CV

Curriculum Vitae

AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS

2025 First Place, A Natural View (Juried Show), Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, NC

2025 Honorable Mention, Summer in the Carolinas (Juried Show), Gaston County Museum of Art & History, Dallas, NC

2024 ASC Artist Support Grant Recipient

2024 ArtPop Street Gallery
Public Billboard/National Display Exhibition, Charlotte, NC

2024 OUTFRONT Media, Times Square
Exhibitions at The Bird and Duffy’s Square, March and December (including New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Events), New York, NY

2024 Best in Show, A Natural View (Juried Show), Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, Belmont, NC

2024 Artist-in-Residence, Confluence South Fork, Cramerton, NC

2024 Finalist, Amazing Animals, Camelback Gallery, International Exhibition

2023 Charlotte Art League
Winter Juried Art Exhibit, Charlotte, NC

2019 Raised $24,000 for Omaha Zoo, Zoofari Gala, custom paper sculptures, Omaha, NE

2019 Event Design Trends and Education Showcase, The Special Event Conference, Dreamshape Studios, San Diego, CA

2019 Student and Alumni Show, OKAY Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2019 Mural Project, Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, Brooklyn, NY

2018 Artistic Consultant, BELLA: Kindergarten Readiness App, University of Houston and MindTrust Labs, New Haven, CT

2018 Artistic Consultant, AlifYa: Education App, University of Houston, MindTrust Labs, and Yale University, New Haven, CT

2018 Window Display Artist, Providence Optical, Downtown Providence, RI

2018 Cover Artist, Polymer Chemistry Journal, Royal Society of Chemistry

2018 Pops ‘n Jazz
Lead Scenic Designer, Hall High School, West Hartford, CT

2017 Graphic Illustrations, Elena Grigorenko, PhD, Child and Adolescent Health and Development, Disease Control Priorities

2017 Lead Scenic Designer, Pops ‘n Jazz, Hall High School, West Hartford, CT

2017 Lead Scenic Designer, The Little Mermaid, West Hartford Summer Arts Festival, West Hartford, CT

2016 Window Display Series, Shubert Theater’s 100-Year History, New Haven Museum, New Haven, CT

2016 Window Display, Providence Optical, Downtown Providence, RI

2016 Pops ‘n Jazz
Lead Scenic Designer, Hall High School, West Hartford, CT

2016 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Lead Scenic Designer, Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford, CT

2016 Beauty and the Beast
Lead Scenic Designer, West Hartford Summer Arts Festival, West Hartford, CT

2015 Society of Illustrators
Student Scholarship Show, New York, NY

2015 Tassy Walden Award
Shoreline Arts Alliance, Illustrator’s Portfolio

2015 Providence Optical
Window Display, Stimuleye, Downtown Providence, RI

2015 Elaine Ostrach Chaika, Humans, Dogs, and Civilization
Illustrator (Interior/Chapter Illustrations), Published by BookBaby

2015 West Side Story
Lead Scenic Designer, West Hartford Summer Arts Festival, West Hartford, CT

2014 Shubert Theatere
Centennial Marquee and Window Display Series, Downtown New Haven, CT

2014 Yale Bowl
Centennial Window Display Storefront, Downtown New Haven, CT

2014 Society of Illustrators
Student Scholarship Show, New York, NY

2014 Dr. Rich Diana, Healthy Joints for Life
Illustrator, Published by Harlequin Nonfiction

2014 Griffin Hospital Gala
Custom Artwork for Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, CT

2014 3×3 Magazine
Illustration Annual No. 11, International Student Show

2014 Jay Wright Award
Outstanding Achievement in Illustration

2014 Madison Art Cinemas
Two-Person Exhibition: Dannit Janet, We’ve Done it Again!, Madison, CT

2014 New Haven Paint & Clay Club
113th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, New Haven, CT

2014 City-Wide Open Studios
Alternative Space, New Haven, CT

2014 On the Town
Lead Scenic Designer, West Hartford Summer Arts Festival, West Hartford, CT

2013 Winter Wonderland, Shops at Yale
Window Display Series, Downtown New Haven, CT

2013 Joseph Funaro Memorial Scholarship
Recipient for Outstanding Artistic Merit

2013 City-Wide Open Studios
Alternative Space, New Haven, CT

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Certifications
2022 Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop

2022 Adobe Certified Professional in Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator

Education
2019 MFA in Illustration (24 Credits), Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

2014 BFA in Illustration, Summa Cum Laude, Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT

2012 Scientific Illustration, Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators, Orange, CT

2010 Graphic Communication Degree Program, University of Houston, Houston, TX