About

SUMMARY

•  Creative professional with excellent, comprehensive artistic and scenic skills, including sketching, rendering, painting techniques, layout skills and color mixing.

•  Extensive experience and range of artistic skills with proficiency in various styles and subjects of art.

•  Comprehensive background in translating artistic visions into exceptional work product.

•  Experienced art instruction of various art subjects and techniques with ability to translate complex subjects into direct application and understanding.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

•  Creative scenic artist and art director working on key Disney projects across businesses and global locations, including USA theme park, China theme park and cruise line (Bahamas, Spain, Germany).

•   Develop artistic designs to meet desired Disney project outcomes requiring collaboration, team leadership, creative solutions and budget management.

•    Exceptional and experienced art instructor in classroom and online classes, providing individual skill and knowledge development, imparting broad and deep understanding of art subjects and techniques, and employing personal knowledge and range of artistic styles.

•   In every design project, conduct review of procedures, development of enhanced processes, provide training and tools to support process improvements that ensure consistent and effective project management and developing and managing change as appropriate.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2019 to Present, Teaching Artist, Manhattan Youth, New York, NY

2019 to Present, Scenic Artist, New York, NY

2019 to Present, Volunteer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2007 to 2018, Scenic Artist, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL

2006 to 2012, Art Professor - Art History and Visual Arts (online), Valencia Community College, Osceola, FL

2004, Art Professor - Art History and Sculpture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

2004, Art Professor - 3D Design, Kean University, Union, NJ

2002, Art Professor - 2D Design, Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA

1996 to 1997, Art Professor – Ceramics, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

•  Technical Certificate, Graphic Design, Winter Park Tech, Winter Park, FL

•   Master of Fine Arts Sculpture/Ceramics, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

•   Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, NY

•   Undergraduate Studies, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

•   Software: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Database Concepts, Blackboard