Fraser Muggeridge

Libby Leshgold Gallery and Emily Carr University of Art + Design are pleased to welcome London-based graphic designer Fraser Muggeridge to Vancouver as the recipient of the Fall 2018 Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence.

Fraser Muggeridge is director of Fraser Muggeridge Studio, a graphic design company based in London. Throughout a wide range of formats, from artists’ books and exhibition catalogues to posters, marketing material, exhibitions and websites, the studio prioritises artists’ and writers’ content over the imposition of a signature style. By allowing images and texts to sustain their own intent and impact, each project is approached with typographic form and letterform playing a key role in arriving at a sympathetic yet subtly alluring object.

Fraser Muggeridge founded and is a tutor at Typography Summer School, a week-long programme of typographic study for recent graduates and professionals, held in London (since 2010) and New York (since 2013). He is a visiting lecturer at The University of Reading (since 2003) on the MA Book Design Course and Camberwell College of Art, London, 2nd Year of BA Graphic Design (since 2011).

The Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence program has been hosted by Libby Leshgold Gallery and Emily Carr University since 2013. The program brings internationally renowned artists to Vancouver to support engagement with local communities and the creation of new works. Operating at the interstices of the teaching and learning environment, the gallery and the studio, the residency encourages experimentation, collaboration and meaningful international exchange.