The 8th Tehran International Poster Biennial, 15 February - 15 April 2004, Tehran, Iran.         Deadline: 31 October 2003.       Organized by Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS).        Endorsed by Icograda.

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Aydin Aghdashlou, Iran
Born in Rasht, Iran, 1939. Lives and Works in Tehran.
Painter, Critic and writer on Art, Iranian Art & Culture, Free-lance and full time graphic designer till 1999. 
Author:The complete Essays, Viewpoints and Interviews in five volume, Painting collections of Aydin Aghdashlou, Agha Lotf-ali, great Iranian master of painting. 
Exhibitions: The First Painting Exhibition, 1975; Book Cover Design, Tehran Museum of
Contemporary Art, 1999.
 
Educational and professional activities: Lecture at Art Universities of Tehran: Azad University, Alzahra University and Decorative Art University.
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Linda Fu, Australia
Linda Fu is a distinguished design expert in many aspects. In addition to her achievements as an award-winning designer for a list of prestigious clients from Australia to overseas - ranging from Asia to Europe; Linda is also held highly as a consultant, researcher and critic - advising, publishing and presenting on projects and issues relating to visual communication, intercultural communication and design in the context of globalization - nationally and internationally. 
Linda is the Managing Director of Canberra based Global iCom Consulting and Principal of Linda Fu Design, and has extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the design cultures of the East as well as the West. She was a university professor lecturing Graphic Design and Practice Management in Australia. Linda is one of the rare breed of practicing designers who excel both professionally and academically - while her designs have been widely awarded, published and exhibited, she earned a MA (Research) in Communication through her investigation into branding in a cross-cultural context, and is now completing her PhD.
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Marta Granados, Colombia
Born in Colombia, Marta Granados obtained degrees in Graphic Design from Javeriana University and Andes University. Further studies were carried at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and Saint Martin's School of Arts in London.
As graphic designer in her country, she has carried out important projects for the Ministry of Culture, the Colombian Foreign Office ,Museum of Modern Art and others institutions. Her work has been presented individually at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogota. Internationally she has participated at The Posters Biennials in: Poland (Warsaw), Finland (Lahti), Fort Collins ( Colorado), Japan (Toyama) and Mexico D.F.
In Mexico her work highly regarded, in 1992 obtained the price in the Cultural Poster category, at the 1996 Poster Bienniale acted as part of the International Jury member and in 1998 obtained the Silver Medal for the poster "COLOMBIA IS STRENGTH".
Ms. Granados is a Professor of Graphic Design at the National University in Bogota.
Her work has appeared in:    WHO IS WHO IN GRAPHIC ART, WORLD GRAPHIC DESIGN NOW (POSTERS), GRAPHIC POSTERS and the Mexican magazine LUDICA.
Her professional work has been primarily related to the cultural and ecological activity in Colombia.
Together with other well regarded graphic designers in her country, her main interest lies in the permanent search for a National Visual Identity.
Marta Granados has been honored to be a Jury Member of the 8th Tehran International Poster Biennial in February 2004.
Marta Granados lives in Bogota.
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Sadik Karamustafa, Turkey
Graphic designer. 1946, born in Turkey. Studied graphic design in State Fine Arts Academy, Istanbul. 1979, after working some years in advertising agencies and publishing companies, founded his own design studio. 1983-1995, worked for the Turkish Society of Graphic Designers as board member, secretary general and president. 1995-1999, Vice -President Icograda. 1989, began teaching in Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul. 1981-2003, won more than 40 national awards for his posters, book jackets, logos, brochures etc. in GMK annual exhibitions and in several competitions. 2000, special prize in 4th Asia Graphic Poster Triennial, Seoul, Korea. 2002, Plovdiv International Fair Posters, Honorary Diploma Award. 2002, an exhibition of his works is organized in DDD Gallery, Osaka, Japan. 2003, one man show in Tokyo GGG Gallery and Nagoya Design Museum. Sadik Karamustafa is a member of AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale.
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Shin Matsunaga, Japan
Born in Tokyo in 1940. After completing the design course at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1964, Matusnaga worked in the advertising division of Shiseido Co. Ltd. In 1971 he founded Shin Matsunaga Design Inc.
His work centers on graphic designs, including posters, corporate identity designs and package designs, but his creative activities also cover a range of other fields, such as drawings and monuments. His major works; the posters "PEACE", the packages of "Can Chu-Hi", "Blendy", "Scottie" and "UNO", the book design for "Visual Constitution of Japan", corporate identity design for Issey Miyake Inc.; package design for French cigarette "Gitanes" selected as the 1st prize at international competition and the symbol mark design for the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi etc. The direct approach and simple yet powerful impact of his designs have won a wide following.
He has received numerous awards, including International Poster Biennale Warsaw gold medal and honorary award, the Education Minister's Art Encouragement Prize for Freshman and Icograda excellence Award at the 18th biennial of Industrial Design.
