ARTIST RESUMÉ

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Queens Art Express - Studies in Impermanence: Islands, Rivers, Stones, Artist-In-Residence, Salvatore
          LaRussa  Dance Theatre, Queens, NY
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 School Arts Festival, PS/IS 49, Queens, NY

2015 un∙restrict∙ed, Pratt Institute, Nancy Ross Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY

2015 Drawings Along Myrtle Avenue, Pratt Institute, The Emerson, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Refugee Summer Youth Academy Exhibition, Artists Striving To End Poverty/IRC, NY, NY

2014 Reclaim Works, Pratt Institute Design K-12, BAM Fisher, Peter Jay Sharp Lower Lobby, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Student Teaching Exhibition, A World of Our Own, Nancy Ross Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY

2013 Drawing By The People: Drawing Democracies Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2012 Water Dragon New Year, Calligraphy Painting Auction, Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, NY

2011 Iron Hare New Year, Calligraphy Painting Auction, Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, NY

2010 Iron Tiger New Year, Calligraphy Painting Auction, Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, NY

2009 Earth Ox New Year, Calligraphy Painting Auction, Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, NY

2008 Writing Our Future Community Word Project Benefit Art Auction, The National Arts Club, New York, NY

2007 Small Works: Big Ideas, Women’s Studio Center, Long Island City, NY

2007 Virtual Reality, Online Juried Exhibition, Women’s Studio Center, Long Island City, NY

2007 Small Works: Member Show, Women’s Studio Center, Long Island City, NY

2006 Featured Artist, Online Juried Member Profile Invitation, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY

2006 Small Works, Women’s Studio Center, Long Island City, NY

2003 Senior Show, Baklar Gallery Boston, MA

2003 All School Show, Juried Annual Art Exhibition, Student Life Gallery Boston, MA

2002 Drawings From Painters, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA

2002 Sound Scapes, An Art and Music Exhibition, North Hall Gallery, Boston, MA

2002 All School Show, Student Life Gallery Boston, MA

2001 Organic Flux, Student Life Gallery Boston, MA

2001 All School Show, Student Life Gallery Boston, MA
 

AWARDS

2014 Pratt Institute Graduate Travel Scholarship, National Art Education Association Annual Conference

2012-2014 Pratt Institute Graduate Scholarship

2004 Massachusetts College of Art + Design Foundation 2D Auction Award

2004 Graduation with Distinction and Departmental Honors
 

EDUCATION

2015 NYS Teaching Certification, Pending Completion, NYC DOE

2015 Pratt Institute, MS Art & Design Education with Outstanding Merit, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Teaching Artist Training & Internship Certificate of Completion, Community Word Project, New York, NY

2006 Arts Administration Certificate, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY

2003 BFA Painting, Massachusetts College of Art + Design, Boston, MA
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015 Long Term DOE Substitute Art Teacher, The Dorothy Bonawit Kole School, PS/IS 49, K-8, Queens, NY

2014 Volunteer Lead Teaching Artist, Refugee Summer Youth Academy, Artists Striving To End Poverty/IRC, 
         NY, NY

2014 Student Art Teacher, The Dorothy Bonawit Kole School, PS/IS 49, 7^th, 6^th, and 3^rd Grade, Queens, NY

2014 Apprenticeship Teacher, Citizen Schools, Urban Assembly Unison School, Brooklyn, NY

2013 Teaching Artist, COPENYC, (Creative Opportunities Promoting Equality), New York, NY

2013 Teaching Artist, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Age 9-11, Pratt Institute, Saturday Art School, Brooklyn

2013 Teaching Artist, Adventures In Art, Age 7, Pratt Institute, Saturday Art School, Brooklyn, NY

2008-2013 Volunteer Co-Teaching Artist, Shambhala Meditation Center Children’s Program, New York, NY

2010 Teaching Artist, Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, Saturday Fine Arts Workshop, Queens, NY

2008 Co-Teaching Artist, Community Word Project, Public School 27, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

2008 Teaching Artist Intern, Community Word Project, Public School 84, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Teaching Artist Training Internship Program, Community Word Project, New York, NY

2003 Teaching Artist, Roslindale Community Center, Boston, MA

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-12 Freelance Artist, Educator, Administrator, Book Keeper, New York, NY

2008 Co-Teaching Artist - Mural, Community Word Project, Public School 27, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Visual Arts Committee Member, Women’s Studio Center, LIC, NY

2006 Studio & Marketing Assistant, Ellen Mandelbaum Glass Art, LIC, NY

2006 Book Keeper, Ellen Mandelbaum Glass Art, Long Island City, NY

2006 Arts Editorial Assistant, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY

2006 Project Administrator, Women’s Studio Center, LIC, NY

2005 Canvas Dept. Assistant, Pearl Paint Art, New York, NY

2003 Sales Assistant, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2003 Art Instructor, Roslindale Community Center, Boston, MA

2003 Painting Studio Assistant, Mass College of Art + Design, Boston, MA

2002 Photographic Technician, Moto Photo Inc., Boston, MA

2000 Sales Supervisor, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

 

WORKSHOPS GIVEN

2013 Mandala Workshop, part of An Inclusive World Exhibition by COPENYC, (Creative Opportunities
         Promoting Equality), at Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY

2013 Workshop for Differently Abled Adults, COPENYC, (Creative Opportunities Promoting Equality), at
         Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY

2010 Installation Workshop, Free Children’s Community Art Workshop: Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre,
         Queens, NY
 

WORKSHOPS TAKEN

2012 Mindfulness In Education, Rubin Museum of Art Education Department, New York, NY

2012 Silk Screening Intensive, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Collage Making, Edith DeChiara, Women’s Studio Center, Long Island, NY
 

RESIDENCIES/RETREATS

2010 Mass Art Alumni Retreat, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2010 Fine Artist-In-Residence, Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, Queens, NY

2007 Cobalt Studios Artist Painting Retreat  with Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone, White Lake, NY
 

COLLECTIONS

2011 Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre Gallery, DONATED

2011 Iron Rabbit New Year, Calligraphy Painting Auction, SOLD

2010 Iron Tiger New Year, Calligraphy Painting Auction, SOLD

2008 Writing Our Future Community Word Project Benefit Art Auction, SOLD
 

TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

2008 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Also: Durban, St. Lucia Marine Reserve, Hluhluwe & iMfolozi Game
         Reserve, The Drakensberg Mountains, Sani Pass, The Nation of Lesotho

2003 Navajo Reservation, Shiprock, NM, Boys & Girls Club, NM, Navajo of the Southwest Arts & Literacy
         Community Service Project/Art History Course, Also: Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, Chimayo, Canyon
         DeChelleye

2002 Grand Canyon National Park, California, Joshua Tree National Park, Arizona, Phoenix, Flagstaff

1996 Timisoara, Romania, Place of Birth, Also: Lugoj, Bucharest