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Program Coordinator

Gyula Gefin

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Office: 4G.7

Local: 4947

Name	E-Mail	Office	Local
Teaching Staff
Tania Chiarotto	Show Email	4G.7	4943
Position(s):   Faculty
Daniel Cianfarra	Show Email	4G.9	4617
Position(s):   Faculty Also member in the department(s):   AEC Photography
Suzanne Côté	Show Email	4G.5B	4942
Position(s):   Faculty Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree in graphic design l’Université du Québec à Montréal in 1985, Suzanne studied under Mieczyslaw Gorowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Back in Canada, she worked for firms in Montréal and Toronto, as Artistic Director at both Graphème and Goodhue & Associates. Suzanne then co-founded l’Atelier du Presse-citron, a boutique firm, in 1995. The design studio specializes in exhibition and package design, creating award-winning work for clients such as The Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Bata Shoe Museum, Fruits & Passion and many others. Suzanne has recently started teaching package design to emerging designers at ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ. Since 1988, she received numerous awards notably from The Art Directors Club of New-York, Art Directors Club of Toronto, Graphisme Québec, The Package Design Council International, Studio Magazine Awards, Applied Arts Awards, Grafika, Communication Arts, How magazine, Gilbert Papers, Art 2000/Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Les prix de la créativité Domtar and Design Inspiration Awards/Fraser Papers.
Nelly Dahan	Show Email	2G.11-1	4940
Position(s):   Faculty Also member in the department(s):   Photography After completing studies in Pure & Applied Science, Nelly worked towards a degree at the McGill School of Architecture. She subsequently worked for Michael Mills Productions, an award winning animation/live-action commercial film studio, in various creative capacities for many years. After graduating from Commercial Photography at ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ, and working in the medium, photography became her first love. She has enjoyed sharing it over a long teaching career in the Graphic Design and Professional Photography departments.
Benoit Deschamps	Show Email	4G.9	4623
Position(s):   Faculty
Étienne Després	Show Email	4G.9
Position(s):   Faculty Non-Permanent
Martin Dupuis	Show Email	4G.9	4143
Position(s):   Faculty Non-Permanent
Orazio Fantini	Show Email	4G.17-B	4739
Position(s):   Faculty
Gyula Gefin	Show Email	4G.7	4947
Position(s):   Department Chairperson   Program Coordinator Gyula Gefin is principal of Gefin Design, a studio based in Montreal that offers creative services in all aspects of graphic design. In 1982, after graduating in Graphic Design from ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ, Gyula moved to Milan, Italy where he remained for the following 15 years. His first four years working for Contact Studio, led by a Swiss designer, became an important period in his professional formation. In 1987 he and two partners formed Trio Design, a small innovative graphic design studio offering complete design services. In 1990 a merger with another studio led Gyula and his partners to create Design in Progress, a multidisciplinary design studio. In 1993, continuing his career as an Art Director at Sudler & Hennessey Milano (a division of Young & Rubicam), he soon became Creative Director of the International Business Unit where he produced numerous award winning projects. Gyula returned to Montreal in 1997 and, aside from running his design studio, he teaches several design courses at ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ.
Marvin Harder	Show Email	4G.17-B	4111
Position(s):   Faculty
Johnny Macri	Show Email	4G.9	4856
Position(s):   Faculty
François Martin	Show Email	4G.17-B	4952
Position(s):   Faculty After obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from l’Université du Québec à Montréal in 1993, François began working at Paprika as a freelancer and subsequently joined Gottschalk+Ash International as a senior designer for four years. In 1998, he founded Fugazi inc., a design studio where both partners work as consultants in visual communication, mainly with corporate and cultural institutions. His work includes designing books, exhibition catalogues, as well as developing visual identities and printed corporate communications. François devotes his talent to the development and application of a graphic language that is adapted to a prestigious clientele. In addition, he teaches several courses to emerging designers at ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ.
Luc Parent	Show Email	4G.9	4948
Position(s):   Faculty After studying Graphic Design at Concordia University and l'Université du Québec à Montréal, Luc Parent worked as designer and art director in the magazine publishing field. Later, he worked as a freelance designer for many design offices in Montreal. In 1981, he joined Jean Morin designers, AGI (Alliance graphique internationale) where he collaborated with the apanish designer Fernando Medina, AGI. He was involved in the development of corporate identities and signage system for large Canadian and Quebec Corporations. He has been recipient of two design bursaries from the government of Quebec and was invited to be on juries for the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, and for Concours Grafika. In 1986-87, he worked at Total Design in Amsterdam, Netherlands. On his return to Montreal he joined Lavalin Communication and then La Direction des communications de l'Université de Montréal. From 1988-2000 he operated his own design studio, serving cultural, institutional and corporate clients. In 1990, he began teaching at ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ, Collège Athunsic, Collège du Vieux-Montréal and l'École de design de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Since 1997, Parent has been a permanent teacher at ³ÉÈ˺ÚÁÏ and presently the Chairperson of the Graphic Design Department. His work has been published in several Canadian, American and European publications. He has also been published in l'Affiche au Québec and le Design au Québec by Marc H. Choko. He has won mentions and awards at design competitions and design biennials such as Brno (Czekoslovakia), Warsaw (Poland), Lahti (Finland), the first Poster Triennal in Moscow, the New York Art Directors Club 6th International Exhibition, The Toronto International Type Symposium and Grafika, Quebec. In 2014 he is invited by the 13th International Biennial of Mexico to design a poster on the theme: Canada- Mexico, 70 years of diplomatic relations. His work have been shown in group exhibitions in China, Buenos Aires, Brasil and at the Canadian Cultural Center in Paris, France. Some of his posters are in the permanent collection of the Plakatmuseum am Niederrhein, Germany and in the permanent collection of the Dansk Plakatmuseum, (Danish Poster Museum), Danemark. Luc Parent is a member of the Société des designers graphiques du Québec.
Laurence Pilon	Show Email	4G.17-B	4779
Position(s):   Faculty
Pierre-Antoine Robitaille	Show Email	4G.17-B	4754
Position(s):   Faculty
Maya Saikali	Show Email	4G.5B
Position(s):   Faculty
Non-Teaching Staff
Vahan Panikian	Show Email	4G.11-1	3411
Position(s):   Computer Technician, Principle Class Also member in the department(s):   3D Animation & Computer Generated Imagery   Fine Arts   IT Operations (Computer Support)   Illustration   Industrial Design   Interior Design   Photography
Helen Wawrzetz	Show Email	2G.7	3200
Position(s):   Administrative Assistant (secretary) Also member in the department(s):   3D Animation & Computer Generated Imagery   Creative & Applied Arts - Office   Fine Arts   Illustration   Industrial Design   Interior Design   Photography
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