CURRENT PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT
Associate Professor, Design
University of South Carolina School of Visual Art + Design
2022 (tenured, promoted)
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EDUCATION
MFA Design, Visual Communications
VCUarts, Richmond, VA
2010
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BFA Illustration, Communication Arts
VCUarts, Richmond, VA
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: CuriosityHQ
Design, illustration and creative services studio.
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ABBREVIATED CLIENT LIST
Nature’s Recipe, Angel’s Envy, Farm Credit Mid America, Louisville Metro Housing Coalition, HBO, Kentucky State Parks, Wachovia Bank, Allstate, Cracker Barrel, The Gap, VA Lottery, Kellogg’s, Altria, Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, VCU School of the Arts, The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, University of Louisville
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RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Creative South Conference 2023
AIGA National Conference 2022
AIGA DEC Shift{ed} Virtual Summit 2021
Micro Galleries COVIDx Talks
AIGA DEC SHIFT Virtual Summit 2020
AIGA National Design Conference, Pasadena, CA
Humana Digital Experience Center, Louisville, KY
College of Art, Architecture + Design at Mississippi State University
Southeastern College Art Conference, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Evansville Design Group, Evansville, IN
Windgate Center for Art and Design, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Stuckeman School College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State University
Herron School of Art & Design, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
School of Visual Art & Design, University of South Carolina
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ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
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The Illustration Academy, 2004
Lorenzo de’Medici School of Art, Florence, Italy, 2003
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Assistant Professor, Design
University of South Carolina School of Visual Art + Design
2016 - 2019
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University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Assistant Professor
Design and Interaction
2016 - 2019
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Assistant Professor
Design and Illustration
2015 - 2016
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Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
Assistant Professor
Design and Foundations
2011 - 2015
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SELECT AWARDS
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International Design Awards - Graphic Design, 2021, 2022
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International Design Awards - Gold Award Winner, Graphic Design, 2020
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2019 National Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in Graphic Design, Southeastern College Art Conference
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Great Meadows Foundation Grant Award 2018
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Cooperative Consortium for Transdisciplinary Social Justice Research Grant 2018
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AIGA The Show - BEST IN SHOW 2017
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AIGA The Show Award 2017
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AIGA The Show Award 2017
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AIGA The Show Award 2016
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AIGA GRADE 7 Award 2013
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AIGA GRADE 6 Award 2011
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Applied Arts Magazine 2010
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Robert and Joye Ledford Graduate Scholarship 2009
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Graduate Art Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University 2008
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PUBLICATIONS & OUTSTANDING PRESS
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The Great Discontent, International Publication
Issue #05, May 2022
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Uppercase Magazine, International Publication
Issue #44, January - March 2020
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Typografika: 1642
Publisher: Formist Edition 18, Editor: Mark Gowing, Pages: 624, Format: Paperback, Size: 210 x 300 mm
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Redefining Creativity: Multi-Layered Collaboration in Art and Art Historical Practice.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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Type Hike: A Retrospective
Monograph. Lassen Volcanic National Park poster. 114 pages, Digital Print, 8.5” x 12”, Published by Type Hike at University of Texas Press. First Edition, 2017.
Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire.
Ubercorp Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-9960912-4-4
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dOGUMENTA received accolades and press from the following publications online and in print: New York Times, New York Post, artnet, W Magazine, Newsweek, InsideArt.com, Smithsonian Magazine, L.A. Times.
The Type Hike project and Lassen poster received accolades and press from the following publications online and in print: Fast Company Design, Communication Arts Magazine, Dwell, How Design, Type Magazine, Escape Kit, AIGA, The All Night Listening Post, Etapes, Lonely Planet, and Thought on Site.
