April Greiman is known as one of the early adopters of computer technology in graphic design and her work speaks to the strangeness and limitless possibility these technologies embody. She was born in New York in 1948. She attended the Allgemeine Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, Switzerland, and the Kansas City Art Institute before working as a graphic designer in New York and teaching at the same time at the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1976, April Greiman moved to California, where she opened a graphic design studio in Los Angeles: “Made in Space, Inc”. April Greiman’s graphic style links American Postmodernism with the rational clarity of the Swiss school. Her graphic works, often collage-like, consist in layers of lettering and pictures, whose elements seem to float. Her work shaped the Californian New Wave style.
In the 1980s, April Greiman soon became aware of the possibilities the new digital technology in the form of Apple MacIntosh and Quantel Paintbox would offer design and was one of the first to take advantage of them. April Greiman is regarded as one of the most influential women graphic artists working in the digital media. In 1982, April Greiman became head of the design department at the California Institute of the Arts. April Greiman’s book “Hybrid Imagery: The Fusion of Technology and Graphic Design” was published in 1990. April Greiman has been awarded numerous prizes and distinctions for her work.
Source: Art Directory — 99designs
