Brad Vetter

DeKalb, IL

bradvetterdesign(at)gmail.com


Education

1999-2004, Western Kentucky University, BFA Graphic Design emphasis in Printmaking

 

Professional Experience

2005-Present, Hatch Show Print, Designer/Printer/Instructor, Nashville, TN

2005-2007, Powerhouse Factories, freelance designer, Cincinnati, OH

2004, Hatch Show Print, Intern/Printer/Designer, Nashville, TN

2004, Revolution Art and Design, Intern/Printer/Designer, Knoxville, TN

 

Artist-In-Residence

The Printing Press Project,Stones River Press, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, Feb-April 2010

 

Workshops

Holiday Workshop, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI 2012

Posters That Rock, Evanston Print and Paper Shop, Evanston, IL 2012

Wayzgoose 2011, with Jim Sherraden, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI 2011

Paw Print Press, University School Nashville, Letterpress demonstration, Nashville, TN 2011

Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI 2010

Middle Tennessee State University Artist-in-residence workshop, Murfreesboro, TN 2010

Middle Tennessee State University letterpress pressure printing workshop, Murfreesboro, TN 2009

Hatch Show Print workshop- Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 2009

Hatch Show Print workshop (assistant)- AIGA National Conference, Hatch Show Print, Middle Tennessee State University, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper, Washington University, University of Texas-Austin, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Austin Peay State University, Memphis College of Art

 

Panels and Lectures

End of Times Letterpress Panel, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 2012

'About Face' A Letterpress Typography Symposium,Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO 2010

Chuck Close: Process and Collaboration, Audio interview, Frist Center, Nashville, TN 2009

AIGA Dish Student Design Conference, Nashville, TN 2008

Western Kentucky University, Anderson University, Middle Tennessee State University

 

Solo/Duo Exhibitions

Proceed with Cautious Optimism, Cannon County Art Center, Woodbury, TN 2012

From This Point On, Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, TN 2011

Not Like The Other, with Laura Baisden, Crema,  Nashville TN 2011

What Could Have Been, Will Never Be, Nashville’s Smallest Art Gallery, Nashville, TN 2010

Recollection, with Adrienne Miller, The Infantree Gallery, Lancaster, PA 2010

It’s Just A Poster, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 2010

The Show Posters of Brad Vetter, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI 2009

 

Select Group Exhibitions

Endpapers, BackSpace Collaborative, Peoria, IL, 2013

   

Outpost, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper, Chicago, IL 2012

Modular 22, Twenty Two Berwyn, Berwyn, IL 2012

The National Poster Retrospecticus, Lincoln Arts Project, Boston, MA 2012

Pulled: Evidence of a Print Community, Case[werks] gallery, Baltimore, MD 2012

Beyond Language, Asheville Bookworks, Asheville, NC 2012

End of Times, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 2012

 

Friends of Transit Print Invitational, I Am Logan Square, Chicago, IL 2011

Type Impressions, Danish Museum of Media, Odense, Denmark 2011

Wood Type, Evolved, Columbia College CBPA, Chicago, IL 2011

All Together Now, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2011

 

Haiti Poster Project, curated by Leif Steiner and Josh Higgins 2010

Pressed, Denver Pavilions, Denver, CO 2010

4th Annual 6X6 Show, The Infantree Gallery, Lancaster, PA 2010

Show Poster, Poster Show, LUX Center, Lincoln, NE 2010

Paper Cuts, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2010

The Nashville Poster ProjectHiram Van Gordon Gallery, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 2010

Artcrank, Atomic Cowboy, Saint Louis, MO 2010

Copy Jam2, Printers Ball, The Luddington Building, Chicago, IL 2010

Reverting to Type, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK 2010

Wilco Poster Retrospective, Mass MOCA, Boston, MA 2010

 

Type, Family Wash, Nashville, TN 2009

Small Works, Crema, Nashville, TN, 2009

Contents Under Pressure: The Contemporary Letterpress Poster, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX 2009

Telling A Story, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, TN 2009

American Artifact, Hiro Ballroom, New York City, NY  2009

Impressed by Design, Letterpress in the Heartland, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, MO  2009

 

Tomato Art Show, Art and Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN 2008

Loveland Feed and Grain Show, Loveland, CO 2008

Biannual Nashville Print and Poster Show, Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville, TN 2008

 

Americana Music Conference, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, TN 2007

Tennessee Letterpress, Austin Peay State University Downtown Gallery, Clarksville, TN 2007

Sound In Print, The Art of Contemporary Music Posters, MTSU Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN 2007

 

Hurricane Poster Project, curated by Leif Steiner and Josh Higgins 2005

Hatch Show Print, Kennedy Center, Washington DC 2005

Graphic Noise, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), Atlanta, GA 2005

 

BFA Show, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 2004

  

Publications

Low-Tech Print: Contemporary Hand-Made Printing, Casper Williamson, (release date: Oct. 15, 2013)

Gig Posters Volume 2, Clay Hayes, 2011

Wood Type, Evolved exhibition catalog, 2011

1,000 Music Graphics, Stoltze Design, 2010

Box Bottle BagAndrew Gibbs, 2010

Tennessean, Letterpress Enjoys Creative Revival, July 2012

Nashville Scene, Kiss Die Cut, April 2012

Nashville Scene, From This Point On (show review/Critic’s Pick) June 2011

IDN Magazine, The Semiotics of Illustration, February 2008

New Vintage Type, Gail Anderson & Steven Heller, 2007

Step, Keeping the Beat, Jan/Feb 2007

How Magazine, History in the Making, February 2006

 

Select Online Recognition

AIGA; Design Envy 2013

Design Work LifeBrad Vetter Letterpress Prints 2011

NotPaper: artist interview 2011

A Beautiful PartyDreamy Arty Couple 2010

Felt & Wire: Hand-crafted Collaboration 2009

Etsy: The Stourque, Emerging Artist You Ought to Know 2009

 

Conferences Attended

AIGA Make/Think, Memphis TN 2010           

AIGA Dish Design Conference, Nashville, TN 2009

Wayzgoose, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers WI 2009, 2011, 2012

SGC Southern Graphics Conference 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

 

Awards and Recognition

Gold Addy Award: invitations/announcements, American Advertising Federation Nashville 2012

Museum Exhibition Poster Award, American Association of Museums (AAM), Smithsonian Institute of Traveling Exhibitions 2009 

Gallery Walk Award, 43rd Annual Student Competition, Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Western Kentucky University 2003