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SELECT INTERVIEWS
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AIGA National Panel Discussion on Mentorship in Design and Academia
Navigating a career in design or academia can be tremendously challenging, and finding guidance (particularly early on in a career) can be fundamental for success. But, how does one go about finding a mentor? Does it make sense to seek different mentors for various aspects (and phases) of your career development? Panelists: Meena Khalili, Kaleena Sales (TSU), Neeta Verma (Notre Dame) https://pt-br.facebook.com/AIGAdesign/videos/202876491554635/
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The Quickie Podcast for Graphic Designers. Dave Hopkins interviews talented Graphic Designers, Illustrators, and Creative Directors, quickly - usually 30 minutes or less. Freelancers to creatives at world-renown businesses and agencies, about their wins, their fails, lessons learned, what inspires them, and the story about how they even got there. Web. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-quickie-interviews-for-graphic-designers/id1463743075
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DESIGN DEDUX Podcast
The DESIGN DEDUX™ Podcast is a professional broadcast quality podcast exploring art and design studies for educators, mentors, students, and practitioners that are pursuing success in their work. Hosted by Pete Bella, University of Central Arkansas. Web. petebella.com/013-informed-by-the-things-around-us-with-meena-khalili-s1e5/
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Design EDU Today Podcast.
Gary Rozanc, interviewer. Interview for the podcast out of University of Maryland highlighting UX UI and web technologies. “The Education of an I-Shaped versus T-Shaped Student with Meena Khalili” Web. designedu.today/episodes/e057-the-education-of-an-i-shaped-versus-t-shaped-student-with-meena-khalili.html
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Design Recharge, Meena Khalili // New in Lou 365
“Meena is an illustrator, and design professor who is has one hand in the digital world and one hand in the physical world. She will be talking about her 365 project that transformed her style and has turned into a traveling show...” Web. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/design-recharge/id1122977131?mt=2
University of Louisville News
https://louisville.edu/art/news/profesor-meena-khalili-brings-type-hike-to-louisville
By Design Webcast.
Hebah Albdelqader, interviewer. Interview for the webcast out of Los Angeles, California highlighting designers and artists of diverse ethnicity. Web. http://www.hebahbydesign.com/6-2/
Creative South Podcast.
Jason Frostholm, interviewer. Interview for the weekly podcast out of Mobile, Alabama ranging in topics about design and creativity, which targets designers working in the American South. Web. https://creativesouthpodcast.simplecast.fm/d7c6cdb1
Connectivisim and Using Social Media in Art Education.
Cindy Hasio, Ph.D., Art Institute of Fort Worth.
Art Education Journal. Print.
Style Weekly Magazine, Everyday Uniforms — Amanda Dall Villa Adams. Print and web.
styleweekly.com/richmond/everyday-uniforms/Content?oid=1950255
Design Recharge, A Designer Who Chooses Quality & Craft
“Meena Khalili walks us through her recent design project, Chuck Scalin’s “Body of Evidence” where she discusses the choices that made quality and craftmanship key.” Web.
youtube.com/watch?v=2xHQSK5O6Ao
Design Recharge, Scooter Sketchbook Adventures
“Meena Khalili travels in the summer on her Genuine Stella scooter and records her adventures in her sketchbooks. She shares why she does it and how these adventures effect her creativity the rest of her year.” Web. designrecharge.org/archives/2013/dr09042013.html
SELECT EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
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2021
Welcome Home: Her Liminal Asian-Appalachian Experience (national, invitation)
Several selected works
East Tennessee State University, Slocumb Galleries
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2020
MicroGalleries (international juried)
Hedy, Cité Radieuse
Hong Kong
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Story Lines (national juried)
Potter Art Gallery
Missouri Western State University
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Form, Line, Space, Shape (national juried)
Todd Art Gallery
Middle Tennessee State University
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2019
MicroGalleries International Artist Collective 2019
Selected as one of 50 international artists.
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Solo Exhibition New in Lou: Drawn Daily
Windgate Center of Art + Design
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
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ThinkSmall10 (national juried)
Artspace Gallery.
