YOSSI LEMEL- INTERNATIONAL JURY
The Peruvian Design Association, in coordination with the Decentralized Unit of the Cuzco Region, announces Yossi Lemel as a jury in the international contest “Posterists in the World” 2019 Cuzco, Peru
Yossi Lemel was born in 1957 in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a political poster artist, creative director a lecturer, a curator and a teacher, graduated and taught at the “Bezalel” Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Currently teaches at Holon Institute of Technology HIT, Israel.
A jury member in Biennials and poster competitions in Moscow, Paris, Venice, Milan, Chicago, Mexico City, La Paz, Trnava, Quito and invited guest lecturer in Universities and colleges in the USA: Raleigh, Boston, Minneapolis, El Paso, Seattle, San Jose, California, Morgantown, Corvallis. Likewise in Milan, Istanbul, Athens, Stockholm, Vienna,
Prague, Sao Paulo, La Paz, Xalapa and more.
Had numerous of social and political workshops in universities around the USA, Mexico, Turkey, Greece, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Bolivia, Italy and Israel.
Lemel had 19 solo Poster exhibitions in Berlin, Hamburg, Denver, New Orleans, Istanbul, Casale Monferrato, Warsaw, Poznan , Stockholm, Trnava La Paz , and Jerusalem.
More than 70 Awards include the Grand Prix at the 1st Korean poster Biennale, the Gold medal at Promax Canada, a Gold Medal at the Mexico Biennale The Golden Bee Award Moscow, Gold and silver Awards at the Graphis Poster New York silver medal at the Brno Poster Biennale The Czech Republic, 3 silver medals in Mons Poster Triennial, Belgium and others.
His works are part of the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Musee de la Publicite, the Palais du Louvre, Paris, the Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, DKW, Kunst Museum Cottbus, the National Museum in Poznan, Poland, and the Museum fuer Gestaltung, Zurich.
Clients including: Amnesty International, Greenpeace the Mediterranean, Civil rights organization in Israel. UNHCR United Nations Refugee Agency, The Ministry of protecting the environment, Israel, The Ministry for culture and sport, The Museum for Islamic Art Jerusalem and many more.
Cusco, the mythical capital of the Inca Empire, proudly preserves its walls and stone walls, which seem to be reborn every time one registers its centuries-old streets.
The city has been chosen by the organizing committee to display the best posters in the world.