06/2010
Vee Enterprises
Indepentent Contract: Illustration
Create sillhouette images of cats at play for use in packaging and advertising.
06/2010
Essential Living Foods
Independent Contract: Photography
Shoot digital photos of various free-trade, organic, raw food products. Process photos in Photoshop.
05/2010-06/2010
Dark Roast Media/Triviatown Inc.
Independent Contract: Illustration
Generate images based on short descriptions for expansion of the Facebook game “Exorcists vs. Demons”.
04/2010
IndexLA
Independent Contract: Illustration
Generate images to be pitched as t-shirt graphics for young women’s apparel.
10/2009
South Gent Studios
Independent Crontract: Illustration
Generate contour drawings to be used for creature, costume, and prop designs for a web-based game.
09/2009-04/2010
Academic Advantage
Independent Contract: NCLB Tutor
Provide one-on-one tutoring to children grades K-12 as part of the No Child Left Behind act. Responsibilities include scheduling tutoring appointments, planning learning activities that captivate students as individuals, assisting in learning exercises, engaging students as a positive role model, and promptly preparing and submitting all necessary paperwork.
2008-2009
Otis College of Art and Design
Peer Tutor
Offer peer assistance to students who need help understanding mathematic and algebraic concepts. Responsibilities include ensuring that tutees understand materials covered and can handle them without assistance, and explaining math in such a way that artists can relate to its concepts and principles.
2008
Maxx Marketing
Intern
Toy concept design. Responsibilities include creating toy designs, drawing and painting toy concepts for presentation, researching basis for toys, considering cost of parts needed for toy function, and ensuring that toys comply to market safety regulations.
2008
Billy Shire Fine Arts
Intern
Assisted with setup and takedown of exhibits, limited-edition-print orders and shipping, and clerical work.
2001-2008
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Bookseller
Over the course of employment learned and became proficient with all skills available in areas not involving management and supervision. Responsibilities include cashiering, customer service/sales, placing customer orders, shelving, re-shelving, stockroom packaging, unpackaging, and pre-shelving, and newsstand inventory adjustments and orders.
JuneJ+K Gallery
Wanderlust Group Show
March
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
Everything but the Kitch n Sync Group Show
January
Cannibal Flower
Cultural Event, group show and live musicThe Hive Gallery
Featured Artist
Gallery 1988
Under the Influence: He Man group show
July
The Hive Gallery
Beerotica group show
February
The Hive Gallery
Group show
October
Pehrspace
Phantom Menagerie group show
2010
Rifter Twenty Year Anniversary Cover Contest
Color Category - 2nd Place
Otis College of Art and Design
BFA - Illustration
Santa Monica City College
Focus on drawing and painting