Curriculum Vitae for Jack Biesek

 

Education

Sign Arts Program, 1965-1967 - Pasadena City College, California

Fine Arts Studies, 1968-1969 - Pasadena City College

Autodidact University, 1975 - current




Experience

1969 through 1971 - Owner, Art Craft Studio, Pasadena, California    Sign maker, silk screen printer. Initial foray into sign graphics fields.

1971 through 1980 - Owner, Jack Biesek Studio, San Luis Obispo Graphic design consultancy / sign maker, gold leaf artist, silk screen printer, photographer, exhibit designer, architectural signage consultant.

1980 to present - Biesek Design partnership with wife (designer) Susan Mackenzie Biesek. Focus on wayfinding, placemaking and architectural signage. Including institutional, educational, healthcare, hospitality, transportation and corporate clients.

1990 to present -  Sculptor working in bronze, stone, metal and other venerable materials. Returning to fine art roots and heartwork.

 

Recent Gallery / Shows

Ventana Gallery / Big Sur, 2005 - present

Phantom Project / 2012, Central Coast Sculptors Group

ShowingOff, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Group show

Washington Sculptors Group 2011, One-man show. Washington, DC

Sculpture 2006 / San Luis Obispo Art Center

Group Show / California Sculpture Symposium / Cambria, Calif / 2007

Art Encounters / San Luis Obispo Art Center – 2008

Shapes & Shades, Morro Bay Art Association - 2009

EOS Winery Show, Paso Robles – 2009

The Loft Gallery – 2009 – present

 

Affiliations

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art

Art Center, San Luis Obispo, California

President, Central Coast Sculptors Group

California Sculpture Symposium

Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD)

   - Board of Directors, 3 terms of service

  - President of SEGD, 1990 - 1991

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

Society of College and University Planners (SCUP)

 

Published Work

Design & Planning Environmental Graphics by W. Hunt, Madison Square Press

SEGD Glossary (co-author, editor, sign industry nomenclature compendium, published by the Society for Environmental Graphic Design)

Wayfinding and Signage for Libraries, Website tutorial for Libris DESIGN (a library facility planning information system with downloadable database developed for California public library planners as a public service)

Sign Communications Two by Gail Deibler Finke, Madison Square Press

Urban Entertainment Graphics, by Wayne Hunt, Madison Square Press

City Signs, by Gail Deibler Finke, Madison Square Press

Communication Arts magazine, May 1997, "Designing a Lifestyle" article

This Way (Design for Public Spaces), by James Trulove, Rockport Publishers

 

Workshop Presenter

SEGD, AIGA and International Design Venues

- 1991 - Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Macintosh computers for EGD

- 1992 - San Francisco Design Center, ADA signs and graphics

- 1993 - Northwestern University, Chicago, computer visualization techniques

- 1994 - Seattle Convention Center, Washington, managing a small firm

- 1995 - Anatole Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, computer tools for EGD

- 1996 - Copley Square Center, Boston, cyber cruising and the internet

- 1997 - San Francisco Hyatt Conf. Center, business practices workshop

- 1997 - AIGA Conference, New Orleans, co-presented "The business of EGD

- 1998 - Marriott Conference Center, Washington, DC, the FDR Memorial project

- 1998 - Int'l Sign Ass'n Conference, Anaheim CA, architectural graphics

- 2002 - SEGD Miami – Digital Connections, FTP and web transfer of CAD files

- 2002 - SEGD Denver – Glossary Intro - Terminology & nomenclature for EGD

- 2003 – Neocon L.A. – Design workshop. Wayfinding. What’s it all about?

- 2004 – Cal Poly SLO - Nat’l Health Care Symbols Project. Student charette.

- 2005 – The Getty Center - Best Practice Workshop on California Sign Codes

 

Honors and Awards

SEGD, Angel Award, 1996 - for contributing to advancement of the organization.

AIGA - California Design Competition, 1982 - environmental graphics and identity program. This work is part of the Smithsonian museum collection.

Santa Barbara Ad Club – awardee, identity program for chain of restaurants.

Print Magazine – awardee, logo and identity design.

Signs of the Times Design Competition – awardee, storefront identity graphics.

2009 Colville Foundation Grant – sculpture commission, Montecito, California