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Education

2007 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

2002 Study Abroad, part of BFA, Art History, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

2001 BFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA

Professional Experience

2012 Illustration, Magazine Cover Illustration, “The Drabblecast: Valentines Day with the Gods”

2012 Illustration Production, “Rope Pull” poetry broadside.

2012- 2008 Media Arts consultant, Grassroots International. A nonprofit social justice organization. Work as a media specialist consultant. In charge of organizing and creating a digital database of thousands of images, audio recordings, and videos, and created custom design content for web and print.

2011 Illustration Production, “Je te Porte Dans Moi Comme un Oiseau Blessé” poetry broadside.

2011 Illustration, Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo poster art.

2011 Illustration Production, “Sunday Morning, Things Flew Up” poetry broadside.

2011 Illustration, Magazine Cover Illustration, “The Drabblecast: Hokkaido Green”

2011 Animation and production for video accompaniment to live music event, “The Chicago Experience”

2011 2010 Illustration Production, “Waiting for the Arlmont Bus Near Cambridge Common” poetry broadside. Boston, MA

2010 Illustration, Magazine article, commissioned illustration with integrated photographic element, Impact Magazine, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

2010 Colorist, comic book, “A Rose for a Rose”

2010 Illustration, Magazine Cover Illustration, “The Drabblecast: Garkain”

2010 Illustration Production, “Small Stones” poetry broadside. Boston, MA

2010 Illustration, Magazine Cover Illustration, “The Drabblecast: Mongoose”

2010 Illustration, Magazine Cover Illustration, “Starship Sofa”

2009 Illustration, Tin Tacker sketches and design for Lone Star Brewery.

2009 Illustration Production, “It Was Hard Not to Notice Them” poetry broadside.

2009 Producer/director/animator, “Stop Gambling on Hunger”, a short animated film released on the web, to raise awareness on the issue of speculative marketing on food commodities.

2009 Online Genre Fiction Magazine Cover Illustration, “Memory Dog” created custom illustration for the cover story

2009-2008 Lead Graphic Designer, ARCADD, a small architecture firm outside of Boston, I created design services for promotional materials including full-page ads, web site redesign, concept illustrations, and presentation boards. W. Newton, MA

2009 Tee Shirt Design, created a custom design for an Outdoor Archery competition at Ace Archers, Foxboro, MA

2009 Commissioned Illustration. Created original cartoon illustration with the Melton Agency for a local credit union. Foxboro, MA

2008 Childrens Book illustration. Created artwork for a short childrens book by Boston based author Elisa Busch

2007 Commissioned Illustration and Animation, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA, Swankee Soiree, Created a thirty page flip book illustrating the changing fashion trends of the last four hundred years in this county, to be used in the event invitational.

2006 Commissioned Illustration, Plimoth Plantation in conjunction with the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibitions, Plymouth MA, Feast Your Eyes: Did a series of large scale color drawings of garden foods and common animals in the New England Area.

2005 Commissioned Illustration and photography, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth MA, 13 Moons: A Seasonal Food Cycle. Did a series of Illustrations of native edible plants, and setup photography documenting hunting and gathering techniques of the Wampanoag Indian Tribe of Massachusetts.

2005 Commisssioned Photography and Design, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth MA, Provisioning a Ship. Setup Photography documenting the process of packing goods for a sea voyage in the 17th century. Museum display communicating ship types, sizes, and freight capacity.

2002-2001 Staff Photographer, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth MA: in charge of event documentary photography, studio photography for collection of originals and product photography for the retail photography. “Historical Recreation” photography for a number of publications, press releases, and museum exhibitions.

Teaching Experience

2012 Instructor, The Graphic Narrative, evening workshop for adults at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

2011 Instructor, Emerson Umbrella, taught twelve week basic drawing course for kids, ages 6-10

2011 Instructor, Emerson Umbrella, taught daily drawing and painting classes for kids, ages 5-12 for summer art program, Concord, MA

2011 Instructor, Drawing for Cartoons and Comics, taught an eight week course on drawing for cartoons and comics for adults, Eliot School, Jamaica Plain, MA

2010 Instructor, Writing for Comics, Co-taught an hour long workshop at the Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo, AND The Boston Book Festival.

2010 Instructor, The Graphic Narrative, summer evening workshop for adults at the Eliot School, Boston, MA

2010 Instruction, Creating Comics, a six week workshop for teens at the Urbano Project, Boston, MA

2007 Teaching Assistant, Programming for Artists: A class focused on the use of Max/MSP and Jitter in artist projects using video and sound. Mass Art SIM Department.

2006 Teaching Assistant, Video Sculpture: A class on the use of video projections used in conjunction with sculptural and installation. Mass Art Sculpture Department.

2006 Teaching Assistant, Oil and Water (drawing): a conceptually based drawing class. Took on half of the class with interests outside the classic definitions of drawing. Mass Art Foundation Program

2006 Teaching Assistant, Foundation II: taught basics of time based art work with an emphasis on video. Mass Art Foundation Program

2005 Teaching Assistant, Foundation I: taught basics of 2D design, and basic skills with Adobe Photoshop., Mass Art Foundation Program

Selected Shows and Publications

2011 “The Necrocomicon” Art- Hellbound II anthology.

2011 Comic Arts New England, Gallery 303, Brookline, MA

2011 Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo Art Show, Lesley University (AIB) Cambridge, MA

2011 “One Android Stories: Tide Lines” Art and story- Mini-comic. Self Published

2011 “Interviews” Art and story- Minimuim Paige, Anthology

2011 “One Android Stories: Deep Waters” Art and story-  Mini-comic. Self Published

2010 “People of Corn” Art and story- Inbound 5, Anthology. Boston Comics Roundtable

2010 Inbound 5 Release party/opening, Atomic Bean Cafe, Cambridge, MA

2010 Not My Job, comics pages, Somerville, MA

2009 Effectus II, Salon Style Performances, Boston, MA

2008 Difficult to Stir, Performances, Mobius, Boston, MA

2008 Performance Over Indulgence, curator, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI

2007 Endosymbiont, Collaboration Axiom Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2007 Thesis performances, 3 Performances in different locations, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA

2007 I.C.A.R.U.S. Collaboration Doran Galler, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA

2007 Performance Projects, Studio Soto, Boston, MA

2006 Game Day Performances, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.

2006  OHM, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA

2006 Midway Show, Bakalar Gallery Mass College of Art. Boston, MA.

2006 Landscaping, Doran Gallery, Mass College of Art. Boston, MA

2005 Works on Paper, Mass College of Art. Boston, MA

2005 Graduate Incoming Show, Doran Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA

2005 Seven Videos, Cable Access, New Bedrod, MA

2005 Time Rebirth. Cable Access, New Bedford, MA

2002 New Bedford Film Festival, Audience Choice Award, New Bedford, MA

2002 The Eye the Mind and Motion II, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA

2002 The Eye the Mind and Motion, Dartmouth, MA

2001 Senior Painting and Scultpure, Dartmouth, MA

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