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Erik Deerly has worked as a performing and visual artist for over twenty years. He teaches in the School of Design Studies at the International Academy of Design & Technology-Chicago and serves as Chair of the Visual Communications Department. Concurrent positions include Principal, Deerly Creative, a Chicago based sound and new media design venture; Publisher & Managing Editor, Burning Word Magazine (First place national interactive design awards, 2002, South by Southwest).
Publications include: Émigré, Option, and College Music Journal. Recordings: Joshua Tree; Palm Desert; Dreaming Out Louder; Get Your La-La’s Out!; Baling Wire and Bubble Gum; Social Graces. Prior to joining the IADT-Chicago full time faculty in 2006, he taught visual communications courses for three years each at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the International Academy of Design & Technology-Chicago. Erik holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Northern Illinois University. Erik is a member of CAA and AIGA.
