About
Vaughn is a designer, illustrator and sometimes printmaker. Since graduating in 2005 from Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, he has been working with award winning Connecticut design studios.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, moving to the US for college, his interest in illustration started with comic books and his love for design developed from his interest in advertising campaigns. In high school, he would create his own product campaigns and compose all the parts from scratch, patiently constructing and illustrating artwork.
He is the founder of peculiarbliss.com, a curated art blog and constructs a quarterly magazine from its contributors. In his down time, he can be found arranging music with his brother or spending quality time with his niece and nephew.
CONTACT
Easy to reach: VAUGHNFENDER(@)GMAIL.COM
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibit – Gallery Sister Sorrel, Boston MA, March 2009
Solo Exhibit – Fuel, New Haven CT, August 2008
Real Art Ways – Real Party 2005
VCD 2005 – Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, West Hartford CT
Awards Accomplishments:
Connecticut Art Directors Club, Gold, Silver, Excellence Award (2010)
(Taylor Design Calendar Illustrations/Insight Express Animation)
Connecticut Art Directors Club, Silver Award (2009) (Villa Maria School Website)
American Graphic Design & Advertising Award (2009) (Tower Group)
Logo featured in “Logo Lounge 5″ (2008) (Tower Group)
American Corporate Identity Award (2008) (SCA Campaign)
Connecticut Art Directors Club, Silver Award (2007) Taylor Design 2007 Calendar
Connecticut Art Directors Club, Excellence Award (2005)
Connecticut Art Directors Club, Student Awards, Gold and Silver Award (2004)
Experience
Fulltime:
Designer/Programmer, Taylor Design 2006 – present
Teachers Assistant – 2006 (UHA)
Designer, Fathom CT – 2005 – 2006
Freelance:
Outhouse Communications, CT – 2006
Outthink, CT – 2006
Other Sites
(features my daily drawings and bits of news/randomness)
(A website that I curate, featuring doodles, photos and other postings by me and friends)
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Friends
ChrisPiascik.com / Jessicahiller.com / Hartford Art School / TaylorDesign / Graham Franciose / Kaitlin Hefner /
Golden West Foundation / Kiva.org / DesignisLove.com / HomeBaseNYC / Tony Luong / Ira Cummings /
Steven Ponzo / Kari Macdowell / Jillian Portelance / Adrian Cooke / Troy Monroe / Anthony Acock /
Printbrigade.com / AndyHuff / Doodlers Anonymous / Margin Detail / John Rudolph / We Cant Stop /