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Teresa Lehane • 415-681-3330
2201 19th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94116
teresa@lehanedesign.com

Teresa has combined her artistic skills, graphics education and retail display experience in a career spanning over 20 years.

Teresa became an illustrator and graphic designer in the children's gift industry, working as one of the few American designers employed by the Japanese firm, Sanrio, Inc. Sanrio also offered Teresa the opportunity to continue her work in visual merchandising where she excelled in creating colorful, fun window displays for the Sanrio brand in both company owned GiftGates in California and New York and at the annual Gift & Toy tradeshows.

Looking for a wider spectrum of design challenges, Teresa opened her own design studio in 1988. Since then her work has included illustration, graphic and visual design for both print and internet output and a client list which has included Saks Fifth Avenue, The University of California at Berkeley, HeartMath Institute, The Compton Foundation and The Internet Shopping Network.

An active member of the Graphic Artists Guild, Teresa hosts the monthly Saturday Afternoon Drawing Salon, a free public event which encourages participation and socialization in the creative community.

Today as a Sketching and Visual Design Instructor on the San Francisco campus of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Teresa's sense of style and humor are the tools she uses on a daily basis. Her preferred media include paper and paint, big sheets of foamcore, a Mac G4 and of course the street, where other peoples cast offs are reborn as art.