Background
Alexandros Skouras’ multidisciplinary practice covers diverse topics such as family archives of immigration becoming public, colonizer disputes over cultural artifacts, color studies, typo translations, artist books, glorified software glitches, species of spaces, and visualizations of abstract concepts among others. Despite the apparent disparity, a common thread emerges: the impulse for a specific kind of process, often involving collections of things. His process-driven practice explores the arrangement and interaction of diverse materials, blending editorial, curatorial and design methods to forge meaningful connections across seemingly unrelated elements.
Born and raised in Greece, he emigrated to the United States in 2009 and currently lives and works in Binghamton, NY. His work and research have been featured in national and international conferences, events and exhibitions such as SECAC, TypeCon, Dutch Design Week, Design Indaba and the Antenna Foundation.
Education
- MDes, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Summer School, HGK/Basel School of Design, Switzerland
- BFA, Columbia College Chicago
- K-12 Teacher Preparation Program, Moreland University
Research Interests
- Visual communication
- Identity design
- Type design
- Printed matter
- The poster
- Installation
- The visual essay
- Print assemblage
- Bookmaking
