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EDUCATION

2015   New York Academy of Art  
           MFA in Painting

2012   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
           BFA in Art Education | BFA in Painting
           Endorsement in English as a Second Language

2011    University of Georgia 
           Cortona, Italy Study Abroad Program

2006  School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
           Continuing Study

FILM/ THEATRE
2017   The Barrow Group 
           Improv Workshop

2016   Bill Timoney
           Acting / Direction

WORK EXPERIENCE

Now     Operations Manager, Pushkin Industries, a Malcolm Gladwell company
2017     Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hostos and CityTech, CUNY
            Assistant Director, Next Stop, dir. Mili Avital, New York City
            Background Actor, Dalenda, dir. Ralph Moffettone, New York City
            Production Assistant, The Other F Word, dir. Barbara Kanowitz, New York City
            Storyboard Intern, The ESL Teacher, dir. Andy London, New York City
2016    Teaching Assistant, Principles of Storyboarding, Hostos, CUNY
            Curriculum Designer, Junior Explorers, New York City
2015    Community Manger, EDGE EdTech, New York City
            Visual Art Teacher (Hebrew), Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY
            Still Photographer, Quirky Productions, New York City
2014    Background Actor, The Intern, dir. Nancy Meyers, New York City
2013    Museum Education Intern, Art Institute of Chicago
            Art Instructor (Elementary), North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, IL
            Assistant Teacher, Center for Talent Development's Saturday Enrichment  
                      Program, Northwestern University
2012    Branding Designer, Def•i•ni•tion Theatre Company, Chicago, IL
           Admitted Student Ambassador, College of Fine and Applied Arts, 
                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
           Assistant Teacher, Center for Talent Development's Summer Program, 
                      Northwestern University
2011    Discussion Leader, Freshman Seminar, College of Fine and Applied Arts,         
                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
          Tutor, America Reads/America Counts, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary,    
                      Urbana, IL
2009  Visual Arts Assistant, Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, Interlochen, MI

EXHIBITIONS

2017     Art x Resist, online fundraiser for ACLU
2016    Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, (LIC) New York City
            Art in the Garden Pop-Up, Women of Culture, (UES) New York City
2015    Take Home A Nude, Sotheby's, (UES) New York City
            New York Academy of Art Ninth Annual Summer Exhibition, 
                     Flowers Gallery, (Chelsea) New York City

            De•Con•Struct, NOoSPHERE Arts, (LES) New York City
            Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York City
2014    Deck The Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York City
            Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York City
            Brushes With Cancer by Twist Out Cancer, Chez, Chicago
2013    Deck The Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York City
            NorthShore Chamber Music Festival, The Village Presbyterian Church, 
                     Northbrook, IL
            Brushes With Cancer by Twist Out Cancer, Floating World Gallery, Chicago
2012    64 Arts National Juried Exhibition 2012, Juror Eric Fischl, 
                     Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL

            Depth of Field (Solo Exhibit), Caffe Paradiso, Urbana, IL
            BFA Graduate Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum,
                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

            Cortona Student Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
2011     Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
            How Late Were You Here Last Night? BFA Painting, Link Gallery, 
                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
            Women Studies (Solo Exhibit), Women’s Resources Center, 
                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2009    Interlochen Center for the Arts Faculty/Staff Show, Dow Gallery, 
                      Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
            Drawing & Design, Work by First Year Foundation Students, Link Gallery, 
                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008    Student Art Exhibit at the Illini Union, Illini Union Art Gallery, 
                      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

AWARDS

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Highest Honors
​Dean’s List
James Scholar Honors Program
FAA Talented Student – Art & Design
Lois Marie Orr Scholarship 


University of Georgia Studies Abroad Stipend Recipient
General Assembly Scholarship
An Artistic Discovery: The Congressional Art Competition; 2nd, 4th Place

PUBLICATIONS

2015     The Tribeca Ball Honoring Peter Brant at the New York Academy of the Arts, 
             Purple DIARY (blog)
2012     Portraits of Memory & Storytelling, BFA Painting Thesis
2010    Montage Literary Arts Journal



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