(downloadable CV coming soon)
Areas of Studio Expertise
Experimental Video & Animation, Video Installation, Stop Motion Animation, 2D Animation, Video & Sound Editing, Sequential Imaging & Story Boarding, SEO, Web Design, Illustration
Education
2011
Master of Fine Arts in Photographic and Electronic Media
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts and Design
Virginia Commonwealth University
Concentration in Kinetic Imaging
Richmond, VA
Teaching Experience
2009
Graduate Teaching Intern: Tandem teach classes to undergraduate students alongside MICA faculty members. Throughout the course of the internship, responsible for project assignments, leading crits, workshops and demos, and grading work.
MICA, Baltimore, MD
Stop Motion Animation
Electronic Media and Culture
History of Animation
2007-2008
Art Instructor: Responsible for curriculum and course development for each class. Work closely with students from ages 12-65 to meet individual goals for artistic growth. Responsible for leading crits, demos, and workshops as well as skills based exercises and assignments.
Drawn To Art Gallery, Norfolk
Socially Engaged Art
Intro to Independent Film and Animation
Sequential Imaging and Story Boarding
Socially Engaged Art
2006
Adjunct Animation Professor: Develop and implement a short intensive course in the basics of 2D and stop motion animation. Worked closely with 12 entering freshmen to creative animation “experiences” in varying principles including: hand-drawn, cut paper, under the camera, sand, paint on glass, and straight ahead. A brief history in experimental animation was given as well as demos, lectures, sample artists, and in class work time.
VCU, Richmond VA
Intro to Animation
Exhibitions and Film Festivals
Gallery Shows
2004
School of the Arts Juried Show, VCU
Show Your Stuff Night, VCU Richmond, VA
Surfing The Spectacle, VCU Richmond, VA
2005
School of the Arts Juried Show, VCU
2006
School of the Arts Juried Show, VCU
Socially Engaged, VCU Richmond, VA
2009
Photographic and Electronic Media Fall Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Film Festivals
2007
Open APPerture Short Film Festival, Boone, NC
2008
Scene First Student Film Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah
2009
Rough and Tumble, Norfolk, VA
The People’s Award International Short Film Festival, Ecuador
Awards, Recognition, Inclusion in Publications
2008 Winner: Best Experimental Short, Scene First Student Film Festival
2007 Winner: Short Shorts, Open APPerture Short Film Festival
2006 Student Ambassador of the Arts, Tasmeem International Design Conference, Doha Qatar
2005 Kinetic Imaging Department Award of Excellence, VCU
