Alexandros’ BIOGRAPHY

Alexandros Skouras was born and raised in Tripoli, Greece. He emigrated to the United States in 2009 and currently lives and works in Binghamton, NY. He is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the Department of Art & Design at Binghamton University. His work and research have been showcased and presented, at various national and international conferences, events, and exhibitions. 
 

Alexandros’ Artist STATEMENT

Skouras’ work revolves around collections—not out of a desire to acquire, but to engage with groups of things, their arrangements, and the ways they interact. His process is rooted in collecting, editing, and disseminating content, drawing from historical materials, image archives, personal and public  records, political narratives, poetry, music, maps, spaces, transcripts, essays, clippings, and notes. As the sole editor, he facilitates organic connections between seemingly unrelated elements. He often repurposes what surrounds him or invents his own collections, using graphic design as a tool for documentation. His focus is on tangible, hard-copy outputs—forms that allow for circulation and ownership. By blending fragmented images and texts, he employs mash-up methods that merge old and new technologies, crafting new narratives and forms that unfold personal and collective histories. At its core, his work exhumes diverse content to create unexpected and meaningful connections. 

Christopher’s Biography

Christopher Swift is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art & Design at Binghamton University (SUNY) with an MFA in Graphic Design from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His research and studio practice explore the intersections of design, technology, and ecological thought through a framework he calls Careful Design: making that privileges slowness, material agency, and entanglement over speed, mastery, and frictionless clarity. Working across experimental printmaking and creative coding, Swift treats tools and processes as collaborators rather than neutral instruments. Recent projects include Trust in Blue, a series of projector-exposed cyanotypes that “print” time-based images through long exposures, and Perceptual Halftone Printing, a two-ink method that leverages color-constancy perception to produce full-color experience with minimal material resources. His work has been presented at conferences including SECAC, TypeCon, and the International Printmaking Conference, and exhibited nationally and internationally.