Holger Matthies was born in 1940 in Hamburg, Germany. From 1947 to 1957, he studied in Hamburg, then from 1957 to 1961, he apprenticed in color lithography. He went back to school from 1961 to 1966 studying at the Works School of Art and Form and the University of Formative Art. By 1966, he was a freelance graphic designer. In 1994, he was appointed as a professor of visual communication at the University of Arts, Berlin. Holger has hosted workshops with students from around the world. He has also been a jury member for many international poster biennials and triennials, and his posters are in museums and collections worldwide. He is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), the Poster Society in New York, and the Free Akademie of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
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