EXPERIENCE:
Professional Artist: 15+ Years
-Produce a variety of original traditional and abstract art including abstract fluid paintings, oil landscape paintings, portraits, and surreal.
-Create Youtube and promotional content through setup, filming and iMovie video editing software
-Pack and prepare artwork for shipping
-Create posts for multiple social media accounts
-Update, design and maintain BNW Art website
Freelance Illustrator and Designer: 2013-Present
-Collaborator and illustrator for 2 month project "Black Dads Can" Children's Illustration Book by Gregory Collins
-Prepare and format files for digital and offset print production
-Communicate via email and phone to discuss production and creative ideas
-Create original artwork using Photoshop software
Graphic Designer: 2010-Present
-Create Youtube design content for individual clients, privately owned businesses and Youtube Creators, including video thumbnails, banners, logos and promotional items
-Use Photoshop software to create custom promotional items, including business cards, logos, and T-shirt designs
EDUCATION:
2013, Goucher College, Towson MD, Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Fine and Performing Arts Scholar
2012, University of Maryland College Park, Intensive Course Abroad, "Greece: A Living Legacy"
Spring 2009, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Young People's Studio Scholarship (Painting Concentration)
AWARDS:
Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship
Jo Kohn Study Abroad Scholarship
Joyce Tseng & Anna Tseng Lum Scholarship
Mary Niven Alston EOP Scholarship
6th Annual Gallery Collection Greeting Card Finalist 2012
Pierians Incorporated Scholar (Certificate of Achievement The Pierians, Incorporated Baltimore County Chapter “An Afternoon with the Artists”)
White House Christmas Ornament Artist 2008
Certificate of Achievement in Art “Art is for Everyone” exhibition (BMA)
School Banner Contest 2008
Maryland Art Education Association
2nd place ACT-SO winner (local level)
Amity Poster Contest (2nd place)
“Most Honorable mention” (Goucher Art Show 2008)
Certificate of recognition (exhibition of student artwork at Nancy S. Grasmic State Education Building)
Certificate of Achievement in Art 2009
PUBLICATIONS:
Goucher College The Preface: A Magazine of Arts and Literature, 2012
Goucher College, The Preface: A Magazine of Arts and Literature, 2013
Jacobs, J. L., Contemporary Expressions, Abstract Magazine TV, 2018
Peterson, Hayley, Blue Mesa Review, Issue 38, 2019
East City Art Editorial Team, Summer 2019 Exhibitions at Art Enables, East City Art Media LLC, 2019
LaFollette, Kristin, Mud Season Review, October Issue 46, 2019
Eastland, Erica, Sonder Midwest, Issue 4, 2019
Jacobs, J. L., Contemporary Expressions, Abstract Magazine TV, 2019
Day, Sibley, Miller, Corey, Dream Noir Magazine, 2019
ART SHOWS:
"Solar Power" Collaborative Exhibition, Goucher College Rosenburg Gallery, 2011
"Peaceful Mind" Fine Arts Recipient Solo Exhibition, Goucher College Meyerhoff Art Gallery, 2011
"Sensations of Landscape" Collaborative Exhibition, Goucher College Meyerhoff Art Gallery, 2013
"Out of Order" Maryland Art Place Silent Art Auction, Maryland Art Place, 2018
"Towson Arts Collective 11th Anniversary Members Exhibition", Unicorn Gallery, 2018
"Out of Order" Maryland Art Place Silent Art Auction, Maryland Art Place, 2019
"Limitation/Liberation" Collaborative Exhibition, Art Enables, 2019
"Overlea ArtsFest" Juried Art Show, Overlea Community Association, 2019
"Sense of Place" Member's Artshow, Towson Arts Collective at Kenilworth, 2019
"TAC Holiday Artshow", Towson Arts Collective at Kenilworth, 2019
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
“Towson Arts Collective 5-year Anniversary Exhibition”
“Drawing Today Exhibition”- Towson Arts Collective
Maryland Artisan Guild Staff Artshow 2012 (project)
“Maryland Artisan Guild Jewish Community Center Art Show” 2013
“From My Mind” artwork by Hal Stebbing exhibition February 2013
“Creature Features” artwork by Claudia Bernhardt exhibition March 2013