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Dushan Milic

Illustration professor

Education

  • M.F.A., digital media, OCAD University
  • Certificate, art fundamentals, Sheridan College

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor of illustration, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
  • Adjunct professor, 2016–21, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
  • Adjunct professor, 2021, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
  • Adjunct professor, 2016–present, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
  • Adjunct professor, 2009–20, Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU), Toronto, ON
  • Adjunct professor, 2013, 2016, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
  • Adjunct professor, 2014, Duke University, NC

Professional

  • Freelance illustrator and graphic designer, 2001–present
    Award-winning illustrator and designer producing editorial, advertising, and lifestyle illustration as well as editorial, branding, and logo design working with small and medium-sized businesses. Clients include The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Wall St. Journal, and Penguin Books, among others.
  • In-house art director and designer, 2004–14
    Full-time and visiting art director and editorial designer for magazines and newspapers, including The Literary Review of Canada, Spafax (London, Montreal, Toronto), Trail Runner, and Maisonneuve Magazines.
  • Director and co-creator, 2001–2012, Repless Abandon Illustration Collective
    Co-creator and director of 15–20-member collective. Specialized in group promotion, exhibitions ad themed work; art direction, design, coordination of events and marketing, client communications, new talent acquisition, contractual reviews; project management and direction.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Awards

  • Series Winner, Applied Arts Illustration Annual, 2018
  • Finalist, National Magazine Awards, 2017
  • Finalist, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2016
  • Silver, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2014
  • Gold, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2013
  • Cannes 2013: Bronze Lion in Advertising Illustration, 2013
  • Best Illustration, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2011
  • Nominee, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2015, 2012
  • American Illustration, 28, 27, 25, 22
  • Communication Arts Awards Annual, 2010
  • 3 x 3 Illustration Awards, 2007, 2009
  • Society of Illustrators LA 42
  • Canadian National Magazine Awards Nominee
  • Society of Newspaper Designers, 2009
  • Print's Regional Design Annual, 2003
  • Applied Arts Illust. Annual, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2009–12
  • Society of Illustrators, NYC 45 (art direction)
  • Applied Arts (art direction), 2004, 2005

Awards juries

  • National Magazine Awards Judge, B2B Illustration, 2020
  • National Magazine Awards Judge, B2B illustration, 2019
  • Design Exchange, Sears Highschool Design Awards, Juror and Mentor, 2017
  • Interior Design Thesis Guest Judge, Ryerson University, 2016
  • Junos Award Jury, 2015
  • National Magazine Awards Jury, 2014
  • Junos Award Jury, 2013

Publications and presentations

  • Feature speaker and visiting artist, Carmen Morton Christensen Endowed Lecture Series, University of Utah, Dept. of Art and Art History, 2021.
  • Guest speaker, FCAD Masters: Information Visualization, Ryerson University, 2018.
  • Guest speaker, Think Tank, OCADU, 2018.
  • Guest speaker and interior design lecture, Ryerson University, 2017.
  • "The llustrator as public intellectual," presented at Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), 2015.
  • "Interior Design," presented at Ryerson University, 2015.
  • Graphic design thesis guest critique, OCAD University, 2015.
  • Graphic design thesis guest critique, OCAD University, 2014.
  • Event organization, photos and workbook design, Astound Conference OCADU, 2013.
  • Applied Arts Magazine Awards Conference, 2013.
  • Guest speaker, Sheridan College, 2012.
  • Guest speaker, Sheridan College, 2009.
  • Guest speaker, OCAD University, 2008.
  • School of Visual Arts NYC, 2004.
  • CGEP Montreal, 2003.