Art Related Work Experience:

Creative Assistant
Clé Tile

Aug 2022 - Present 
may 2018 - may 2020 : Intern to the creative director
  • branding and photo team member
  • project manager for photography team
  • product photography and image re-touching
  • styling, prop sourcing and location scouting for photoshoots
  • visual direction and creative briefing for photography and editing, digital image creation Instagram stories, imagery for blogs and newsletters


Creator of Scratch Magazine

2020-present:
  • Editor, graphics designer, marketing, creative direction, and collaborating artist of Scratch Magazine
  • I run a bi-anual full print art magazine featuring work from hundreds of up and coming artists across the country
  • Website : www.scratch-zine.com


Animator

2021-2022: Internship with Dee Hibbert-Jones
  • frame by frame hand drawn animation on full length documentary film “Run With It”


Exhibitions:
2022: UCSC McHenry Library Special Collections Comics Group Exhibition group - 9 person group show
2022: “Scratch Magazine Art Show”, group show at Adobe Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2021: John Dizikes Digital Art Cases, group show at UCSC
2021: “When We Meet”, solo show Eduardo Carrillo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA.
2008: “That Nothing Walks with Aimless Feet”, solo show at Boomerang Gallery, Petaluma, CA.


Publications:
2020 - 2023 : Featured artist in volumes 1-6 of Scratch Magazine


Awards:
September 2021-June 22: Porter Faculty Fellowship
2022 UCSC Arts Research Institute Arts and Oppression Comics Competition Award Fall 202: Irwin project Grant
2020: Regents Scholarship for academic achievement
2019: Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society for academic achievement


Education:
BA in Visual Art at University of California, Santa Cruz.