ERIK A. EVENSEN is an award-winning illustrator, designer, graphic novelist, lecturer, and teacher. He holds an M.F.A. in Design from The Ohio State University, and was classically trained in Fine Art at the University of New Hampshire and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Erik was previously the Sr. Graphic Designer for Vital Design in Portsmouth, NH, as well as Adjunct Faculty for the Maine Community College System. A New Hampshire native, he now lives in Minnesota with his wife, musician Erika Svanoe.
As a scholar, his research is focused on information design, user-centered and generative design research, the design of educational materials, and graphic novels in culture and education. He has presented this research at
Design + Emotion 6 in Hong Kong and the AIGA Educators'
Conference in Baltimore, MD. Erik trained as a researcher
with design research pioneer Liz Sanders, president and
founder of MakeTools.
As a designer and illustrator, Erik has collaborated with
such notable
creatives as the Albion Group (Needham, MA),
Brown & Company (Portsmouth, NH), the Boston Group
(Boston, MA), Impact Studios (Kitchener, ON), Milkhouse
Productions (New York, NY), Third
Generation Design
(Durham, NH), Vital Design (Portsmouth, NH),
and the
Weightman Group (Sacramento, CA).
As a fine artist, his work has appeared at the Rhys Gallery
in Boston, MA, the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH, IOS
Business Center in Portsmouth, NH, and the University
of New Hampshire Museum.