• Teaching/Training
• Design Experience with websites, flyers and postcards
• Computer Expertise in photo editing, web design, illustration, presentation design, layout and word processing programs
• Written Communication Skills to develop and edit information summaries, press releases, marketing materials/collateral and general business documents
• Project Management Skills to define objectives, develop concepts/proposals, establish work plans, provide client progress updates and execute tasks per established timelines
• People Skills including the ability to interact with all levels of an organization in a professional manner

Education

Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), June 2003

Bachelor of Fine Arts, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), May 2001

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), Fall 1997

Teaching
Assistantships

Art Studio 14, Lower Division Printmaking, Spring 2003 UCSB (Laurel Beckman)

Art Studio 14, Lower Division Printmaking, Winter 2003 UCSB (Harry Reese)

Art Studio 2D, Studio Fundamentals, Fall 2003 UCSB (Laurel Beckman)

Art Studio 1B, Twentieth Century Art, Summer 2003 UCSB (Sherra Giffin- Murphy)

Art Studio 4D, Studio Fundamentals, Spring 2002 UCSB (Kip Fulbeck)

Art Studio 22, Digital Strategies (Dreamweaver and Photoshop), Winter 2002 UCSB (Graham Budgett)

Art Studio 12, Lower Division Sculpture, Fall 2001 UCSB (Jane Mulfinger)

Art 370 Survey of Printmaking, Fall 2000 CSULB (Brian Sanderson)

Other
Experience

Freelance Web Design and Training 2002-2003

Exhibition Publicity/Postcard Design 2000-2003

Visiting Artist at Lakewood High School, 2000

Software Proficient in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Freehand, Flash, Fireworks, Fetch, Word, and Quark among other programs

Selected
Exhibitions

2003

Le Brown Out Duex 15 Buckingham Gallery, Pomona

Close / Distance Perch Art/Studio Gallery, Santa Barbara

Meanwhile… MFA Thesis Exhibition Frumkin/Duval Gallery at Bergamont Station, Santa Monica

Meanwhile… MFA Thesis Exhibition Santa Barbara Museum of Art Ridley Tree Center

Slop Art traveling exhibition and catalog. http://www.slopart.com

2002

9 Reasons to Take up Piano Lessons, graduate group exhibition.
Gallery 1434, UCSB.

I Left My Baby at the Supermarket and All I Got Were These Lousy Prints, Digital Print Show, Gallery 1434, UCSB

2001

Quinceanera Coagula Art Projects in the Brewery complex, Los Angeles, California.

BFA exhibition, Design Gallery, CSULB

Insights 2001, University Art Museum, CSULB

Flik Extension, Gallery B, CSULB

2000

Insights 2000, University Art Museum, CSULB

On/Off the Floor/Wall, Gallery B, CSULB

15x22, Gallery C, CSULB

SafeHouse Multimedia group installation, Long Beach

Awards

UCSB Art Studio Department Thesis Grant, 2003

Abrams Prize awarded by Women’s Center at UCSB, 2003

Israel Levitan Award, 2002