Profile
Visual Development Artist, Digital Painter, Freelance Illustrator, Educator, MFA.
Education
MFA Studio Art. Emphasis in Illustration. University of Arizona. 2015
“85719” Thesis. Exploration of socio-economic concerns of downtown and midtown
Tucson through photography and Illustration.
BFA Studio Art. Emphasis in Illustration. University of Arizona. 2008
“The Whisper” Senior Project. 32-page, self-published picture book.
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty. Pima Community College. 2015-Present
Environment Design, Editorial Illustration, Sequential/Narrative Art, Storyboarding,
Character Development, Basic Design, Watercolor, Drawing, Illustration, Photoshop.
Curriculum building, lesson planning, grading.
Adjunct Faculty. University of Arizona School of Art. 2013-2020
Digital Illustration and Painting, Beginning Illustration, Introductory Drawing.
Curriculum building, lesson planning, grading.
Long-term Substitute Teacher. Amphitheater School District. 2010-2012
Organizing curriculum, lesson planning, grading.
Storyboarding
Taser International/Axon. Advertisement. 2017
“Agent of the Month” Grimes Brothers. Short Film. 2016
Graphic Design
Lead Graphic Designer. Big Frog Custom T-Shirts and More. 2012-2015
Freelance Design/Illustration
Clients - Gathered Magazine, Common Place Quarterly, UA Presents, Edible Baja, RareBird Realty, GJ’s Coffee House,
Forte Communications, Buh Bye Inc, Iron Horse Amplification, Sunbones,
Muddy Watters Run Deep, Branches
Art Experience
“Local Color” Collective Show. Walter Art Gallery. Scottsdale AZ. March 2020
“Local Haunts” Solo Exhibition. Walter Art Gallery. Scottsdale AZ. March 2019
“85719” Thesis Exhibition. University of Arizona Museum of Art. May 2015
“Invoke/Evoke” Collective Show. Exploded View Gallery. Fall 2014
Solo Exhibition. Cafe Luce. October 2011
“Ill-ustration” Collective Show. University of Arizona Union Gallery. 2008
“Night of a Thousand Drawings” Collective Show. Dinnerware Gallery. 2008
“Illustration Show and Tell” Collective Show. Fremont House Gallery. 2008
“Better Than a Thousand Words” Collective Show. Lionel Rombach Gallery. 2008