artist,
designer, photographer, teacher |
EDUCATION
University of North Texas
B.A., Advertising Design, with Honors
Attended: University of Washington, Seattle
Pasadena City College, Los Angeles
AWARDS/ PUBLISHED
Austin Chronicle
Austin Weekly
Brother Ray: Ray Charles/David Ritz, Jacket Design
Bainbridge Island Review
Communication Arts Magazine and Annual
Dallas/Ft. Worth Society of Visual Communication
David Ritz, author, www.ritzwrites.com
Graphis Magazine and Annual
Houston Art Directors Club
National Society of Broadcast Designers
Rx Club, San Francisco
Seattle Times
The Sun, Featured Article
The One Show, New York Art Directors Club
Triangle Award, National Pharmaceutical Advertising
Voertman Award, UNT
Who’s Who in Poetry, Featured Poet-2004
EXPERIENCE
The Steele Eye, Waco
Owner, Creative Director, (TSTC, Unger & Assoc., RitzWrites)
Texas State Technical College, Waco
Graphic Design Instructor
Lowe -BioCore, San Francisco
Associate Creative Director, (Genentech, Lifescan, Oral-B, Scios)
Optimum Advertising, Redmond, Washington
Creative Director, (Microsoft, AccounTools, Data Pacific)
Northwest College of Art, Seattle, Washington
Instructor/Advanced Design, Copywriting
Rocket Studios, Bellevue, WA
Owner/Creative Director, (Conner Homes, Pickle Point, Island Coffee)
Steele Advertising, Austin
Owner/ Creative Director, (Purdy’s, Hunan Lion, Book People)
Vicom/Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco
Art Director, (Syntex, Barnes-Hind, Merck, Cooper, IVAC)
Point Communications/Tracy-Locke, Denver
Creative Director, (Frontier Airlines, Coors, Cablevision)
KERA-Ch.13-PBS, Dallas
Design Director, (Advertising, On-Air Graphics, Set Design)
Houston/Ritz & Associates, Dallas
Art Director, (Fairmont Hotels, D. Magazine, KERA, Martin Frost)
The Bloom Agency, Dallas
Art Director, (Southwest Airlines, Jax Beer, El Chico, Zales)
EXHIBITIONS
2719 Gallery, Dallas
KERA Gallery, Dallas
Various Restaurants, Austin
Dana Gallery, Austin
Warehouse Gallery, Seattle
Jamesline Hair Design, Seattle
Mesolini & Amici Gallery, Seattle
Bellevue Periodontics Gallery, Redmond, WA
Bainbridge Island Studio Tour, WA
Bainbridge Island Arts & Crafts, WA
Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, Seattle
www.MyTexasArt.com, Internet
Coffee House Gallery & Cafe, Ft. Worth
Numerous private collections
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