About me
My name is Kristyna but my friends call me Kreesha.
I am independent not only graphic designer. I am also artist, traveler and passionate cook, currently living between Prague and Sumatra.
My goal is to help clients build an original brand identity with functional design, which resonates good emotions with their auditions and find the best solution for all my projects.
I frequently collaborate with other designers and specialist to give my clients as complete service as I can, and handle the project from brief to its final shape to mutual satisfaction.
Any problem? — I am solution :)
Education
2009 — 2012
- Master‘s degree in Graphics Art department Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology (FAVU VUT), Czech Republic
2005 — 2009
- Bachelor‘s degree in Graphics Art department Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology (FAVU VUT), Czech Republic
2000 — 2005
- Secondary School of Arts and Crafts - Bechyně (SUPŠ Bechyně), Czech Republic
- Fields of study: Industrial Design and Technology of Ceramic Materials
Other education
2012 — 2013
- Darmasiswa Sholarship in Faculty of Visual Arts of Indonesian Art Institute in Bandung, West Jawa, Indonesia
2010 — 2011
- Darmasiswa Sholarship in Faculty of Performing Arts of Indonesian Art Institute in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Work and experiences
2013 — till now
Freelance artist and designer, design, art direction, book illustrations, exhibitions, photography, production, dtp
2016 — 2020
Artbureau, creative studio
artbureau.cz
design, pre-press
2016 — 2020
Economia, publishing house
economia.cz
Editorial producer for special projects. Magazine Restart and “The Top Women of the Czech Republic” (Award organized by Economia publishing house)
2014 — 2016
Pin & Breakfast
pinandbreakfast.com
art director, design,
packaging, pre-press
Skills
- Adobe (CC) – advanced everyday routine
- Affinity (all programs)
- Pre-print, Screen design
- Photo retouching
- Hand screenprinting
- All Art printing techniques
- Czech – native language
- English – active
- Indonesian – active
- French – beginner
- Italian – beginner
Who is Kreesha?
The constant urge to create, research, modify and improve things and the space around me - life without art and design would be very sad (simply “bleh”) and I have had this (world)view since my childhood.
Through the visual jungle of today‘s world my journey has led me to graphic design with related fields such as industrial design of ceramics and porcelain and interior design, which are still my love.
The study of fine arts connected my technical side with free thinking, allowed me to step out of dogmatic ideas and set out on my own undiscovered path.
Every experience moves us forward and I‘m pretty obsessed with trying and learning everything, so when the opportunity arose I started traveling and exploring. My travels took me to many countries, but my dream was Asia. The trip to Japan was a great joy and it confirmed my ideas about the purity of shapes and aesthetics, but I was convinced that the real experience awaited me in another place – Southeast Asia and so the faith swept me to Indonesia. First to Sumatra and then to Java - where I studied aesthetics, art, dance, culture and languages. In this wonderful country, I have often reached my limits, but it has always pushed me further and strengthened me in the right direction I want to go.
During my travels and studies, I met and become friend with many people from all over the world, and from these international meetings it became clear to me that what interests and attracts me in design is not only exploring how to connect function and aesthetics, but especially how to connect all with brands, people, their story, the cultural environment and the their target.