His major solo exhibitions were held at Warsaw, Yugoslavia, New York, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Belgium and Slovenia. In 1997 he held a Shin Matsunaga Design World exhibition at the Sezon Museum of Art in Tokyo. An exhibition of his complete works, "Graphic Cosmos -The World of Shin Matsunaga", toured Japan for three years, beginning in 1996. In 2003, his exhibitions of posters are scheduled at Toronto and
Sao paulo. The permanent collections of 60 museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, contain many of his works.
He is a member of AGI, a committee member of the Tokyo Art Directors Club, a trustee of the Japan Graphic Designers Association, inc.. There are a lot of his books.
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Morteza Momayez, Iran
Morteza Momayez born in Tehran, Iran, 26 August 1936. Author: What is graphic design, Graphic Art in Iran, Signs 1, Plakate/Posters, Illustration and Imagination, Book And Magazines covers, Articles, collections of Morteza Moamyez works, Signs 2, Morteza Momayez works, Posters, Affiches, new collections of Morteza Momayez works.
Scope: posters, book and magazine design, Persian lettering, packaging design, painting, light and stage design.
Education and professional activities: bachelor of art at the faculty of Fine Arts. Further studies Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs, Paris. Free-lance illustration and design for Iranian newspapers and magazines. Become designer and then art director of pars Studio. Seven Up Corporation, Ketab Hafteh, Roudaki, Farhang o-Zendegi, Cinema, Kelk, Goft-o-gu, Peyam Emrouz, Zaman from 1962 onward (all Iranian cultural magazines).
Other activities: Lecturer at Graphic design Dep. Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran; director of 3 animations films; art director and designer for the Tehran International film Festival; member of national and international juries in many festivals and art competitions.
Member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI): Academy of Art, Iran. Board chairman of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS); Vice president of the Iranian Artists Forum and President of the Tehran International Poster Biennial.
Participation-exhibitions: Berlin, Essen, Bololngna, Tehran, Toyoma, Warsaw, Brno, Paris, Chaumont, Cracow and Echirolles.
Film festivals of Tehran, Moscow, Beirut, Gihon and Cracow.
Work presented in: Novum and High Quality magazines, Germany, Modern Publicity and Design, England, Projekt, Poland, Graphis Posters, Who's who in graphic design, Vol 1 and 2 and Top Graphic Design, Switzerland, American Cinematographers, letterheads, Posters by members of AGI, Art News and Logo International, USA, Graphic Design, Graphic element of the world, Business Cards and World Graphic Design Now, Idea, First Choice, Greeting Cards, designers workshop, Japan, Famous Animal Symbols, Belgium.
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B. Martin Pedersen, USA
B. Martin Pedersen's early career encompassed both advertising and corporate design, with positions at major agencies as well as the celebrated design department of Geigy pharmaceuticals.  In 1966, he was made Corporate Design Director of American Airlines.  Two years later, he opened his own firm, Pedersen Design Inc., gaining early recognition for award-winning work in all categories of graphic design.
In 1976, Mr. Pedersen joined forces with Vance Jonson and Kit and Linda Hinrichs; the arrival of Neil Shakery in 1978 marked the beginning of the Jonson Pedersen Hinrichs & Shakery design association with corporate offices in New York and San Francisco.  In this same year, Mr. Pedersen also initiated and developed a new publication and publishing venture called Nautical Quarterly.
In 1986 Mr. Pedersen purchased Graphis Press, an international publishing firm that produces a high quality magazine, as well as books and annuals, to the communications industry.  In 1997 elected into the Art Directors Hall of Fame.
Mr. Pedersen has taught at schools and universities throughout the United States and is a frequent lecturer at design conferences and seminars.  He has also served as chairman and juror for numerous major design shows and graphic competitions.  Mr. Pedersen is a past President of the Type Directors Club and has also served on the Board of Directors for The New York Art Directors Club and The American Institute of Graphic Arts.  He is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique International), The Society of Illustrators, and is listed in Who's Who in Graphic Design as well as Who's Who registry of Business Leaders Worldwide.
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Rosmarie Tissi, Switzerland
Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland Trained as a graphic designer in Zurich Shares a studio with Sigi Odermatt since 1968 in Zurich.
Numerous distinctions and awards, among them first prize and gold medal at the 11th International Poster Biennial in Warsaw, 1986, first prize in the competition for the poster and visual image of the Kiel sailing week, 1990, second prize in the competition for the new Swiss banknotes, 1989.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec silver medal at the 6th International Poster Triennial in Essen, Germany, 1990, bronze medal at the 4th International Poster Triennial in Toyama, Japan, 1994.
one of the lecturers at the 2nd International Design Conference in Acapulco, Mexico, 1995, at the International Congress of Architecture and Graphic Design at La Salle University in Mexico City, 1996, at the AIGA Conference in San Diego, USA, 2000, and at the Society of Typographic Designers in London, 2002.
Exhibitions, together with Sigi Odermatt: Hochschule f¸r Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main,Germany, 1984, Reinhold-Brown Gallery, New York, 1992, German Poster Museum, Essen, Germany, 1996/97, Ginza Graphic Gallery (GGG), Tokyo, 1998.
Member of the AGI (Alliance Graphic Internationale) since 1974
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