Education
-Carnegie Mellon University 2004-2008
-Bachelor of Humanities and Arts:
-College of Fine Art Concentration: Art; Painting/Drawing
-Humanities Concentration: Anthropology
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QPA: 3.70
Experience
-Graphic Artist
Creative Products International, Inc. Pittsburgh PA
Created designs and layouts for projects including designs for Bhutanese postage stamps, as well as newsletters and graphics for the website. Also helped put together a presentation for the Pittsburgh Golf Club Food for Thought series on Bhutan.
-Media Distribution Assistant Spring 2005-2008 Hunt Library Music & Slide Collections, Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA
-Facilitated Student & Faculty in distributing collection’s CDs, cassettes, scores, folders and slides. Also helped to scan, edit, piece together and process images from slides and books for an online database.
-Bindery Assistant Fall 2004-Fall 2008
Hunt Library Bindery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA Repaired damaged books, processed forms for professional repairing, helped maintain Fine & Rare Book Room and Artist Book Collection.
-Hunt Library Transformation 2008 Assistant
Carnegie Mellon University Hunt Library, Pittsburgh PA
Assisted in Project to convert Hunt Library’s collection from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress by applying labels, rearranging and moving books, taking inventory.
-Freelance Artist/Illustrator Fall 2004-Present
Various 2D artworks done for private commissioners, often amateur and nonprofessional writers.
Skills
-Computer: Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Corel Painter 9, openCanvas
-Art: Drawing, Painting (oils, watercolors, acrylics, digital), Clay Sculpture, Multimedia
-Language: Proficient German, Intermediate Russian
Honors
-Member: Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, since Spring 2009
-Carnegie Mellon University Dean’s List Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008
-L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Winner - 2006
Exhibitions/Publications
-The Frame Gallery – Kaleidoscope – BHA/BSA works Spring 2006
-The Frame Gallery - "The Freak Show" collaborative exhibition - Fall 2006
-L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future vol. XXII – 2006 interior illustration
-The Tartan – Interior Illustrations - 2004-present
-Tekkoshocon 2006, 2008 - Artist Alley
-bioGRAPHICAL : Made in Pittsburgh – 2007 Short comic publication, published by Lulu Press
-Creative Products International - 2009, design for Bhutan: Coronation 2008 CD-ROM Postage Stamp, First Day cover, Post Office Chop for Bhutan Post and Philatelic Bureau, and e-mail newsletter.