Resume

Education

2007 - 2014 Fine Art Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Academy of Art University. San Francisco, CA    

Films       

"Film 6" Laika Studios. Junior Mold Maker

"Missing Link" Laika Studios. RPQA and Face Librarian/ Rapid Animation Tester                  

Awards

2013 1^st place Best of Show. Academy of Art Spring Show

2012 1^st place Best of Show. Academy of Art Spring Show

2011 2^nd place Best of Show. Academy of Art Spring Show

2010 Student Choice. Academy of Art Spring Show

 Group Exhibitions

2015

"Baby Fatts" @ KidRobot San Francisco/Woot Bear. San Francisco, CA

"Creature Feature 3" Group Show at Left Hand Black Gallery. San Diego, CA

2014

“Hello Trikky” Custom Show at Kidrobot San Francisco. San Francisco, CA

“Dead as Fuck” Bearchamp show at New York Comic Con. New York City, NY

“Back to School Munny World Show” Suburban Vinyl. Waldwick, NJ

“Zee Makerbot Show” at Makerbot Retail Store. New York, NY

“Tenebrous” Group Sculpture Show at Clutter Galley. Beacon, NY

25^th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Davis, CA

“Big Ass Monster show”. Online gallery streetsofbeige.com

2013

“Octoyberfest” Custom Toy Show at The Royal Flesh Tattoo Gallery. Chicago, IL

Academy of Art Annual Spring Show. San Francisco, CA

24th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Davis, CA

"We Customize" Exhibit at Oakland Museum of California. Oakland, CA

“The Gathering” A Swanicorn Group Art Show, Dragatomi Gallery. Sacramento, CA

“Attack of the Robots” Custom Toy Show at Art Attack SF. San Francisco, CA

2012

Designer Toy Awards. New York City ,NY

Vinyl thoughts Art Show 3 “Drawn Together.” Dallas, TX

Academy of Art Annual Spring show. San Francisco, CA

23^rd Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Davis, CA

2011

“Everybody’s Hero,” Fabric8. San Francisco, CA

“Woodland Group Show,” Modern Eden. San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art Spring Annual Show. San Francisco , CA

22^nd Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Davis, CA

 2010

Academy of Art Annual Spring Show. San Francisco, CA

21^st Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art. Davis, CA

 

Site Specific/Public Sculpture

2010

San Francisco Zoo. San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University. San Francisco, CA

 

Publications

              Clutter Magazine, Issue 22

              Makerbot Publications Issue One, The Zee Issue

              Get Stuffed, Vol. 1

 

Collections (selected)

Oakland Museum of California. Oakland CA

Margaret Keelan. Richmond CA

Shinji Nakako. Honmachi, Japan

Shing Kor. Los Angeles CA

Emily Fuller. Las Vegas, NV

Darrel Heath. Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Roberto Bessa. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Amy Greenwood. Ontario, Canada

Wendell and Shea Grimm. Sacramento, CA

Adam Coppoletti. San Francisco, CA

 

Professional Activities

Sculpting and Painting Demonstration at the Oakland Museum of California.

Sculpting and Painting Demonstrations at Kidrobot San Francisco.

Live Painting Demonstration at Art Attack SF Gallery.

Prop Designer for Feature Film, “Chasing Rodriguez”

Prop Designer for Feature Film, “Love Concord”

Sculpting and Painting Demonstrations at Utrecht Art Supplies

 

Skills

Portrait and figure sculpting, MIG/TIG/Oxyacetylene welding, forging, mold making in plaster and silicone rubbers. Casting wax, resin, and ceramic. Wax building for bronze and toy prototyping. Ceramic-Shell building and repairing for metal casting. Familiar with doing all the steps involved in bronze and metal pours such as lead and deadman. Chasing, welding, and patination for bronze. Site-specific installation knowledge and practice.