For the past 15 years, Richard Chartier has art directed and designed cutting edge works and cultivated notoriety for his clean minimal formalist aesthetic in graphics and typography. His extensive experience in print design and art direction including logos, posters, invitations, books, fliers, packaging, annual reports, and magazines as well as website art direction has led him to work with a multitude of non-profit art, culture, environmental and educational institutions and groups as well as for corporations and individuals.

Prior to his art direction/design consulting work over the past decade, he served as senior designer and assistant art director for the non profit organizations the Academy for Educational Development, the American Association of University Women, and VSA Arts. Chartier holds a Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design and Painting from James Madison University. His design work has been exhibited galleries in Europe and Canada with the touring design exhibits 35mm/design in miniature, VS., and Apocrypha, and has been featured in numerous books on international contemporary design.

SELECTED PAST & PRESENT CLIENTS INCLUDE:
American Association of University Women, Washington, DC
Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Washington, DC
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
Arlington Public Art Program / Cultural Affairs, Arlington, VA
Blueroom, Washington, DC
G Fine Art, Washington, DC
Grillworks, Inc, Washington, DC
Intransitive Recordings, Bostom, MA
Local 16, Washington, DC
Millennium Decorative Arts, Washington, DC
National Academy Foundation, New York, NY
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC
PFC Energy, Washington, DC/Paris, France
Room40, Brisbane, Australia
Sonar, Baltimore, MD
US Green Building Council, Washington, DC
VSA Arts, Washington, DC
Washington Performing Arts Society, Washington, DC