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EDUCATION
MFA THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence RI 2007
Concentration: Sculpture
Additional course work: Animation, Electronics
Instructors: Ellen Driscoll, Dean Snyder, Anne West
BFA THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, Ewing, NJ
2002 B.F.A. (graduated with Departmental Honors)
Major: Fine Arts
Concentration: Painting and Sculpture
Additional course work: Film History, Furniture,
Instructors: Charles Kumnick, Sarah Openheimer, Ricardo
Miranda
2007 THE SHERIDAN CENTER TEACHING CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP
Brown University, Providence, RI
Teaching Certification I and II
2004 THE JOHNSON ATLELIER, Apprenticeship: foundry techniques, Technical Institute for Sculpture, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1997 THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, Manhattan, NY
Foundation Year
Major: Illustration
Concentration: Painting and Sculpting
Instructors: Klaus Janson, Jack Potter
INTERNSHIPS
1999 THE ART ASYLUM, Internship: action figure modeling,
Brooklyn, NY
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 The Olive Green of Life Extension Gallery, Hamilton, NJ
1999 Last Year No Ordinary Joe’s Gallery, Redbank, NJ.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Cambridge Art Association Northeast Prize Show Cambridge, MA
curator: William Stover Best in show prize for Hung Out to Dry in Vietnam
2009 Urban Landscape, Tides Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ curator: Robert Duran
2009 Dog Show S.O.W.A art walk, Boston, MA curator: Melissa Myer
2009 Hard Times/Down Home, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ curator: Paul Pinkman
2009 Relationships: It's a Cell Phone Universe, Tides Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ curator: Robert Duran
2009 RISD New England Biennial 2009 curator: Dina Deitsch, Decorvoda
2007 Words:No Words De Geborgen Kamers, Haag, NL
2007 Pixilerations [v.4] First Works Providence, Providnce, RI
2007 Introductions3 Irvine Contemporaries, Washington D.C.
2007 RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Providence Convention Center, Providence RI
2007 Aesthetic Surplus Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Curator: Michael Oatman
2007 Fidelity Mutual/RISD collaborative, Fidelity Mutual Sculpture
Park, Smithfield RI
2006 3as inD: RISD Sculpture 2006, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI
2006 Under the Wire, Over the Top Benson Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 National Prize Show, Cambridge arts council, Cambridge MA
2004 Winter, Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ
2004 TCNJ Alumni: New Works The College of New Jersey,
Laurenceville, NJ
2004 Mercer County Artists 2004, The Gallery, Mercer County College
2003 Vive La Atelier 3rd Street Gallery on 2nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
2003 Untitled, Atelier Extension Gallery, Hamilton NJ.
2000 Monmouth County Artist’s Guild Annual, Brookdale Community College, NJ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College
2009 Instructor, Mentor, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Project: Open Door
2009 Instructor, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Continuing Education
courses: Claymation, Armour: Design + Build, Heroes in Space
2008 Visiting Artist, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY JumpstART, Corvallis, OR
Courses: Figure Drawing
2007 Instructor, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
courses: Wintersession – The Collaborative Experience (co-taught with Stephanie Williams)
2007 Visiting Artist, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY JumpsART, Corvallis, OR
Courses: Advanced Painting
2005 Teaching Assistant, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI
2007 "Critical Issues in Contemporary Sculpture" Francis Richard
2006 "Critical Issues in Contemporary Sculpture" Jennifer Liese,
2005 "Drawing and the 3-D" Lane Myer,
2005 "Metal Working Workshop" Leah Jacobson
2004 Instructor, Mercer County Community College, Hamilton, NJ
courses: Mold Making workshop, Figure Drawing, Drawing on Location,
Figure Modeling
2004 INDIAN CHURCH VILLAGE ARTISAN CENTER, Indian church
village, Belize,
courses: sculpture, mold making, casting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Illustrator, IOTcorp, Hamilton, NJ
2009 Illustrator, Flying Nightbear Games, LLC, Lancaster, PA
2008 Project Manager and Artist's Assistant, Glass Project, Jamestown, RI
2007 Shop Assistant, Schneppel Woodworking, Providence RI
2006-07 Sculpture Assistant, Adam Beane LTD, Providence, RI
2006-07 Gallery Manager, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of
Design
2005-07 Wood Shop Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2005 Assistant to the Pre-College Program, Rhode Island
School of Design
2004 Modeler, Charlie Ray’s Sea Ray Studios, Hamilton, NJ
2004 Metal Chasing Staff, Johnson Atelier, Metal Chasing Dept., Hamilton, NJ
1998-present Freelance Illustrator, M. Ruskin Company, Rockaway Park, NY
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2004 Indian Church Village Artisans Center, Indian churc
village, Belize, teaching craft making
2004 Glass Roots Community Outreach Project, Newark, NJ
2003 Red Bank International Film Festival, creating a sculpture for their festival’s
advertising campaign
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2009 Best in Show, Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
Curator: William Stover
2005 Fidelity Mutual Selection, Smithfield Campus, Smithfield, RI
2004 Juror’s Choice Award, Mercer County Artists, Mercerville, NJ
2003 Apprentice Incentive Award Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ
2002 Apprentice Incentive Award Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ
2002 President’s Purchase Award, The College of New Jersey Student
Exhibition 2002
2006 Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Fellowship
2005 Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Fellowship
2006 John a Chironna Mem. Scholarship
2006 S.L.Y.Herman Scholarship
2006 J.STAHL-WEBBER SCHOLARSHIP
2005 John a Chironna Mem. Scholarship
2005 S.L.Y.Herman Scholarship
2005 J.STAHL-WEBBER SCHOLARSHIP