Patrick Thomas - International Speaker Tour

1st April, 2008

Come and meet Patrick Thomas of Studio laVista, Barcelona, Spain.

AGDA is delighted to announce that Patrick Thomas has accepted our invitation for the
2008 AGDA International Speaker Tour.

Patrick Thomas was born in Liverpool, England in 1965. He studied at Saint Martins School of Art and The Royal College of Art, London, before relocating to Barcelona in 1991. In 1997, after several years working freelance, he co-founded the multi-diciplinary art/design studio laVista. He divides his time between directing the studio, working for the International Press and producing silkscreen prints. His collaboration with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, for whom he has realized more than 150 covers, has been recognized at the highest international level. He is also a regular contributor The New York Times Op-Ed, Book Review and Weekly Reviewsections.

In recent years his work has been exhibited extensively. In 2006 he participated in shows
at The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The International Center of Photography and School of Visual Arts, New York; Centro de la Imagen, Mexico DF; The Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona and The Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo. 2007-08 will see his work in exhibitons in LA, Pennsylvania, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Milan, Istanbul, Seville & Mexico City.

In 2005-06 he was Graphic Research fellow at Liverpool School of Art & Design, Liverpool
John Moores University and is a visiting lecturer at several design schools in Spain.
In Spring 2005 he published “Black & White”, a compilation of his recent graphic work; it was selected by Angus Hyland (Pentagram, London), reviewing for Grafik Magazine, as one of his books of the year (2005).

He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale.

www.patrickthomas.com 

Brisbane
MONDAY 21 APRIL
07 3321 0095
qld@agda.com.au

Sydney
TUESDAY 22 APRIL
02 9955 3955
nsw@agda .com .au

Canberra
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL
02 6288 8675
act@agda.com.au

Melbourne
WEDNESDAY 30 April
AS PART OF THE AGIDEAS INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FORUM in cludes PATRICK THOMAS &
DANNY YOUNT (USA) CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT PROLOGU E FILMS in THE one sesion.
NOTE 5.00pm REGISTRATION 5.20PM START
03 9380 4440
vic@agda.com.au

Hobart
MONDAY 5 MAY
03 6224 7300
tas@agda.com.au

Adelaide
MONDAY 12 May
0439 806 791
sa@agda.com.au

Perth
WEDNESDAY 14 MAY
08 9443 6358
wa@agda.com.au

Thank you to RedConnect, Sohnar Software (Traffic), Finsbury Green, Billy Blue College of Design for their generous and continuing support of the 2008 AGDA International Speaker Tour