Philippe Apeloig, France

AGI member since 1997

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Philippe Apeloig, who grew up in Paris, was educated at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. After graduating and spending two transformative training periods at Total Design in Amsterdam, he worked as a designer for the Musée d’Orsay in Paris from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Apeloig received a grant from the French Foreign Ministry to work in Los Angeles with April Greiman. Later, from 1993 to 1994, he was honoured with a research and residency grant at the French Academy of Art in the Villa Medici in Rome. Apeloig taught typography and graphic design at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1992 to 1999, and the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City from 1999 to 2002. He established his own design studio in Paris in 1989 and has been working since then on design projects such as posters, logos, typefaces, and communication materials for cultural events, publishers and institutions.

Design work by Philippe Apeloig


    Philippe Apeloig, France (1997)

    Philippe Apeloig, who grew up in Paris, was educated at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. After graduating and spending two transformative...

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    Philippe Apeloig, France (1997)

    Philippe Apeloig, who grew up in Paris, was educated at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. After graduating and spending two transformative training periods at Total Design in Amsterdam, he worked as a designer for the Musée d’Orsay in Paris from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Apeloig received a grant from the French Foreign Ministry to work in Los Angeles with April Greiman. Later, from 1993 to 1994, he was honoured with a research and residency grant at the French Academy of Art in the Villa Medici in Rome. Apeloig taught typography and graphic design at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1992 to 1999, and the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City from 1999 to 2002. He established his own design studio in Paris in 1989 and has been working since then on design projects such as posters, logos, typefaces, and communication materials for cultural events, publishers and institutions.

    Exhibitions

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    Des coulisses à l’Affiche

    2023

    BNF, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

    Fête du livre of Aix-en-Provence, 1997-2015 Curator: Sandrine Maillet, Philippe Apeloig, Nathalie Machetot et Isabélle Suire

    Typo Apeloig

    2019

    Centro University, Mexico City

    Un Parisino en America Curator: Kerstin Scheuch, Uzyel Karp, Ingrid Carraro

    TypoApeloig. Un Parisino en América (Madrid Gráfica 18)

    2018

    Casa de América, Madrid

    Curator: Manuel Estrada

    Apeloiggg

    2017

    Ginza Graphic Gallery (GGG), Tokyo

    Curators: Eishi Kitazawa & Azusa Ozawa

    Apeloig à Sèvres

    2017

    Galerie de Sèvres, Paris

    Curator: Romane Sarfati

    Using Type

    2015

    Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

    Curator: Carolien Glazenburg

    TypoApeloig

    2014

    Cité du livre, Aix-en-Provence

    Curator: Annie Terrier

    Typorama

    2013

    Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

    Curators: Béatrice Salmon & Amélie Gastaut

    Vivo in Typo

    2008

    Espace Topographie de l’art, Paris

    Curator: Adon Peres

    Typo / Typé

    2005

    Carré Sainte-Anne, Montpellier

    Curator: Marie-Anne Couvreu

    Au cœur du mot

    2001

    Galerie Anatome, Paris

    Curator: Marie-Anne Couvreu

    Posters in the context of French culture

    1998

    Ginza Graphic Gallery (GGG), Tokyo

    Curator: Ikko Tanaka

    Typographie, graphisme, design

    1991

    Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux

    Curators: Michel Jacques & Francine Fort

    Education

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    Résident

      1993 – 1994

      • Villa Médicis, Roma (Italy)

      Deux étapes

        1983 – 1985

        • Total Design, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

        éducation

          1984 – 1985

          • École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (France)

          éducation

            1981 – 1984

            • École supérieure des Arts Appliqués “Duperré”, Paris (France)