About

HILXING Design, Art and Consulting Inc. was originally started as a partnership of an artist, Liz Ingram, and a designer, Bernd Hildebrandt. Established in 2010, they have done commissioned installations, public art, design and production of art and artifact based exhibitions, graphic production of catalogues, exhibit graphics, exhibit furniture design, artifact mounts, as well as artist book works and prints.

It is the purpose of the company to integrate fine art sensibilities within a pragmatic design practice. 

Liz has worked as a practicing artist and as a professor in printmaking since 1974. She is well respected in the international printmaking community due to her numerous solo and group exhibitions, and awards in major international exhibitions. Bernd’s design expertise is based on experience in exhibit design and graphics while employed with the University of Alberta until 2007, when he began to work as a freelance exhibit designer. He has taught environmental graphics at the University as a sessional instructor since 1999.  

Liz Ingram

Bernd Hildebrandt

Sergio Serrano

Images of Liz and Bernd are courtesy of Catherine Burgess, 2014

As a designer and project manager, Bernd has submitted heritage proposals and installations to Alberta Culture (Gov. of Alberta), distinctive exhibit furniture to The Art Gallery of Alberta, the University of Alberta, and the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. In the last eight years he has done over 25 art or artifact based installations for the U. of A. Museums, the Stem Cell Network, FAB Gallery, U. of A., and the Glenbow Museum.  

Sergio Serrano is a BFA Design graduate from the U of A Visual Communication Design Program. He worked as a freelance designer for three years and joined HILXING as a graphic designer in 2012. Sergio brings a youthful outlook and enthusiasm to the team, which is expressed in his designs for magazines, catalogues and exhibit graphics. He also assists with concept development and supplier liaison.  As a designer and visual artist Sergio has contributed significantly to the graphic appearance of recent exhibits as well as related publicity and promotional items and banners.