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PERSONAL QUALITIES

Ability to work independently as well as on a team. Quick-learner and problem solver. Thorough, meticulous, energetic, and friendly. Good listener, understanding, flexible. Strong communication skills—written and spoken. Can work on multiple projects and under tight deadlines.

SKILLS

Life drawing and painting, Photo-retouching
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, and Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office
Mac and PC Operating Systems

LANGUAGES

Bilingual English and French
Fluent in Italian and Spanish

EDUCATION

2004 MFA Painting, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2002 BA Studio Art (magna cum laude) College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2011 500hr Yoga Teacher Certification, YogaLife Institute, Devon, PA
2008 200hr Yoga Teacher Certification, YogaLife Institute
2001 Visiting Student, Parsons Paris School of Design, Paris, France
2000 Study Abroad, Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute with UNC Chapel Hill, Florence, Italy

HONORS AND AWARDS

2002—04 Full Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Delaware
2002 Phi Beta Kappa, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Highest Honors in Art, William & Mary
2001 Minor Research Grant for Honors work, William & Mary
Thorley Scholarship, Department of Art and Art History, William & Mary

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003—2012 Graphic Design, Freelance

2007—2011 Yoga Teacher, Sporting Club at the Bellevue, East Falls Fitness, Kroc Center, Interim House (Women's substance abuse treatment facility), 110over70, Yoga on the Ridge, Philadelphia, PA

2005—2011 Travel Guide, Trek Travel (Europe, Costa Rica, USA)

2006—2010 Trip Design Coordinator, Trek Travel (Europe, New Zealand, Vietnam, Costa Rica)

2009—2010 Program Coordinator, Gearing Up, Philadelphia, PA

2004—2005 Supplemental Faculty, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Life Drawing, Foundation Drawing)
Adjunct Instructor, Salem Community College, Carneys Point, NJ (Intro to Computer Graphic Art, Drawing)

2002—2004 Instructor of Record, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
(Beginning Painting, Life Drawing, Foundation Drawing II, Elementary Drawing and Painting)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 Naiad’s Walk, Hyacinths and Dragonflies Gallery, Newark, DE
2004 Hyacinths & Dragonflies Gallery, Newark, DE
2003 Dialogue, Agilent Technologies Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2002 Woman Revealed, Andrews Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Bike Art Adelaide, Australia

2011 RiAus Adelaide REEF, The Science Exchange, Adelaide, Australia

2006 Surfacings, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ

2005 Mini-Works on Paper, 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville State University, AL

2004 Pittura e fotografia dal punto di vista dell’occhio moderno, Castell Welsperg, Welsperg, Italy
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Women, Art, and Memory, National Juried Exhibition, Arts & Literature Lab, New Haven, CT

2003 Art Happens, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
New Blood II, University of Delaware, DE
Town & Country, Juried Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
Works on Paper, Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Emerging Artists, 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
On the Table, Juried Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2002 Woman Image, National Juried Show, The Gallery at Dodds Hall, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
New Blood I, Recitation Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Cecil County Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Elkton Arts Center, Elkton, MD
Juried Members Show, Newark Arts Alliance, Newark, DE
Senior Exhibition, Andrews Gallery, William & Mary,

2001 Défense de la Sociale, Parsons Paris School of Design, Paris, France

COLLECTIONS

Genentech, Inc. San Francisco, CA