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Curriculum Vitae  |
I studied fine art and graphic design in Germany and England and have worked mainly as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for more than 30 years in Europe and Africa. I lived for 14 years in Southern Africa where my interest in working with community groups for health, development and education began.
I have designed about 50 book covers, illustrated more than 70 educational books and 14 children's books, numerous posters, educational comic strips, leaflets, logos, postage stamps, Christmas cards and T-shirts for charities and NGO's. Nearly all my work focuses on development or educational material.
I also work as a trainer for visual aids production workshops mainly in Africa, either on my own or as a member of 'Health Images', a charity organisation specialising in visual aids production workshops.
My experiences in Africa include nine years in Botswana as a silk-screen printer, workshop manager, trainer and design advisor for small businesses as well as being an art teacher at schools. I also started the first art school for children and adults in Botswana. Subsequently I have led visual aids production workshops mainly in African countries. (Kenya, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Sudan, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Cote d' Ivoire, Liberia, Palestine and East Timor) on a wide variety of subjects such as primary health care, agriculture, AIDS, adult literacy, environment, trauma therapy and gender issues.
I also work throughout the UK providing workshops for agencies involved in such areas as race-relations, community work and conflict resolution. The venues have included schools, universities, volunteer organisations and local community groups.
In recent years I have also concentrated more on my own painting. I participate in many exhibitions. I am a member of the Birmingham Art Circle, the Sutton Artist Society and I am an Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. I have won a number of prizes for the best painting in exhibitions.
For the last 4 years I have run once a week a life drawing group in my studio.
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| Examples of illustrations and graphic design work: -
- 'Understanding and Challenging HIV Stigma', Toolkit for Action, AED, USA, 2003
- Women's Problems poster and T-shirt, World Bank, East Timor, 2000
- 'Choices' Sex education for Africa, Macmillan Publishers, 1999
- 'Stepping Stones', AIDS education for Uganda, Action aid,1995
- 'Julie and Letang', set of 3 children's books, Longman Publishers, 1994
- T-shirt design for Oxfam, 1992
- 'Pillars of the Earth' by Ken Follett, MacmillanPublishers, 1989
- 'Literacy Promoter's Handbook@, SWAPO, 1989
- Set of 8 Christmas cards plus poster for Amnesty International, 1986
- Set of 4 postage stamps for Botswana, 1980
| Other relevant information: - member of 'Health Images', a charity organisation providing training in the design, production and use of people-centred visual aids
- core member of 'Art- sense', a charity organisation providing artwork for people with visual impairment
- won two art competitions- best design awards for 'Axel Springer Verlag' in Germany and best T-shirt design for International Women's Day, UK
- wrote and illustrated 'Where there is no Artist', IT Publications, 1997
- had 7 one woman exhibitions and participated in over 20 group exhibitions
- have extensive world travel experience and have lived and worked for 6 months in Spain, Iran and India
| Employment History: In addition to being a freelance graphic designer since 1974 I have also done the following: |
| - 1986-1990 part-time art and craft teacher at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham for a Namibian teachers training course
- 1979-1982 German volunteer to start and manage the Phutadikobo Museum silk-screen printing workshop, Botswana
- 1979 design advisor for garment-and leather work at the Botswana Development Enterprise Unit (BEDU)
- 1977-78 art teacher at Maru a Pula, secondary school and Old 'Naledi' self help school, Gaborone, Botswana
- 1974-75 photographer and graphic designer for the 'Christian Institute', Anti Apartheid organisation, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1971-73 graphic designer at 'Lindsay Smithers', advertising agency, Cape Town and Durban, South Africa
- 1963-66 photographer and graphic designer at 'Lintas' advertising agency, Hamburg Germany
| Education: - Postgraduate Diploma Course in Art Therapy, Sheffield University, UK, 1994 (part time)
- Postgraduate Diploma Course in Specialist Print-making, Brighton Polytechnic, UK, 1976
- Diploma in Fine Art (with distinction), Hamburg, Germany, 1959-1963 plus additional 12 months 'Selecta' ,(award for being best student)
| Languages: - Fluent in German and English
- Basic in Dutch and Setswana
| Examples of Visual Aids Production Workshops: - Training of children's book illustrators, Palestine, 2002
- Art for development, East Timor, 2000
- Training of primary school teachers in Liberia, 2000
- NGO training, The Gambia, 1999
- Health education, Zambia, 1998
- Income generating silk screen printing, Botswana, 1997
- AIDS education, Ethiopia, 1995
- Animal husbandry, Kenya, 1994
- Ethiopian refugee workshop, Sudan, 1991
- Water health and sanitation, Ghana, 1988
- Literacy material production for SWAPO, Zambia, 1987
- Responding to Conflict, UK, 1997/98/99
- Working with Communities, VSO part-time trainer , 1992-2000-
- London school of Education, Health education, UK, 1996/97
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