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EDUCATION

2003- Graduate Teaching Assistant with a concentration in Printmaking at The University of Miami

1998-2002 Bachelors of art (BA) with a concentration in printmaking at The University of Dallas

2001 One semester of study in Rome, Italy at the University of Dallas, Rome campus

EMPLOYMENT

2002-2003 Employed by Mrs. Lisa Irlbeck as a private drawing instructor for children between the ages of five and seven.

2002 Employed by several private clients to assist with the archival framing of fine art.

1999-2004 Arts and Crafts specialist at Pinecrest Day Camp. Employed to teach arts and crafts to children in in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Also designed and painted backdrops for camp plays.

2001 Commissioned by Mrs. Karen Duffey to design and paint a mural on the ceiling of the nursery of her Fort Lauderdale home.

1998 Receptionist, Coral Springs Museum of Fine Art

1998 Commissioned by Mrs. Dorthey Lang to Illustrate a children's book entitled The Perfect Rose with thirteen painted illustrations.

1997 Commissioned by Mrs. Ann Manning-Bigilow to design and paint a 15X7 foot mural in her new home in Ft Lauderdale

1997 Commissioned by St. Thomas Aquinas high school to design and paint a mural on the wall of the school sports lounge.

EXHIBITIONS

2004 Anual Juried Student Art Show, University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL

2003 Florida printmakers 13th National Competition, University of Miami College of arts and Sciences Gallery Coral Gables, FL

2003 Incoming Masters of Fine Arts Exibition, University of Miami College of arts and Sciences Gallery Coral Gables, FL

2002 Senior Exhibition, for completion of BA degree, University of Dallas Blakley Foyer Irving, TX

2002 Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

2001 Restricted Release, installation pieces, University of Dallas Haggerty Upper Gallery Irving, TX

2000 Not Quite Ten, University of Dallas Blakley Foyer Irving, TX

1998 Promenade Art Show Fort Lauderdale, FL

RELATED FINE ART EXPERIENCE

2002 Invited by Dan Hammett to give a demonstration on archival matting for his design class at the University of Dallas.

2001 Student participant in the University of Dallas Matrix program in the Spring with professional artist, Laurie Sloan. Worked with fellow students printing an edition for the artist, participating in workshops, and setting up a show of the artist’s work in the Haggerty gallery.

2001 Student participant in the University of Dallas Matrix program in the Fall with professional printmaker Walter Askin.

2002 Student participant in the University of Dallas Matrix program in the Spring with professional artist, Mark Anderson. Headed committee for hand printing 50 invitations for the event.

2001 Assisted in the installation of several graduate and undergraduate exhibitions at theUniversity of Dallas

1999 Attended a University of Dallas Class entitled Art Gallery Practicum with gallery director Christine Bisetto in which I assisted in the installation and documentation of all the exhibitions in the University of Dallas Haggerty Art Gallery space in the fall of 1999.