Kelly Bryant

EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Illustration, Syracuse University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, Auburn University

Kelly Bryant is Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. A design educator for over 30 years, her personal work/research focus on collage and painting as an extension to her design work.

Trained primarily as a publication designer, she turned to typography in her personal artwork. This work stemmed from research completed while working in an analog manner with typography and collage. From this she continued to create collages and then began to replicate either the whole collage or a segment of it in gouache. An ongoing process, Bryant is still exploring both collage and painting simultaneously looking for ways to continue to explore typography, color and pattern.

She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Auburn University and a Master of Arts in Illustration from Syracuse University. While a member of the faculty, she taught courses in typography, publication design, magazine design, illustration and drawing. In addition, she worked as a freelance designer/illustrator and as an artist in the mediums of collage, watercolor, gouache and acrylic.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Typography
Color
Pattern
Collage