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Art & Design Experience:

Cherry Lion Studios—
Atlanta, Georgia
Position: Intern, February 2005-August 2005
Assisted with casting and installation of various sculptures.  Painted patina on sculpture castings.

Turner Studios—
Atlanta, Georgia
Position: Volunteer, December 2005—January 2006, May 2006
Performed soundtrack reading on a project for Zoo Atlanta and an internal animation project for Cartoon Network.

Hahn Filmproduktion--
Berlin
Germany
Position: Volunteer Intern, January 2001--February 2001
Clean Ups and Layout Drawings for the television program Gnarfs.
Ink and Paint and Background touch-ups for the German animated feature film Die Abrafaxe: Unter Schwarzer Flagge.

 Innfusion Studios—
Ojai, California
Position: Intern, June 2000—August 2000
            Produced spot illustrations for a website.  Created animated music video using Flash.

Turner Studios—
Atlanta, Georgia
Position: Intern, June 1999--August 1999
Wrote, directed, animated, and colored my first animation short, “Marital Strife.”
Created a pen-and-ink perspective drawing of the new studio building.
Designed employee instructional packet.

Education:

Master of Fine Arts in Sequential Art
Savannah College of Art and Design--Atlanta, Georgia
September 2006--May 2009

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
Rhode Island School of Design--Providence, Rhode Island
August 1998--June 2002

Notable Course Work:


  • Animation
  • Performance and Installation
  • Monster Design
  • Sequential Art
  • Colorworks
  • Color for Figure and Portrait
  • Contemporary Illustration
  • ‘Zine Publishing
  • Mural Painting
  • Performing in German

Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. 
RISD Scholarship Program, 2001.
Editor, Cartoonist, and Writer for “Mixed Media,” the RISD Student Newspaper.
Cartoonist for “The College Hill Independent.”
RISD Student Alliance Representative.
“E Pluribus Unum” Mural for Buttonwoods Retirement Center.
Portrait Artist, “RISD by Design” Weekend, October 2001.

 

Exhibitions:
05/2006--7th Annual Southwest Georgia Regional Art Show and Sale—                                               
   George Brown/Peppermint Hall—Albany, Georgia.
11/2003-- Big Angel Blowout—Some Call It Art--Atlanta, Georgia.
07/ 2003--Newark Arts Alliance Members’ Open Show--Newark, Delaware.
06/ 2003--Soweto Festival Art Exhibit--Wilmington, Delaware.
06/ 2003--Solo Exhibition—Buzz Ware Village Center--Arden, Delaware.
11/ 2002--Big Angel Blowout—Some Call It Art--Atlanta, Georgia.

Performance:
02/ 2000--RISD Cabaret--Providence, Rhode Island.
03/ 1999--Hothouse Cabaret--Providence, Rhode Island.

Awards:
2006-Third Place, Painting--7th Annual Southwest Georgia Regional Art Show
2006-Honorable Mention, Current CME Breast Cancer Awareness Poster Competition
1998-Rhode Island School of Design Annual Art Award
1998-Semifinalist, Atlanta Journal Constitution Political Cartoon Contest
1998-Gold Key in Sculpture, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
1997-Second Place, Newsweek Political Cartoon Contest