Biography

Jarred Elrod is a proud citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, a practicing Graphic Designer, and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Florida. His primary area of research is developing cross-discipline methodologies to enhance creative potential and mental resiliency in design students and practicing professionals. Elrod works with his partner, a licensed psychologist at the intersection of creative process and performance psychology through a joint-initiative they call The Creative Performer (creativeperformer.co). As a practitioner, Elrod works on client-based and self-initiated projects primarily situated in the areas of social justice advocacy, higher education and theatre. Elrod received his B.F.A. in Graphic Design from West Texas A&M University and his M.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Tennessee, where he fell in love with Letterpress and Screenprinting. Elrod recently completed a letterpress printing residency at Tipoteca Italiana Foundation, in Cornuda, Italy and has taught as a Visiting Professor of Graphic Design and Illustration at Gaungxi Arts Institute in Nanning, China. His work has been featured in HOW Magazine, the Texas Biennial, the Bolivia International Poster Biennial, The Uruguay International Poster Festival, and more. When he’s not teaching or making, he can be found on ambitious, coffee-fueled road trips with his spouse and their Corgi / Terrier mix, Pinotto.