Friday, May 9, 2014

Michael Estrada- Bachelor of Fine Arts



Michael Estrada is a gradating BFA major with a focus in Graphic Design. Estrada’s works combines a more straightforward textual approach to graphic design with a more illustrational style. Estrada’s works focuses mainly on a fictional magazine, called Examine, displaying a series of chapters or articles that focus on social problems in the 21st century. For this series, Estrada wrote and illustrated fictional articles that tackle important social problems that are relevant today, including religion, temptation, technology, modern parenting, divorce, abortion, education, and the media. All of Estrada’s designs are in a very distinctive style, carefully put together but still have an organic feel to them.
For this series Estrada says he was mainly inspired by Commentary Magazine, an American magazine composed of stories on American politics, social, and cultural issues. Estrada says to create the text for these illustrations he wrote about his own personal feelings and observations on each issue. Some are more straightforward and demanding of your attention such as his article on religion, while others such as his article on pregnancy require the viewer to look a little closer at the imagery. Overall for this series Estrada makes the viewer question and reexamine these issues, while also displaying an impressive portfolio for his future career.
Overall, Estrada says, “ I am motivated to remain inspired and passionate in further elaborating on my palette of choices for approaching type, image and composition.  I continue to grow as an artist by studying those that came before me while simultaneously expanding on the latest trends in contemporary art.  I am always looking to elevate my capabilities while still commenting on the world around me with positive intentions.”

After graduating Estrada plans to start working immediately, preferably for a design firm in either New York, Miami, Phoenix, or San Diego. He hopes to work in publication design, which inspired him to create Examine Magazine. To see Estrada’s work as well as work by other graduating BFA majors, check out the exhibit until Friday, May 9th.



Alison Bur
Gallery Assistant
University Art Gallery
Saginaw Valley State University

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