Richmond, VA
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Positive / Negative 34
Juror: Ann Meisinger, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
TYPO / TOPO
ETSU Slocumb Galleries
Johnson City, TN
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Solo Exhibition: Meena Khalili, Works on Paper
NOD Gallery
Louisville, KY
Gateway Arch National Park Poster
Gateway Arch National Park
St. Louis, MO
SheVotes100
Suffragette
National Exhibition curated by IBM Global Leader, Design Principal Liz Kiehner
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2018
fu:bar 2018 Glitch Art Festival (international juried)
Hedy
Zagreb, Croatia
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Letterform Archive
Research Residency
San Francisco, CA
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dOGUMENTA (national juried)
Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibition: TYPO/TOPO
Sheherazade Gallery
Louisville, KY
SECAC National Juried Exhibition
Tramp/Trump
UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts
ART280 National Juried Exhibition
New in Lou 365
Huntington Museum of Art
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Lebowskiland
Land Gallery, Portland, OR
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Kentucky Parks & Crafts Project
Jenny Wiley State Park Poster
Benefitting Kentucky Parks Foundation
Gold For A Silver Situation
Gallery5, Richmond, VA
Permanent Collection
New in Lou 365 selected pieces
Omni Louisville
ArtLink Contemporary Gallery (juried)
TypoFilm
Fort Wayne, IN
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2017
Permanent Collection
Lassen Volcanic National Park Poster
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Type Hike (national juried)
Lassen Volcanic National Park Poster
Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL
Type Director’s Club, NYC
The Southern Gallery, SC
Witchita State University, KS
Mississippi State University, MS
12th National Juried Exhibit: Art of Protest (national juried)
I Will Gladly Lend You My Copy
Imago Gallery. Warren, RI
MicroGalleries (international juried)
TypoFilm
Jakarta, Indonesia
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Solo Exhibition: @newinlou365
Wakeley Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL
Creative Quarterly 47 (international juried)
I Will Gladly Lend You My Copy
The Journal of Art & Design, NYC
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ThinkSmall9 (national juried)
Artspace Gallery
Richmond, VA
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2016
Type Hike (national juried)
Lassen Volcanic National Park Poster
Laguna Beach, CA
Portland, OR
TYPOMANIA 2016 (international juried)
gesture. signal. direct.
Moscow, Russia
AIGA Poster Show (national juried)
“Trump in Farsi”, “I Will Gladly Lend You My Copy”
CoRK Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL
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2015
Microgalleries (international juried)
Body of Evidence, artist book.
Bali, Indonesia
Norwa, Australia
Solo Exhibition: Kinetic TypoGraphy
Artspace Gallery.
Richmond, VA
ThinkSmall8 (national juried)
Artspace Gallery.
Richmond, VA
Remaking Language
Collaborative works on paper.
Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University
Meredith Gallery, Virginia State University
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Ficciones Typografika
Comfort Is The Enemy
Curated typographic works published by Erik Brandt.
Minneapolis, MN
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2014
The RVA Guide To Those Who Ride (national juried)
Chattanooga Public Library, Permanent Collection
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FONZ, Friends of the National Zoo
Washington, DC
Capital One Headquarters Permanent Collection
Richmond, VA
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2013
US & China Typographic Poster Exchange (int'l juried)
International Exhibition Center of DaLian City in China
Gallery of Beijing Institute Of Graphic Communication, China
Gallery of Institute of Fine Arts of ShanTou University, China
Gallery5, Richmond, VA, USA
VCUarts MoB + Storefront, Richmond, VA, USA
ThinkSmall 7 (national juried)
Artspace Gallery.
Richmond, VA
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2012
Mütter Museum, Skull Appreciation Exhibition (nat'l juried)
Philadelphia, PA
Visual Arts Center Gallery
Body of Evidence
Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
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2011
AIGA Grade 6 Awards 2011 (juried)
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Richmond Illustrator’s Annual Juried Show
Ghostprint Gallery
Richmond, VA
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2010
Applied Arts Magazine Winners Exhibition (int'l juried)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Word Play (national juried)
Scene Metrospace, Detroit, Michigan
Gallery5, Richmond, VA
Art at 12, Boston, MA
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