John Avakian (graphic design/illustration) has worked as a freelance designer and has held numerous professional design positions. He received a BFA and an MFA from Yale University. Avakian has exhibited prints and paintings at museums and galleries throughout Massachusetts, and his work is in the collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., and the New York City and Boston public libraries. He has taught at Chamberlayne Junior College, Paier College of Art, Northeastern University, and the Museum School.