Karen Justl

She holds a Masters of Design from OCAD University. She is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba where she received her BFA Honors in Painting at The University of Manitoba. She is also an interdisciplinary visual artist researching caricature, facial expression, body language, illustration techniques and Freud's theories of slapstick humour & the uncanny. Her illustrations have been published across Canada in Applied Arts, subTerrain Magazine, Chesterfield, Kiss Machine, Herizons MB, Pilot Project and Crow's Toes. She teaches in Continuing Studies at OCAD University and the University of Manitoba.

Education

• MDes, OCAD University, 2010
• Masters of Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design
• Instructional Skills Workshop, University of Manitoba, 2017
• peer-based instructional development workshop focused on theory & practice of learning-centred teaching.
• Artist-Educator Foundations Course, The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, 2012
• 30-hour intensive, lesson planning & deconstruction of teaching tactics in a creative laboratory environment.
• TBDC Diploma, 2008
• Toronto Business Development Centre, Business Incubation Program
• Applied Multimedia Training Centre, 2001
• Diploma: Multimedia Design, Communications, Animation, Digital Video, Wpg., Mb.
• MAWA Foundation Mentorship Program, —Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, 1995
• Mentor Artists: Bev Pike, Wanda Koop, Helene Dyck, Wpg., Mb.
• BFA, Honours, 1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, University of Manitoba, SoArt, Wpg., Mb.

Instructor | Teaching

• Sessional Instructor, Time/Motion/Media, Motion Design, Colour & Two-Dimensional Design, OCAD University, 2019 to present
• Instructor, Graphic Design, Illustration, Motion Design, OCADU CS, 2011- present (in studio & online)
• Instructor, Drawing, Graphic Design Portfolio, Ryerson University, Chang School, Interior Design Program, 2018
• Sessional Instructor, Foundation Art, Graphic Design, SoArt, University of Manitoba, 2015 to 2020
• Graduate Assistant, History of Modern Art, Visual Forces Design, OCADU, 2008-’09
• Teaching Assistant, OCADU, Laptop Program, 2005-’07
• Instructor, Digital ArtLab, Toronto School of Art, 2005- 2014
• Head of Multimedia, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Training Academy, Fire Safety House, Burn Camp, Wpg., Mb., 2001-’02

ux designer | art director | graphic designer

• Human-Centred Product Design Micro-certification, Myant Ind., OCADU, 2020
• THIN AIR Winnipeg International Design Festival, 2018-2019
• alt.news, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2016-2017
• Rye Cinema Productions, documentaries, short films, 2005-’12
• Kardia, feature film, Alcina Pictures/Telefilm, Toronto, On., 2005
• I, Claudia, feature film, 1st Assistant AD, CBC/Sienna Films, Toronto, On., 2004
• The Dark Hours, feature film, 2nd Assistant AD, Canadian Film Centre, Toronto, On., 2004
• The WinWin Picture Company, television, Assistant Editor, Toronto, On., 2003-’04
• A Season on the Brink, feature film, Assistant AD ESPN, Wpg., Mb., 2001
• Lotus Healing, San Francisco, ‘14
• Calgary Animated Objects Society, ‘08-’09
• Crawdaddy Theatre, San Francisco Theatre, ‘08-’09