RESUME EDUCATION 2005 MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Philosophy Minor, St. Johns University, NY, summa cum laude RELEVANT SKILLS AND GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE Commercial Art, Retouching and Commissions Associate Creative Director for Sleeping Dog Studios/Public Art Films, New York City, NY. Assisting Henry Chalfant, winner of the 1983 Sundance Film Festival Award, providing image reconstruction, color correction, retouching, and design collaboration for FIne art, print publication, video postproduction, and gallery exhibitions. (2004 - Present) Part time Retouching and Color Correction for Tanaseybert, NYC. Clients include commercial industries including technology, fashion, cosmetics, furniture, food, and music. (2006) Subcontractor, MediaNet Solutions, logo design, corporate branding, photo retouching, web design. (2006-Present) Design, Layout, and Illustrations for Wading River Books. (2007 - Present) Extensive design for multiple psychological studies, Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, St. Johns University, NY, funded by National Institute of Mental Health. (2001 - 2004) Illustrator, Tomorrow Is the First Day of School, published by Wading River Books. (2007) Commissioned mural painting for the Archdiocese of New York, on display at the United Church of Jesus Christ, Apostolic in the Bronx, NY (2007) Teaching Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at St. Johns University teaching Creativity in the Arts, Graphic Design, Color Theory, 3-D Design, Foundation Drawing, Cartooning, and Aqueous Media. (2005 - Present) Mentor, St. Johns University Mentoring Program. (2006-Present) Art Instructor, Division of Continuing Education, St. Johns University. Courses include: Color Theory, Water Color and Acrylic Painting, and Foundation Drawing. (2001-2002) Information Technology Freelance Mac Specialist providing technical support, networking solutions, data migration, backup solutions, hardware and software installation, application and OS training (2004-Present) Visual Lab Macintosh Desktop Support Specialist Graduate Assistantship, Visual Lab Desktop Support Specialist, MFA Illustration Department, School of Visual Arts. Responsibilities included the continual upkeep of a Macintosh satellite lab consisting of eight PowerMac G5 workstations running OS x and OS 9 Classic, two inkjet printers and one laser printer. Software and OS installation, software updates driver updates, system optimization, LAN network administration, printer maintenance, and hardware upgrades. (2004-2005) EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY Operating Systems Macintosh & Windows (OS9 & OSX; Vista, XP, 2000) Design AND Video Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark XPress, PhotoStitch, Art Directors Toolkit, Comic Life, Font Book, Extensis Suitcase X1, Color Consultant Pro, iLife 08, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD Utilities Activity Monitor, AirPort Utility, Backup, Boot Camp Assistant, Carbon Copy Cloner, Color Sync Utility, Cocktail, Disk Utility, GraphicConverter, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, Super Duper, System Proﬁler, TechTool Pro, iChat, iSync, Toast, Grand Perspective, Omni Disk Sweeper, Time Machine, Transmit, Office ABBYY FineReader, AddressBook, Acrobat, iCal, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Mail, SilverFast, Stufft Deluxe, TextEdit Web Design Adobe Flash CS3, Dreamweaver, Transmit, xScope, iWeb, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2007 Storytime Solo Exhibition, 101 Murray Street, NYC, NY 2006 St. Johns DOFA Faculty Exhibition, Dr. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Jamaica, NY 2005 MFA Illustration Visual Essay Selections, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, NY 2004 Turning the Page Group Exhibition, AIGA Gallery, NYC, NY 2003 Solo Thesis Exhibition, St. Johns University, NY 2002 National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY (Juried Show) 2002 Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University, NY 2001 Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University, NY 2001 National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY (Juried Show) 2001 National Arts Club, September 11th Fundraiser Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY 2000 National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY (Juried Show) INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2006 Burners, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France 2001 Lavori in Corso, Group Exhibition, Rome, Italy AWARDS 2003 & 2004 Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts 2002 Best in Fine Arts Award, Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University 2001 Recognition Award, Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University 1999 Best in Illustration Award, Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University HONORS Pi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Deans List, and Golden Key Recognition Award, St. Johns University INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Austria, Canada, England, France, Italy, Malta, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Switzerland

RESUME

EDUCATION

2005 MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY

2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Philosophy Minor, St. Johns University, NY, summa cum laude

