Jorge Montero
Education
- M.F.A., art, University of Iowa
- M.A., art, University of Iowa
- B.A., business administration, Universidad Rafael Urdaneta
Credentials
• Professor, graphic design, 2006-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Professor, 2005-2006, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
• Professor, graphic design, 2003-2005, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Director of the school of art and design, 1994-2003, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
• Teacher assistant, 1998-2000, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Instructor, 1993-1994, Fundacite-Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Awards, recognitions, and honors
• Keynote Speaker, Signo Design Conference, Mérida, Venezuela, 2013
• The University of Dortmund, Germany College of Art and Art-Didactic, 2003
• Drawing Saloon Competition, first place, University of Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, 2001
• Graduate School Scholarship, University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA, 1997
• National Award for Editorial Cartoonist, honorific mention, Caracas, Venezuela, 1997
• Regional Competition for Mérida’s Symphony Orchestra Logo Design, first place, Mérida, Venezuela, 1992
Publications and presentations
• Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, Mister Beast Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2011
• Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2010
• Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2009
• Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2008
• Drawing Saloon Competition, University of Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, 2000
• MFA Exhibition, University of Iowa Art Museum, University of Iowa, 2000
• Drawing Exhibition, Eve Drewlowe Gallery, University of Iowa, 1999
• Biennial de Mérida, Galería La Otra Banda, Mérida, Venezuela, 1995
• Painting Saloon Competition, University of Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, 1994
• Drawing Saloon Competition, University of Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, 1994
Solo exhibitions
• Poster Design Exhibition, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
• Poster Design Exhibition, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, 2016
• Poster Design Exhibition, Tinhuan College, Shanghai, 2016
• Jingdezhen Ceramics University, Jingdezhen, China, 2015
• Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 2013
• Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 2012
• Modern International Art and Design Academy (MIADA), Chongqing, China, 2012
• Between the Lines, SCAD Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2011
• Visual Catharsis, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2010
• Visual Catharsis Two, Kalmanson Gallery, Swainsboro, Ga., 2009
• RFD Art Gallery, Swainsboro, Ga., 2009
• Jadite Art Gallery, “Venezuela en el Exiliio,” New York, 2008
• Averitt Center for the Art, Statesboro, Ga., 2005
Lectures and speaking engagements
• Bahrain University, Manama, Bahrain, 2017
• Tinhuan College, Shanghai, 2017
• Shangdon Light Industry University, Zibo, Shandong, China, 2017
• Shangdon University of Political Science, Zibo, Shandong, China, 2017
• Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
• Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, 2016
• Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Fla., 2016
• Tinhuan College, Shanghai, 2016
• University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Fla., 2016
• Jingdezhen Ceramics University, Jingdezhen, China, 2015
• Leo Burnett Moscow, Moscow, 2015
• China Engineering University, Shanghai, 2014
• Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi-Jingdezhen, China, 2014
• China East Normal University, Shanghai, 2014
• Shanghai School of Visual Arts, Shanghai, 2014
• American University of Kuwait, Salmiya, Kuwait, 2013
• Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 2012
• Modern International Art and Design Academy (MIADA), Chongqing, China, 2012
• Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi-Jingdezhen, China, 2012
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 2010
• Escuela de Arte Número Diez, Madrid, 2010
Articles
• “Tipography,” Graphic Design Magazine, Universidad del Istmo, 2014.
• “The Olympic Games and Graphic Design,” redvistavlog.com, 2011.
• “Laurent Janszoon Coster and Johan Gutenberg,” redvistavlog.com, 2011.
• “Latin-American Graphic Design;and Venezuelan Graphic Design,” Brazilian Graphic Association Magazine, special edition, 2002.
• CIDYC Centro de Investigaciones en Diseño y Comunicacion – Argentina, graphic design process, 2001.
Books
• Conceptos Básicos de Computación para Diseñadores Gráficos (Computer Basic Concepts for Graphic Designers), Fundacite Publicaciones, 1995.
• Al mal tiempo, buena cara (On bad time a smiling face), Fundacite Publicaciones, 1995.
• Ser padres sin morir en el intento (Being parents without dying on the attempt), Fundacite Publicaciones, 1995.