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Janet Guertin

Caffeine Consumer, Creator of Quality Designs, and Curious Collaborator

Janet Guertin is a designer, book artist and maker. From Carolina to California (and back again) her experience is drawn from working with large corporations, small design studios and in her own freelance practice. Equally comfortable with paper and pixels she embraces the advantages and constraints of both digital and analog.

As an artist, Janet creates one-of-a-kind artists’ books and paper creations for sale and exhibitions. Long drawn to the book form as a vehicle for self-expression she combines modern design influences with collage, drawing, typography, and folding to form a tactile aesthetic.

Janet lives in Cary, North Carolina with her talented husband, Dave.

What I Do
  • Graphic Design
  • Bookbinding
  • Wedding Accessories
  • Commissions
  • Social Marketing
  • Exhibitions
  • Workshops
  • Mentoring

I believe design has the power to change the world.

Experience

Freelance Design

2008-present

Designer & Book Artist

Branding
Artists’ Books
Digital Design

Crosspointe Church

2015-2020

Designer

Project Management
Graphic Design
Environmental Design

Kaiser Permanente

2003-2008

Senior Graphic Designer

Branding
Collateral Design
Photo Shoots

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Amgen

2002-2003

Graphic Designer

Branding
Collateral Design
Production

Education

Art Center College of Design
Digital Retouching, 2006

Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA Graphic Design, 1998

Exhibitions

CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & EMERGENCE: BOOK ARTISTS FINDING HOPE IN ISOLATION – Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby NC, 2022

HOPE & CREATIVITY IN THE TIME OF COVID – Duke Hospital, Durham NC, 2021

RE(F)USE – Artspace, Raleigh NC, 2018

BOOK ART: A NOVEL IDEA – Morris Museum, Morristown NJ, 2017-2018

ON & OFF THE PAGE – City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston SC, 2016

THE TINY BOOK SHOW – The Creativity Caravan, North American Traveling Exhibit, 2016

UPCYCLE – Faulkner Gallery at ECU, Greenville NC, 2015

RENAISSANCE  – Asheville Bookworks, Asheville NC / Open Press, Chattanooga, TN / FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill NC, 2015

LIBRARY OF POSSIBILITY – Daylight Books, Hillsborough NC, 2014

CODE X – The Carrack Modern Art, Durham NC, 2013

FORWORD – Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex NC, 2012

TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF – SCAD, Savannah GA, 1998