MAPS & ILLUSTRATION & GRAPHIC DESIGN & SURFACE DESIGN & BOOK COVERS & CURIOUS THINKING
Vikki Wiercinski is a graphic designer, illustrator and printer.
Vikki Wiercinski finds herself somewhere between design, art, and craft. With an interest in analog processes and digital results, she makes unexpected and colourful print and digital design for arts non-profits, publishers, and small businesses.
As a visual designer with roots in journalism working on everything from murals to book covers, and in multiple mediums, she always puts her signature energetic and decidedly un-boring style into play.
Vikki creates surface pattern design for the risograph paper goods and silkscreened textiles of Mezzaluna Studio.
Vikki is first-generation Canadian. She shares her time between Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
also an artist:
Vikki maintains a part-time studio practice rooted in risograph printing, drawing and ceramics. Her visual art practice has resulted in two public art commissions installed in 2016 and 2019.community work:
Vikki was the lead organizer of the Royal Bison Fair, an independent art, maker and design fair in Edmonton, Canada, from 2010 until the fair’s retirement in 2023.cv + press
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Noteable Projects / Selected CV
Neon Sky
Mural
Public Art Commission
Edmonton Arts Council • 2019
Midnight Dispatch
Surface Design for Concrete
Public Art Commission
Edmonton Arts Council • 2016
Artist In Residence
Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada • 2018
Arteles Centre, Finland • 2017
Surface Designer
Mezzaluna Studio
2015-present
Instructor
DES 597 | Design Management: Solo Projects
University of Alberta
Faculty of Art and Design
2022, 2023, 2024
Lead Organizer
Royal Bison Art & Craft Fair
2010-2023
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
University of Alberta
Faculty of Art and Design
2006
Neon Sky
Mural
Public Art Commission
Edmonton Arts Council • 2019
Midnight Dispatch
Surface Design for Concrete
Public Art Commission
Edmonton Arts Council • 2016
Artist In Residence
Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada • 2018
Arteles Centre, Finland • 2017
Surface Designer
Mezzaluna Studio
2015-present
Instructor
DES 597 | Design Management: Solo Projects
University of Alberta
Faculty of Art and Design
2022, 2023, 2024
Lead Organizer
Royal Bison Art & Craft Fair
2010-2023
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
University of Alberta
Faculty of Art and Design
2006
Selected Press
Women in Canadian Design Feature • 2019
Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2021
Edify Magazine • 2021
Women in Canadian Design Feature • 2019
Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2021
Edify Magazine • 2021
Exhibitions
Wemories: Eighty Seven Memories of West Edmonton Mall
THE MALL
Mitchell Art Gallery at MacEwan University
2023
Hanging Arc No. 2
ORNAMENT AND CRIME
Alberta Craft Council
2023-2024
Awards
Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award
Edmonton Arts Council
2022
Designer of the Year (Maker)
Western Living Magazine • 2017
Top 40 Under 40
Edify Magazine • 2021
Funding
Creator’s Reserve Grant
Edmonton Arts Council
Spring 2020
CIP Travel Grant
Edmonton Arts Council
for travel to Hameenkyro, Finland
September 2017
CIP Travel Grant
Edmonton Arts Council
for travel to Banff, Canada
September 2018
Wemories: Eighty Seven Memories of West Edmonton Mall
THE MALL
Mitchell Art Gallery at MacEwan University
2023
Hanging Arc No. 2
ORNAMENT AND CRIME
Alberta Craft Council
2023-2024
Awards
Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award
Edmonton Arts Council
2022
Designer of the Year (Maker)
Western Living Magazine • 2017
Top 40 Under 40
Edify Magazine • 2021
Funding
Creator’s Reserve Grant
Edmonton Arts Council
Spring 2020
CIP Travel Grant
Edmonton Arts Council
for travel to Hameenkyro, Finland
September 2017
CIP Travel Grant
Edmonton Arts Council
for travel to Banff, Canada
September 2018