As an independent designer and art director for print, multimedia and the Web, Edwin Beylerian works directly with clients and with design teams to produce communication and training materials. He designs collaterals, identity, publications, catalogs, develops Web sites and interfaces for CD-ROM including visual concept development, graphics, 2D and 3D illustration and animation, including Flash animation, with some emphasis on medical graphics. He has over 20 years' experience in graphic design and illustration, with clients in the corporate private business and educational fields.

Client History: Lawson Software, Firstar Bank, Medtronic, Carlson Companies, John Wiley & Sons, Pitney-Bowes, and Macromedia Inc. For the past sixteen years, he has been designing a wide variety of materials for the University of Minnesota and Fairview-University medical education, health care departments, biological sciences and technology departments, including the departments of Surgery, and many others. He has also developed a complete identity and communications package for the University of Minnesota Department of Facilities Management.

Educational Background s: M.S. in Biology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon
B.F.A. from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. He has also pursued doctoral studies in Entomology at the University of Minnesota from 1966 through 1969

Recent Shows: California Building Gallery, Minneapolis Oct 2003
Mideast-Midwest Show, Mira Gallery, Minneapolis March 2004

Residencies: Eden Prairie High School, 2000. Reisdency teaching 3D software
White Bear Lake Area Learning Center, 2002. Residency
teaching Web software and Polymer clay techniques
Sheridan Global Arts and Communications School Minneapolis, 2003-2004
teaching patterns in art.

Other Affiliations: Member, Minneapolis Arts Commission 2000-2001
Consultant: ACE Media program, Perpich Center for Arts Education 2001-2002