Oded ezer biography of mahatma
Typographic Artist & Type Designer
- Short Biography
Oded Ezer (b.1972) is an Israeli typographer, type designer, artist and lecturer. He graduated at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, with a Bachelor degree in Visual Communication Design (1998). In 2000, Ezer founded his own independent studio, "Oded Ezer Typography", in Givatayim, Israel. In 2002 he co-founded the first cooperative of Israeli font designers, called "Ha'Gilda" (The Guild). He teaches typography and graphic design in several academies in and outside Israel, among them at the Bezalel Academy for Art & Design, Jerusalem, at the Shenkar College of Engineering near Tel Aviv, and at the Wizo College of Design, Haifa.
While constantly working as a commercial designer, Oded also runs experimental typo/art projects, where he explores non-conventional solutions in Hebrew typography. His posters and graphic works has been showcased and published worldwide. Oded has won local and international prizes, including the Gold Prize at the international design competition of the Nagoya Design Center, Japan (2000); Certificate of Excellence at the 4th annual competition of the New York Type Directors Club and Certificate of Excellence at the "Bukva raz", a type design competition, Moscow, Russia (both 2001), and the Israeli Education Ministry Prize for Design (2003).
"... One of the few design stars from Israel. Really amazing work"
Armin Vit, editor, , December 16, 2002
", some positive news coming out of the Middle East. Visit now, even if you cannot read the alphabet"
David John Earls, editor, , April 02, 2002
"...I find the variations from font to font in Oded Ezer Design Studio's recent digital type catalog fascinating"
John D. Berry, contributing editor, , September 23, 2002
" a look through Oded Ezers' portfolio, too, especially the poster work... lots of compelling stuff in Hebrew and English"
Joshua Lurie-Terrell, contributing editor, , September 27, 2002
For more information on Oded Ezer's work: - Selected awards
2004 Bronze prize and two International jury prizes at the 3rd International Poster Biennial, Ningbo, China
2003 The Israeli Education Ministry Prize for Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2001 Certificate of Excellency in type design at the Bukva:raz! (ATypI type design competition), Moscow, Russia
2001 Certificate of Excellency in type design at the New York Type Directors Club's 4th annual competition, New York, USA
2001 Gold prize at the Nagoya Design Do! International design competition, Nagoya, Japan
1998 The Felhaim Award for Typographic Design from the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1997 Double scholarship for Excellency in graphic design from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997 The British Museum attachment award (Royal Society of Art competition) for museum design, London, UK
1995,'96,'97 Certificates of Excellency in graphic design from the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel - Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 'Hagilda: Typographic Posters' at the Israeli House of Parliament, Jerusalem, Israel
2005 The 2nd Korea International Poster Biennale, Seongnam City, Korea
2004 The 3rd International Poster Biennial, Ningbo, China
2004 Golden Bee 6, International Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia
2004 International Poster Triennial at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
2004 The 21st International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czech Republic
2004 The 19th International Poster Biennale Warsaw, Poland
2004 Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2003 Typotecture: Typography as Architectural Imagery, Garanti Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 Trnava Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia
2003 Go!, international group exhibition of 'Liquidacion Total', Madrid, Spain
2003 Man & God Posters Showcase, Selangor, Malaysia; Singapore, China; and New-York, USA
2003 The 7th International Poster Triennial (IPT2003) in the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
2002 The 1st Korea International Poster Biennale, Seoul, Korea
2002 The 18th International Poster Biennale Warsaw, Poland
2002 FIFA World Cup International T-shirt Design Exhibition (hosted by CDAK), Seoul, Korea
2002 The 20th International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czech Republic
2001 Communication Design Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2001 The 12th Festival D'affiches de Chaumont, France
2001 New-York Type Directors Club, New-York, USA
2000 Golden Bee 5, International Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia
2000 International Design Center Nagoya, Japan
1999 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation's Annual Exhibition, Ramat Gan, Israel
1997 The Royal Society of Art's Annual Exhibition, London, UK - Selected publications
2005 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2005 Annual (Rikuyosha Co.), Tokyo, Japan
2005 Credit, magazine for design (issue 26, p.12-17), Tel Aviv, Israel
2005 Time Out Tel Aviv, weekly magazine for culture and entertainment (issue 119, p.46-47), Tel Aviv, Israel
2005 Relax, magazine for design (issue 96, p.10), Tokyo, Japan
2005 The Graphic Designers Guide to Effective Visual Communication (Rotovision), Sussex, UK
2004 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2004 Annual (Rikuyosha Co.), Tokyo, Japan
2004 Arredamento Mimarlik, magazine for architecture and design, (August issue), Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Inform, an AIGA Chicago publication, (issue 30, spring 2004), Chicago, USA
2004 Spatium, magazine for typography design (4th issue), Offenbach, Germany
2003 Spatium, magazine for typography design (2nd and 3rd issues), Offenbach, Germany
2003 The 7th International Poster Triennial in Toyama's catalogue (JAGDA / the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama), Japan
2003 Blueprint, magazine for architecture and design (March issue), London, UK
2003 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2003 Annual (Rikuyosha Co.), Tokyo, Japan
2003 Impress Graphic Design magazine (January issue), Seoul, Korea
2003 Layout - Making It Fit (Rockport Publishers), USA
2003 Logo World 2 (PIE Books), Tokyo, Japan
2002 Artlab, Immagini e idee per il progettista grafico (5th issue), Milan, Italy
2002 The 18th International Poster Biennale Warsaw's catalogue
2002 Typotektur, Architektonisch Behandelte Schriften im Plakat (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / Lars Müller Publishers)
2002 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2002 Annual (PIE Books), Tokyo, Japan
2002 The 20th International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno's catalogue
2002 Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode, (Graphis), USA
2001 Festival D'affiches de Chaumont's catalogue, Chaumont, France
2001 Communication Design Association of Korea's exhibition catalogue, Seoul, Korea
2001 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2001 Annual (PIE Books), Tokyo, Japan
2001 Typography 22, The 47th New York Type Directors Club Annual (HBI Publications), NY, USA - Selected collections
Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland - Selected web publications
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