RELEVANT SKILLS AND GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Commercial Art, Retouching and Commissions

Associate Creative Director for Sleeping Dog Studios/Public Art Films, New York City, NY. Assisting Henry Chalfant, winner of the 1983 Sundance Film Festival Award, providing image reconstruction, color correction, retouching, and design collaboration for FIne art, print publication, video postproduction, and gallery exhibitions. (2004 - Present)

Part time Retouching and Color Correction for Tanaseybert, NYC. Clients include commercial industries including technology, fashion, cosmetics, furniture, food, and music. (2006)

Subcontractor, MediaNet Solutions, logo design, corporate branding, photo retouching, web design. (2006-Present)

Design, Layout, and Illustrations for Wading River Books. (2007 - Present)

Extensive design for multiple psychological studies, Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, St. Johns University, NY, funded by National Institute of Mental Health. (2001 - 2004)

Illustrator, Tomorrow Is the First Day of School, published by Wading River Books. (2007)

Commissioned mural painting for the Archdiocese of New York, on display at the United Church of Jesus Christ, Apostolic in the Bronx, NY (2007)

Teaching

Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at St. Johns University teaching Creativity in the Arts, Graphic Design, Color Theory, 3-D Design, Foundation Drawing, Cartooning, and Aqueous Media. (2005 - Present)

Mentor, St. Johns University Mentoring Program. (2006-Present)

Art Instructor, Division of Continuing Education, St. Johns University. Courses include: Color Theory, Water Color and Acrylic Painting, and Foundation Drawing. (2001-2002)

Information Technology

Freelance Mac Specialist providing technical support, networking solutions, data migration, backup solutions, hardware and software installation, application and OS training (2004-Present)

Visual Lab Macintosh Desktop Support Specialist

Graduate Assistantship, Visual Lab Desktop Support Specialist, MFA Illustration Department, School of Visual Arts. Responsibilities included the continual upkeep of a Macintosh satellite lab consisting of eight PowerMac G5 workstations running OS x and OS 9 Classic, two inkjet printers and one laser printer. Software and OS installation, software updates driver updates, system optimization, LAN network administration, printer maintenance, and hardware upgrades. (2004-2005)

EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

Operating Systems

Macintosh & Windows (OS9 & OSX; Vista, XP, 2000)

Design AND Video

Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark XPress, PhotoStitch, Art Directors Toolkit, Comic Life, Font Book, Extensis Suitcase X1, Color Consultant Pro, iLife 08, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD

Utilities

Activity Monitor, AirPort Utility, Backup, Boot Camp Assistant, Carbon Copy Cloner, Color Sync Utility, Cocktail, Disk Utility, GraphicConverter, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, Super Duper, System Proﬁler, TechTool Pro, iChat, iSync, Toast, Grand Perspective, Omni Disk Sweeper, Time Machine, Transmit,

Office

ABBYY FineReader, AddressBook, Acrobat, iCal, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Mail, SilverFast, Stufft Deluxe, TextEdit

Web Design

Adobe Flash CS3, Dreamweaver, Transmit, xScope, iWeb, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007 Storytime Solo Exhibition, 101 Murray Street, NYC, NY

2006 St. Johns DOFA Faculty Exhibition, Dr. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Jamaica, NY

2005 MFA Illustration Visual Essay Selections, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, NY

2004 Turning the Page Group Exhibition, AIGA Gallery, NYC, NY

2003 Solo Thesis Exhibition, St. Johns University, NY

2002 National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY (Juried Show)

2002 Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University, NY

2001 Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University, NY

2001 National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY (Juried Show)

2001 National Arts Club, September 11th Fundraiser Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY

2000 National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition, Gramercy Park, NY (Juried Show)

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2006 Burners, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France

2001 Lavori in Corso, Group Exhibition, Rome, Italy

AWARDS

2003 & 2004 Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts

2002 Best in Fine Arts Award, Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University

2001 Recognition Award, Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University

1999 Best in Illustration Award, Annual Student Art Exhibition, St. Johns University

HONORS

Pi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Deans List, and Golden Key Recognition Award, St. Johns University

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

Austria, Canada, England, France, Italy, Malta, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Switzerland