Graphic Design, Professor
Website: www.kensmithfineart.com
B.F.A., University of Tennessee
M.A., Syracuse University
M.F.A., University of Hartford
Ken Smith, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, is a native of the great state of
Tennessee, and is a designer, illustrator and avid history buff.
Smith was formerly Design Director/Vice President at Whittle Communications in Knoxville,
Tennessee, where he designed and developed magazines, books, posters and various other
media properties. He was co-founder and Creative Director of Media South, a design
and marketing firm, also in Knoxville, specializing in editorial media and corporate
branding.
Work that Smith has designed, art directed or illustrated has appeared in the Print
Regional Design Annual, New York Art Director's Club, Society of Illustrators and
Society of Publication Designers annuals, Communication Arts, Graphis, and Print magazine.
Smith is a current or former member of the Society of Illustrators, the Society of
Publication Designers, the AIGA, the Salmagundi Club and the Coast Guard Art Program,
where he has won the prestigious George Grey Award of Artistic Excellence on three
separate occasions.
His paintings and illustrations are featured at both the East Tennessee Historical
Society and the McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tennessee, as well as at Fort Loudoun
State Historic Area museum in Vonore, Tennessee.
