Kali Nikitas

Kali Nikitas (b.1964) received an MFA from CalArts in graphic design a BFA in graphic design from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She and her husband, Rich Shelton, are the partners of Graphic Design for Love (+$). Clients have included: The School of Architecture at Northeastern, The Walker Art Center, Southern California Institute of Architecture, The Weisman Museum, and SOO Visual Art Center.

Kali Nikitas is Chair of the Communication Arts department at Otis College of Art and Design. She previously served as an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts at Northeastern University in Boston, chaired the Design Department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and was on faculty at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Kali has curated two international design exhibitions: "And She Told 2Friends: An International Exhibition of Graphic Design by Women" and "Soul Design." Her work has been published in "Emigre", "Eye", "I.D." and the "AIGA Journal". She has received awards from the ACD, AIGA and the Type Directors Club.

ee also

* [http://designforum.aiga.org/content.cfm?ContentAlias=_getfullarticle&aid=350138 AIGA website]
* [http://design.umn.edu/go/person/Nikitas_kali University of Minnosota website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4p6i4Ev0dk YouTube video:Kali Nikitas]
* [http://www.stepinsidedesign.com/STEPMagazine/Article/28673 Q&A: Sean Adams Interviews Kali Nikitas, "Step Inside Design Online"]