YOSSI LEMEL

1957 Born in Jerusalem

2001-2002
Professional practice:
Partner and creative director in Lemel Cohen Advertising Agency Tel Aviv

1994-2000 Partner and creative director in Lemel Glazer Bar Advertising Agency, Tel Aviv.
1995 Spokesperson and member of the directing committee of the Graphic Designers Association of Israel.
1995 Co-curator for the exhibition of Israeli/Palestinian Political Posters, USA.
1989 -1994 General manager and creative director, Yossi Lemel Advertising Agency, Tel Aviv.
1988 Art director in RPMP Advertising Agency, Paris, France.
1986 - 1988 Graphic designer, Yossi Lemel Design Studio.
1983-1986 Art director in Ariely Advertising Agency and Wfd (affiliated to Gray), Tel Aviv.

Education
1979 - 1983 Received a BFA from the Bezalel Academy Of Art And Design in Graphic Design, Jerusalem.
Awards and honors
2002 Grand Prize at the 1st Korea International Poster Biennale
2002 Gold Medal at the 7th International Biennale of the Poster in Mexico
2002 Critics Award at the 20th Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czech Republic
1996-2002 Golden Medal, Golden Cut, Graphic Design Association in Israel.
2000 First prize, logo of the ministry of environment Israel.
1999 Gold medal, Israeli Advertising Award For The Campaign Of The Year.
1993-1999 Gold Medal, Israeli Advertising Awards.
1999 Mention, Epica (European Advertising Award 1999).
1998 Mayor of City Of Brno Award, 18th Biennale of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Republic.
1998 Gold Medal, Promax, Canada.
1997 Mention, Epica 97 Award.
1996 - 2000 Gold Medal, Golden Cut, Graphic Design Association, Israel.
1995 Honorable mention in the Mons Poster Triennale, Belgium. .
1994 Silver medal at the 16th Biennale of Graphic Design in Brno, Czech Republic.

2002

One-man exhibitions
"Beyond the front lines": Political Poster Art from Israel, Philip J. Steele Gallery Rocky Mountain College for Art & Design, Denver, USA.

1999 Political Poster design from Israel. Collins C.Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans USA.
1999 Art in protest posters. Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbuts Hazorea, Israel.
1998 Yossi Lemel: Engagiertes Graphikdesign aus Israel, Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
1996 Yossi lemel posters. Rafael Frank Gallery, Bezalel Academy Of Arts And Design, Jerusalem .

2001
1999
1998
Other exhibitions
4 Aspects International Invitational Poster Show Shenzhen, China.
Poster, Triennale "zgraf 8", Croatia.
Plakatok/Posters 98 pecsi galeria pecs, Hungary.

1997 2000 Poster Triennale in Trnava, Slovakia.
1996 98 00 Poster Biennale in Warsaw, Poland.
1996 Star Of David - Israeli and German artists delineate territories of a symbol.Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem.
1995 1997 Poster Biennale in Helsinki, Finland.
1995 Poster Biennale in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1994 96 00 Poster Biennale in Mexico City, Mexico.
1994 99 00 Poster Biennale, The Golden Bee in Moscow, Russia.
1994 1997 Poster Triennale in Toyoma, Japan.
1994 Sixth International Salon de lÕaffice et des arts de la rue, Paris, France.
1991 Group exhibition, War in the Gulf, Tel Aviv Museum.
1989 Group exhibition in Plastic Plus Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2002
Teaching and lectures and Jury member
Lecture and workshops at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver,Colorado.

1995-2000 Lecturer at Ascola Academy of Visual Communication, Tel Aviv, Israel.
1999 Lecture at Loyola University, New Orleans, Usa.
1997 Lecture at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey.
1996 Lecture in Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA .
2000 LÕeau pour lÕhumanite Poster Competition, Paris, France,
1999 Jury Member. Golden Bee Biennale, Moscow 99, Russia, Jury Member.

Permanent collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Museum for Contemporary Art, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Collins C.Diboll Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA.
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany.
Wilanow Poster Museum, Warsaw, Poland.
Husova Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic. Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Publications
1996
- Graphis Posters, Switzerland pages: 212, 216
- Art and Businness, June, Poland page: 35
- Communication Arts, march /April USA pages: 52-61
- Both sides of peace, USA pages: cover 14,15, 54, 96, 109, 110, 133
- Der Spiegel, 20/1966 Germany page: 237
- Durham Herald, North Crolina USA December 13 page: 4
- The independent weekly Durham, NC USA December
- Gefuehls echt Graphic design Der 90er jahre, Germany pages: 145, 170, 171
1997
- Epica Book 10th European Advertising Annual 1997 page: 121,132
- Designum, no' 3/97 Slovak Republic page: 7
- Decoration, 05/97, Turkey pages: 106, 107
- Graphis Posters, Switzerland
- Photo no' 337 France, mars. page: 54
1998
- The Int. Symposium Biennale Brno Czech Republic pages: 32-45
- Designum No 4/98 Slovak Republic pages: 54-57, back cover
- Maariv, August 16, Israel
- Otot marketing & Advertising Magazine No 217 September, Israel, pages: cover: 12-13
- Szene, Hamburg 8/89 Germany page: 77
- Prinz, August Germany Bild Zeitung August 6 Germany
- Die Welt, August 6, Germany
- Hamburger Rundschau, August 27, Germany
- Epica Book 11th European Advertising Annual 1998 page: 136,145
1999 - Epica Book 12th European Advertising Annual 1999 page: 126
2000
- H'aaretz, Israel, February 11 page: B11
- Ydiot Aharonot Israel, June 30 page: 103-104
2001
- Art and Design February 2001: China. Page: 96
- Epica Book 14th European Advertising Annual 2001 page: 142
- Liberte, no' 373 April 2001 Bruxelles Belgium, pages: Cover 8, 10
- Print magazine LV:1 February pages: 62-69
- Credit magazine, November Israel pages: 12-13
2002
- Die Welt, January 9 Germany. Page: 7
- "Otot" Marketing & Advertising Magazine, march Israel, pages: cover 38-39
- Blick, April 19 Switzerland, page: 11