Ed Labadie is a New Zealand artist, formerly from the USA. He is the director of the Arts Academy in Christchurch, where he teaches drawing and painting. His career combines a diverse background in graphic design, illustration and fine arts. He presently concentrates on painting, exhibiting, and teaching throughout Australasia.
Ed acquired his Associate of Arts degree in 1972 and continued his studies at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1978, he founded ‘Ed Labadie Illustration’ and pursued freelance illustration assignments as well as employment in design businesses. He moved on to more prominent advertising agencies, graphic design studios and publishers in the Los Angeles area.
This talented man moved to Boise, Idaho, in 1988 – and launched his own full service graphic design studio. Although the…