The International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czech Republic
The Brno Biennale is the oldest permanent cyclic exhibition of the graphic design in the World.
The Brno Biennale has been founded by a graphic designer, Jan Rajlich Sr., in 1963. He was taking the Presidency of the Biennale in 1964-1992, and now he is both the Honorary President of the Organising Committee as well as the Honorary President of the Brno Biennale Association.
The Brno Biennale is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and by the Moravian Gallery in Brno, in collaboration with the Brno Biennale Association, the City of Brno, the Design Centre of the Czech Republic and the Union of Visual Artists of the Czech Republic.
The Brno Biennale has been endorsed by Icograda (International Council of Graphic Design Associations), and it is a member of IBCC (International Biennales Co-ordinating Committee).
The Brno Biennale changes regularly two principal alternating themes:
1. Poster, and corporate, information and advertising design (2006, 2010, etc.)
2. Book, editorial and screen design, illustration and typography, and typeface (2004, 2008, etc).
The Brno Biennale exhibition participation is open to all artists/designers. Those interested in taking part in the Brno Biennale can apply for the entry forms by organisers or print them from a website. The dead line is 15 January (each even year). Submitted works are selected for the exhibition by a pre-selection committee, than the works on display are judged by the International Jury, which confers the Grand Prix, prizes in the respective categories and special awards.
The Brno Biennale publishes a comprehensive catalogue for each Biennale, which contains short biographies of selected artists and reproduction of one of their works.
The Brno Biennale organises simultaneously with the main competitive exhibition, other accompanying exhibitions, an international symposium, national days etc.
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