Inaugural USIPB Exhibition in Ames, Iowa

On the October 4, 2023 we had the inaugural exhibition of the USIPB United States International Poster Biennial at the Gallery 181, College of Design, Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa United States.

The traveling juried exhibition features 260 posters in five topic categories – Social, Cultural, Animated, Inclusion and U.S. Poster — selected from 7,380 entries submitted by professional and student artists, graphic designers, photographers and visual communicators from 75 countries.

The schedule for the opening ceremony included:

Introductions and Closing Remarks: Viviana Urvina, USIPB executive producer
Welcome: Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Iowa State College of Design dean, and Paul Bruski, Iowa State graphic design department chair
The History of the Poster: Ryan Slone, USIPB vice president and co-founder and University of Arkansas assistant professor of graphic design
The USIPB and the Contemporary Poster: Christopher Scott, USIPB president and co-founder and Iowa State assistant teaching professor of graphic design
The Future of the USIPB: Bernard Canniffe, USIPB executive producer and Iowa State associate professor of graphic design
Award Ceremony: Christopher Scott, USIPB president and Ryan Slone, USIPB vice president

Awards were presented to national winners in three categories, including Miriam Martincic, Iowa State University assistant teaching professor of graphic design, Category C: Animated (Professional); Nick Mendoza, Oklahoma State University assistant professor of graphic design at Oklahoma State University, Category B: Cultural (Professional); and Erin Sedra, Missouri State University graduate student in visual studies, Category A: Social (Student).

Following its Iowa State run, the exhibition will travel to Downtown Long Beach District, Long Beach, California; Purdue University; Suffolk University; and University of Arkansas. Additional venues are being planned across the U.S. and internationally in Poland and China.

The exhibition was juried by Rikke Hansen, Angelina Lippert, Saki Mafundikwa, Woody Pirtle, Drueding + Scorsone, Felipe Taborda, Xiao Yong and Agnieszka Ziemiszewska. The USIPB logo and branding system were designed by Michael Braley, creative director of Braley Design in Lexington, Kentucky, who received a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design from Iowa State in 1993.