Professional Experience
2015–present, Freelance Designer & Printer, Louisville, KY
2012–2015, Freelance Designer & Printer, DeKalb, IL
2015, Northern Illinois University Dept. of Visual Communication, Adjunct Professor, DeKalb, IL
2013, Spudnik Press, Instructor, Chicago, IL
2005–2012, 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
Workshops
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute, Wells College, Aurora, NY 2016
Northern Illinois University, SEEK Design Conference workshop, DeKalb, IL 2014
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Hamilton Wayzgoose workshop, Two Rivers, WI 2014
MATC, Pressure Printing workshop, Madison, WI 2014
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, APA workshop, Two Rivers, WI 2014
UW Milwaukee, Letterpress Demo with AIGA, Milwaukee, WI 2014
Baltimore Print Studios, Alternative Letterpress Printing, Baltimore, MD, 2013
Miami University Curmudgeon Press, Pressure Printing Workshop/ Modular Typography Workshop, Oxford,OH 2013
Printers Ball at Spudnik Press Experimental Letterpress Printing Demo, Chicago,IL 2013
Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Holiday Printing Workshop, Two Rivers, WI 2012
Evanston Print and Paper Shop, Posters That Rock, Evanston, IL 2012
Wayzgoose 2011, with Jim Sherraden, Poster Demo, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers, WI 2011
Paw Print Press, University School Nashville, Intro to Platen Press Letterpress Demo, Nashville, TN 2011
Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Experimental Letterpress Workshop, Two Rivers, WI 2010
Middle Tennessee State University, Artist-in-Residence Modular Type Workshop, Murfreesboro, TN 2010
Middle Tennessee State University, Letterpress Pressure Printing Workshop, Murfreesboro, TN 2009
Mississippi State University, Hatch Show Print Workshop, 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, Miami University, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Northern Illinois University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Longwood University, Texas Tech, School of Visual Concepts, Fresno State, University of Texas Arlington
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
B-RAD!: New Directions in Letterpress, CASP, Lubbock, TX 2016
Brad Vetter: Show Posters, The Aesthetic Union, San Francisco, CA 2014
Making It: Posters, Prints and Process, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH 2013
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
Letterpress Aficionados, Texas A&M VisCom Gallery, Dallas, TX 2016
Ode to Letters, Engine, Biddeford, ME 2016
Slinging Ink, Chartreuse Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2016
The Art of Letterpress II, Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA 2014
The National Poster Retrospecticus, Traveling Exhibition 2014
Printed Matter, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 2013
The Show Poster, Poster Show, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 2013
Endpapers, Northbranch Projects, Chicago, IL 2013
Endpapers, BackSpace Collaborative, Peoria, IL 2013
Bike Print MKE, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Southern Graphics Conference, Milwaukee, WI 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
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 Project, Hiram 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
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
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
Publications
Uppercase Magazine #25, April 2015
Low-Tech Print: Contemporary Hand-Made Printing, Casper Williamson, 2013
Gig Posters Volume 2, Clay Hayes, 2011
Wood Type, Evolved exhibition catalog, April Sheriden & Nick Sherman, 2011
1,000 Music Graphics, Stoltze Design, 2010
Box Bottle Bag, Andrew Gibbs, 2010
Tennessean, Letterpress Enjoys Creative Revival, July 2012
Nashville Scene, Kiss Die Cut, April 2012
Nashville Scene, From This Point On (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
Collective Magazine: Making It- Brad Vetter 2013
Design Work Life: Brad Vetter Letterpress Prints 2011
NotPaper: Artist Interview 2011
Felt & Wire: Hand-crafted Collaboration 2009
Etsy: The Stourque, Emerging Artist You Ought to Know 2009
Conferences Attended
SEEK Design Conference, DeKalb, IL 2013, 2014
Mid America Print Council, Louisville, KY 2016
Wayzgoose, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers WI 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
SGC Southern Graphics Conference 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
AIGA Make/Think, Memphis TN 2010
AIGA Dish Design Conference, Nashville, TN 2009
Awards and Recognition
The Show: design award, Louisville AIGA, Louisville, KY 2015
Gold Addy Award: invitations/announcements, American Advertising Federation Nashville 2012
Museum Exhibition Poster Award, American Association of Museums, Smithsonian Institute of Traveling Exhibitions 2009
Gallery Walk Award, 43rd Annual Student Competition, Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, Western Kentucky University 2003
Select Client List
Nike, Fossil, Anthropologie, Ryman Auditorium, Penguin Books, Texas Tourism, Domtar Paper, AARP Magazine, Head Snowboards, Lost Highway Records, Garden & Gun Magazine, Bite Hard Cider, Kickstand Productions, Signal Ridge Vineyard, Trinchero Family Estates, Fatz Cafe