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Education
2025 | MFA in Visual Arts | Cal State University Northridge
2020 | BA in Animation & Illustration | Cal State University Northridge
2017 | Visual Development Program | Santa Monica College
2013 | High School Diploma | Beverly Hills High School
Experience
2024 - 2025 | Designer for CSUN Theatre Dept (current)
2022 - 2025 | Designer for CSUN Art Galleries (current)
2023-2025 | Instructor for foundational design course ART 140 at CSUN
2024 | Artist vendor at UCSD's Israel Week Shouk Event
2023 | Assisting Instructor for Ron Saito's foundational design course ART 140 at CSUN
2022 - 2025 | Lab Technician at CSUN's printmaking labs
2023 | Designer-Create custom illustrations for sticker sheets to be sold on Stikiiclub.com
2022 | Student docent- install/deinstall & provide guided tours for CSUN Art Galleries, CA
2022 | Designer- created promotional merchandise for the CSUN Alumni Association, CA
2022 | Illustrator- Create custom illustrations for sticker sheets to be sold on Stikiiclub.com
2021 | Designer- Create mock ups and design street & athleisure apparel for Paragon
2021 | Designer- brand identity & website design for Triple Threat Strategies
2020 | Art Clout USPS Art Project- create small works to be mailed in self addressed envelopes
2020 | Intern- research & exhibition design with Getty Marrow x A+D Museum, CA
2020 | Illustrator- create illustrated type for singer-songwriter Koah’s new hit Bad, CA
2020 | Designer- create brand identity & promotional merchandise for singer-songwriter Koah, CA
2020 | Illustrator- create a cover for singer-songwriter Koah’s single Made in LA, CA
2020 | President of the CSUN Illustration Society (FEB-MAY 2020)
2019 | Artist Vendor- create, display & sell original works & CSUN Club Exchange pop-up shop, CA
2019 | Artist Vendor at LA Comic Con, CA
2019 | Illustrator- create a cover for singer-songwriter Koah’s single Trippin’, CA
2019 | Vice President of the CSUN Illustration Society (FEB2019-FEB 2020)
2019 | Ohmanut Art Fellowship - Hillel 818, Northridge, CA
2018 | Designer- create informational posters for The David Labkovski Project, CA
2017 | Vice President of the Santa Monica College Figure Drawing Club, CA
2016-2024 | Book-keeper- Law Offices of Louis E. Michelson APC
2010-2013 | Head of Treasury- Beverly Hills High School chapter of the National Arts Honors Society
Exhibitions & Awards
2024 | Under the Sea, exhibition at Carter Sexton, CA
2024 | Vintage, exhibition at Carter Sexton celebrating their 80th anniversary, CA
2024 | Havurah Folk, online artist highlight
2024 | Recipient of the Deans Honor Award | CSUN Art Dept Scholarship
2024 | Illustrated Twenty Twenty-Four, annual Spring CSUN Illustration Society exhibition, CA
2023 | Habits of the Soul, CSUN Printmaking Society exhibition, CA
2023 | Recipient of the Deans Honor Award | CSUN Art Dept Scholarship
2023 | Illustrated Twenty Twenty-Three, annual Spring CSUN Illustration Society exhibition, CA
2023 | Heartworks, CSUN Painting Guild exhibition, CA
2022 | Recipient of the Mary Bayramian Award || CSUN Art Dept Scholarship
2023 | American Illustration 42nd Annual Award Collection & publication, NY
2022 | Street-side Carcass, The Getty, Reseda, CA
2022 | Golden Hour, exhibition with CSUN Illustration Society, CA
2021 | American Illustration 40th Annual Award Collection & publication, NY
2021 | Render, Return to the Physical, A+D Museum, CA
2021 | MICA Made in California Show, Brea Gallery, CA
2020 | Small Works Show, Page Against the Machine, CA
2020 | Get the Message: Words and Images, Arts Benicia, virtual exhibition
2020 | New York Society of Illustrators 2020 Student Exhibition; Museum of American Illustration
2020 | Recipient of the Susan Manders Fine Arts Award | CSUN Art Dept Scholarship
2020 | Soft Soap Print Show, CSUN West Gallery, juried by Holly Jerger.
2019 | The Best Of! Print Show, Cafe de Leche Gallery, juried by Sydney Cross, CA
2019 | Recipient of the Arts Council Award | CSUN Art Dept Scholarship
2019 | Recipient of the Dean’s Purchase Award | CSUN Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition
2019 | CSUN Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition
2019 | Annual CSUN Painting Guild Show, CSUN West Gallery
2019 | Blend, Downtown Heaven Art Studio, CA
2019 | Can’t Stop Us Now!, Solano Ink Tattoo Studio, CA
2018 | Recipient of the Stan & Joann Benson Painting Award | CSUN Art Dept Scholarship