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National
and International work
Adaptec
Bay Networks
Infocus
Intel
MTV
Netscape
Sybase, Inc.
Delphi
Harper Collins
Newscorp
AOL
Baseball Hall of Fame
Ford Motor Company
Hockey Hall of Fame
Honda All-Star Challenge
Lexus Satellite Auction
Main Street
McDonalds
Miller Brewing Company
Oceanspray
San Diego Chargers
Sports Illustrated
Taylor Made
Toyota
The Movie Channel
Upper Deck
In
Central Virginia
Comdial
Specialty Blades, Inc.
Starbase Alpha
UVa Credit Union
UVa Information Technology Communications
Klöckner Pentaplast
McIntire School of Commerce
W. Alton Jones Foundation
Uva Surplus Property
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Art
Awards/News/Exhibits/Shows
Various
awards for artistic achievement, as well as news about Xeem exhibits,
shows and successes are available for your review.
Awards
First
place for best use of mixed media (print and Web) awarded to UVaITC
for a piece featuring illustration by Xeem artist Mike Uriss.
The Association for Computing Machinery sponsored the competition
through its Special Interest Group on University and College Computing
Services.
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AMA honorable mention awarded to Gotham Graphics, Virginia, for
a piece which highlighted an illustration by Xeem artist Mike
Uriss.
AMA honorable mention awarded to The Ivy Group, Virginia, for
a web design by Xeem artist Mike Uriss.
Corel
Systems International Design Contest - 2nd place Commercial Division
award to Xeem artist Mike Uriss for the entry “SharkArt”.
News
Artist
lends winning touch to advertising campaigns For Virginia artist
Mike Uriss, producing digital graphics is the “day job” he can’t
quit as he continues to pursue his real love – art in a more traditional
medium. His versatility paid off for two Charlottesville, Va.,
firms and their clients at this summer’s annual awards luncheon
of the Central Virginia chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Gotham Graphix and The Ivy Group Ltd. both received honorable
mentions for recent marketing campaigns that featured art by Uriss,
whose portfolio also includes work for Intel, McDonald’s, and
the Baseball Hall of Fame. Gotham used a Uriss painting in a series
of printed pieces for their client, Commuter Information. “Commuter
Information wanted an illustration for their new graphic campaign
promoting the use of alternate forms of transportation,” explained
John Payne, Managing Partner of Gotham Graphix. Payne said Uriss’
whimsical style was the right fit. “Commuter Information was extremely
pleased with the way the illustration fit the message they were
trying to convey.” Uriss produced digital art and web design for
The Ivy Group, which received an honorable mention for its “New
Balance of Virginia” entry. “Mike's work has been of the highest
quality,” said Pam Fitzgerald, a partner in The Ivy Group. “His
illustrative talents greatly enhanced our ability to deliver an
excellent and effective product to our client.” The awards ceremony
was held June 24 at The Boar’s Head Inn near Charlottesville.
Uriss has created interactive art for the Baseball Hall of Fame,
Miller Brewing Company, the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, McDonald’s
restaurants and others; and also has created designs for Intel
and Netscape. He has been creating digital art for 12 years and
traditional graphics for 13. His emphasis the past two years has
been on painting. Uriss, his wife and two children live in western
Albemarle County.
The
sky isn’t falling on this Virginia artist Calling
on backyard talent has helped a University of Virginia publication
grab top honors in a national art competition. Artist Mike Uriss,
who lives almost within sketching distance of the Virginia campus,
created “The Sky is Falling,” which appears on the home page of
Virginia.edu, the university’s information technology magazine
(http://www.itc.virginia.edu/virginia.edu/). The piece was included
in the submission that won first place for best use of mixed media
(print and Web). The Association for Computing Machinery sponsored
the competition through its Special Interest Group on University
and College Computing Services. For Uriss, the recognition was
the latest in a series of honors his artwork has procured in 1999.
Earlier this year, his works earned honorable mentions for two
marketing campaigns. Uriss has created interactive art for the
Baseball Hall of Fame, Miller Brewing Company, the NFL’s San Diego
Chargers, McDonald’s restaurants and others; and also has created
designs for Intel and Netscape. He has been creating digital art
for 12 years and traditional graphics for 13. His emphasis the
past two years has been on painting. Uriss, his wife and two children
live in rural Albemarle County, just outside Charlottesville,
Va.
Exhibits/Shows
Xeem
has shown art in computer graphics shows in: Tokyo, Japan; Newport
Beach, California; San Diego, California; and Boston, Massachusetts.
A textbook case of artistic diversity
Long
before he created Xeem, Mike Uriss’s conceptual and technical
diversity were displayed in a number of digital art publications,
notably including the Verbum book series. In the 1991 edition
of The Verbum Book of Digital Typography, Uriss authored an entire
chapter on the use of typography in logo design. “I have learned
to regard good typography as an interesting marriage between fine
art and geometry,” Uriss states in the chapter. “Type can be highly
expressive.” The artist illustrates his point by dissecting one
of his award-winning logo designs into its numerous components.
Uriss takes you simultaneously through the conceptual process
and a step-by-step study of the tools and techniques he employed
in creating the “1991 Spring Break San Diego” logo for Pacific
Sportswear. The insight into the artist’s methodologies is presented
in the context of typography’s impact in evoking mood and character.
Similarly, in The Verbum Book of Scanned Imagery (also 1991),
Uriss takes you on a methodical journey into his surrealist treatment
of what some veteran Southern California surfers call the spiritual
aspect of their sport. Uriss’ blending of scanned images results
in a sensuous invocation of Mother Nature among the waves and
with a seemingly omniscient eye upon the subtle image of a lone
surfer. Again, the artist leads you through the creative and technical
processes – in this case, those involved in manipulating and combining
scanned images. Rounding out Uriss’ exposure in the Verbum books
is a clever abstract illustration called “Shark Art” in the 1990
edition of The Verbum Book of Postscript Illustration. A two-color
version of the same award-winning piece, part of a series of logos
the artist designed for beachwear products, appears in the Spring
1990 edition of Applied Arts Quarterly magazine. “Shark Art” won
second prize from among more than 300 entries in the Commercial
Application category of that year’s CorelDraw design contest.
Uriss’ works are featured in several other art texts, including
The Gray Book, Mastering Aldus PhotoStyler, and Making Art on
the Macintosh. The pieces range from commercial illustrations
to modified photos and stylized still-life illustrations.
Featured
inthe following publucations:
• Making art on the Macintosh-Scott, Foresman Computer Books
• The Verbum Book of Scanned Imagery-M&T Books
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The Verbum Book of Digital Typography-M&T
Books
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The Verbum Book of Postscipt Illustration-M&T Books
• The Gray Book-Ventana Press
• Mastering Aldus Photostyler-Bantam Computer Books
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