Benjamin Čziller Bio

Rooted in the language of visual systems, with a decades-long career in cultural fluency as Art Director and Brand Image Designer—venturing into a practice of art making, not as a novice, but as a seasoned communicator while shifting mediums to explore deeper, more personal questions and objectives. Deeply attuned to the power of manipulating traditional and contemporary imagery.

Current focus is on the reinterpretation of visual forms that were once constrained by design client objectives, exploring the tension between traditional and contemporary pop-inflected abstracted iteration.

Media: photography, print making, painting, drawing, digital manipulation and iterative exploration, assemblage.

History as Art Director/Graphic Designer

Design & Art Direction, LaunchCraft Media Design, 2017 -present.

Creative Director & Studio owner, Launch Craft Media Design, 2001-2017.

Freelance / Agency-based. 1980’s–1990’s.

Specialization

• Branding and Visual Identity programs across fashion, institutional, publishing, and nonprofit sectors, providing concept-driven design, hi-level typography, and strategic visual communication.

• A deep fluency in image-making, color theory, composition, and audience perception.

Exhibitions

Juried group, 2007, Korean Cultural Center, LA. Howard Fox, Juror LACMA

Group, 2024, Art Highlands Gallery, NC

Popup solo, 2008, Malibu, CA
Popup group, 2017, Santa Barbara, CA
Popup solo, 2017, Ojai CA
Popup group, 2018, Ojai CA
Popup solo, 2019, Santa Barbara, CA
Popup solo, 2020, Ojai CA

Art, works in progress, 2019–Present

• Kimono Dots – conceptual art installation critiquing the commodification of tradition through pop visual language.

• Mixed-media exploration in cultural iconography, abstraction, and form deconstruction.

Education & Training

Bachelor’s Degree, Communication Arts & Design, California State University, LA

Associate Arts Degree, Fine Art, Santa Monica College.

Digital Skills & Media

Adobe Creative Suite, hand-drawn illustration, typography

Digital/print hybrid practices

Conceptual installation of 2D design media

Visual storytelling, semiotics, and image-language relationships

Clients Worked with as Designer
(partial list)

California Mart
Capital Records
CBS
Children Now
Corcoran Gallery
David Lynch Cinematic Arts
FIDM, Los Angeles
Fahey Klein Gallery, LA
Firestone Walker
Gaviña
Geffen Records
George Marciano Foundation