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Robert Grame

  • Associate Professor, Design & Visual Communication
  • Co-Area Head, Design & Visual Communication

Education

  • MFA, Graphic Design/Visual Communication, Kansas State University
  • BFA, Graphic Design, Kansas State University

Biography

Robert Grame is a design educator and designer living and working in Milwaukee. His creative practice balances non-profit focused design activities, which encompass publication, environmental, information and brand design – with design experimentation.

Robert has worked on an array of design projects for a diverse range of national clients. Some of these include the Keweenaw Land Trust, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Jentel Artist Residency Program, U.S. National Parks Service, Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association, The Richard M. Ross Art Museum, Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (Kansas State University), Dan Cavanagh’s Jazz Emporium Big Band, and the Prairie Gateway Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Robert’s work has been shown in many national and international exhibition sites. These include The Smithsonian Institute – Arts & Industries Building, Liechtenstein National Museum, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), The Goldstein Museum of Design, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Wuxing Gallery (Shanghai Normal University), Adobe, International Museum of Art & Science, and The Butler American Institute of Art.

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Recent & Selected Works

Building interior with yellow chairs and side tables.
Environmental Design/Signage, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lubar College of Business, 2022
Grey poster with "Voices matter now more than ever" written out with the lettering of 'voices' colored in a way to spell "VOTE"
“What Matters” Poster, exhibited in The Poster Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central, Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, 2019
"Learning by doing" spelled in multicolored letters on a grey background. White text also reads "community connections + hands-on experiences"
Environmental Signage (104″ x 70″), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Student Experience and Talent, Community Engagement and Experiential Learning, 2023
Blue poster with "ripe type" spelled in big sideways block letters
“Ripe Type Specimen #2” Poster, exhibited in Cross Connections 2024 Juried Design Exhibition and Design Competition
Text on white background with one set outlined in black reading "cross," scattered letters in black spell out "connections"
Onsite Exhibition Poster (UWM leg of exhibition), Cross Connections 2024 Juried Design Exhibition

Awards

  • “Gold Award” recipient in the Cross Connections 2024 International Design Competition and Exhibition.
  • United Designs Alliance medallion recipient. 2022
  • Sixth District CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Bronze Award recipient. 2000