Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL Expected Graduation – May, 2012 Merit Scholarship Recipient, Emphasis of study in Fibers & Art History, Created the Humanitarian Club a volunteering oriented student group
Winter Study Trip, New York City: January 2012
• Attended gallery openings, museum exhibitions, visited artist’s studios and talked with various people within the business of
art including gallerists, curators, and ArtForum magazine. Published a magazine of reviews & artist interviews, including full-page advertisements taken out by the galleries we visited.
Summer Study Trip, Switzerland: Art Basel 42 – June 2011
• Attended Art Basel, Liste, gallery & museum openings, visited artist’s studios, and talked with various people within the
business of art including gallerists and curators throughout Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, and Zurich. Editor-in-Chief of reviews & artist interviews booklet.
City College San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 2004 - 2007 Martha & Vincent Costantino Endowment Scholarship Recipient, Honor Roll, Emphasis of study in Fine Arts
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1996 - 1998 Emphasis in Psychology
Experience
Research Intern, Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago, IL – 2011 to 2012
Compiled • • • • - • Compiled bibliography, images, and all other pertinent information regarding artist estates in acquisition. Currently researching ellesworth snyder. My research is being published & added to the Special Collections Dept of UW-Madison ISBN#. I have been working with Ainsley Nunez, another student, to help me design the layout.
· • • • • • • -- Helped Organize the Opening Exhibition for Cuban artist Rigoberto Mena, including writing a Press Release to contact media outlets, organizing the invite list, helping with the design of promotional materials, mailing promotional materials, and being a point-person of contact for the artist, and the website developer to update our site: http://www.rosenthalfineart.com
· - Artist Management: Includes gathering hi-res images, CVs, artist statements, and being a contact person for the gallery’s living artists
· - Prepped the Gallerist for Documenta 13 by ordering pertinent contemporary art theory & criticism literature
· - Introduced the Gallerist to a Web Designer to rebrand and Redesign the Gallery’s Website; Introduced the Gallerist to a new Professional Installer for Future Exhibitions
· - Compiled a Visitor Guide of Openings, Museums, and Spaces of Interest for Out-of-Town Clients
Freelance Makeup Artist, San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL – 2000 to Present
• Represented by Ford Models in San Francisco, and Chicago - 2007 to Present.
Emphasis in advertising, catalog, celebrity, commercials, editorial, lifestyle, runway, television, and music videos
• Spokesperson, L’Bel USA – 2008
• Represented by Artist Untied in San Francisco – 2004 to 2007
Emphasis in advertising, commercials, editorial, lifestyle, runway, and television
• Assistant Makeup Artist with Koko Represents in San Francisco – 2002 to 2004
Volunteer, American Cancer Society Look Good Feel Better, USA and Canada – 2000 to Present
• Organized and executed the Milwaukee, WI chapter’s annual fundraising fashion show, Strut For The Cure March 2010. Additionally, gathered additional sponsorships, including silent and live auction items, which helped raise
$1500 over target goal.
• Conduct patient information sessions at various hospitals
Exhibitions
• Group Exhibition: "BFA Spring Exhibition 2012", Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL - Mar 2012
• University of Illinois Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL – 2012. Group Mural Project: was chosen to create a mural installation for a room on the 5th floor with 10 others
• Group Exhibition: “Sexified Part Deux” curated by Joy Higgins, Pearl, Rockford, IL – Aug, 2011
• Group Exhibition: “Sexy” curated by Larry Lee, Gene Siskel Film Centre, Chicago, IL – April, 2011,
• Group exhibition project: “Meeting In The Margins” curated by Marianne Fairbanks, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL – December, 2010
Skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, and Photoshop
• Languages: conversational and written French
• Have traveled to Barcelona, Geneva, Ho Chi Minh, London, Manila, Milan, Munich, Paris, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Venice, Zurich
• Materials: wood, steel, bronze, aluminum, clay