My name is Kimberly Schwarzenbart and I am a designer & illustrator from Green Bay, WI. I am currently managing my freelance business, Kimberly Schwarzenbart Art.

My interest in art, design, and storytelling started from a young age, and overall influenced my decision to study Business Marketing, Design Art, and Studio Art in college. As I grew older, I also developed a love for hand-drawn typography and type design.

Whether a living being, a company, business, brand, or even an inanimate object, everything has a story and, as a designer, I feel it is my duty to tell it. Those stories can be told in writing, verbally, or through photos, illustration, and design. No story, however, is told well without adequate research, understanding, and thought.

In addition to graphic design, I am also an illustrator, and enjoy challenging myself with new ways of telling stories, and new styles of visual communication.

My personal illustration design tends to focus more on organic forms and themes like conservation and balance between humans and the natural world. In addition to Adobe Programs like Illustrator and Photoshop, I work with a variety of mediums, including chalk/pastel, graphite, paint, and pen and ink.

Shows, Publications and Awards

Spring 2015:

  • Student Employee of the Year nomination

  • Most Unique Contribution in a Student Employment Position Award: Chalk Artist

Fall 2015:

  • ACUI Region V Graphics Contest: First Place for Large Media: Chalk Art

  • ACUI Region V Graphics Contest: Best in Show

Spring 2016:

  • Chancellor’s Leadership Medallion

Spring 2017:

  • Sheepshead Review Rising Phoenix Contest Winner (Visual Arts): “Ecuador”

    • Publication: “Ecuador”

    • Publication: “Octopus Mural”

  • Edna Walter Damkoehler Scholarship

  • The Art Garage: “Creatures Series” show

Fall 2017:

  • “Lotus Sushi & Steakhouse” and “Have You Seen Us?” accepted into Student Juried Show

  • Excellence in Design Award: “Have You Seen Us?”

  • Student 407 Gallery: “Balance”show

Spring 2018:

  • Fox River Ad Club - American Advertising Awards

    • Silver Student ADDY: “Tell Your Story”

    • Silver Student ADDY: “Don’t Be Like Frank”

    • Gold Student ADDY: “Lotus Sushi & Steakhouse”

    • Student Best of Show: “Lotus Sushi & Steakhouse”

  • District 8 Ad Club - American Advertising Awards

    • Gold Student ADDY: “Lotus Sushi & Steakhouse”

    • Judge’s Choice Award: “Lotus Sushi & Steakhouse”

  • Voyageur Magazine Publication - contributor