s Book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
Trnava Poster Triennial, Slovakia
Citype, urban typography exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium
The Next Generation, Nagoya, Japan
Conduit 3, digital film festival, Austin Texas
textobraz@rtfim.sk, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Images-passage, Annecy, France
34th Zagreb Salon, Croatia
At home Gallery, Samorin, Slovakia

Awards
Winner of the Adobe’s Imagine ‘96 International design competition
Neografia Design Award, Slovakia 1998 (greatest contribution to the field of graphic design)
National Design Award 1998, Slovak Design Centre, Bratislava
34th Zagreb Salon, Croatia, prize for proposition (in collaboration with Jan van Eyck Akademie)
De Best verzorgde boeken 1999 (The Best books design), The Netherlands
19th International Biennale of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Republic
Deutscher Preis für Kommunikationdesign 2000

Teaching
Konenklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag
(Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Postgraduate course Type and Media)
Hogeschool voor de kunsten Arnhem
(Art Academy Arnhem)

Lectures and presentations
New Media Nation (Buryzone), Slovakia, 2002
ESAD Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Porto, 2002
AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) 2002
The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, 2002
l'Université du Québec à Montréal, 2002
Zagreb Art Academy, Croatia 2001
Split Art Academy, Croatia 2001
Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht
Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
Universiteit Maastricht
HKA Arnhem
HKU Hilversum
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
CITYPE seminar, Antwerp, Belgium
Grafist 98, International Graphic Design Week, Istanbul, Turkey
International Symposium at the 18th Biennale of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Republic
THYPE 1998 a FontShop conference on graphic communication
Symposium Interactive Design, HKA Arnhem, The Netherlands
Mediamatic, Amsterdam

Jury
Art Directors Club Netherlands, Amsterdam
LAUS 01, jury of the ADG-FAD, Barcelona

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