Education
- 2006 BFA in printmaking, Maryland Institute College of Art
Professional Experience
- 2008-present Partner / Cofounder, Work, Oakland CA. www.worksf.com
- Work is an art, publishing and apparel company that specializes in silkscreen printing and hand crafted goods.
- 2008-2010 Press operator, Julie Holcomb Printers, Emeryville CA
- As the sole printer for Julie Holcomb Printers. I was responsible for the production of all stationary, invitation, and custom printing. I operated the Heidelberg windmill, as well as the Heidelberg Cylinder sheet fed letterpress machines. as well as pre and post press cutting, developing photo polymer plates, corner rounding and finishing work. I also color corrected and printed files to the epson 7880 giclee printer.
- 2006-2008 Press operator / plate making, Digital Engraving, San Francisco CA
- Operated the Kluge stamping, embossing and die cutting presses. Also operated the Heidelberg windmill letterpress, and etched plates for the engraving presses using the Chronite Super-Etch plate making machine.
- 2006 Model maker, Development Design Group, Baltimore MD
- created architectural models for displays and presentations.
- 2006 Teachers assistant, Electronic Media and Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
- an introductory class for web and new media art
- 2005 Digital imaging, Artselect.com, Fairfield IA
- wide format scanning and digital photo correction. file formatting for web output, batch image processing. Light html and banner production.
- 2004 Co-founded Working Journals, a fine press publishing group
- working journals books can be found in the following permanent collections:
- Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Special Collections Library, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
- Artist books collection, Savanna College of Art and Design
- Decker Library Artist Books Collection, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
- 2004 Teachers assistant, Book Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
- a class covering hand sewn binding techniques
2002 corporate website design, TotalFloral LLC. Miami FL
Residencies and Awards
- 2007 artist in residence, Kala Institute, Berkeley Ca.
- 2005 printmaking department undergraduate merit award, MICA, Baltimore MD
Technical Skills
Printmaking:
- Etching (traditional and commercial copper plate techniques)
- Letterpress (Heidelberg windmill, Heidelberg Cylinder, and Vandercook handfed presses)
- Polymer plate making for intaglio or relief processes
- Stone lithography
- Screen printing for textiles and paper
- Book binding (folded, sewn signature, and glued spine techniques)
- Foil stamping and sculpted embossing
- Die cutting
- Operating programable cutters for pre and post press triming
Digital:
- Adobe Suite software
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Indesign
- Image ready
- Macromedia software
- XHTML, CSS, standards compliant
- FTP Clients
- Windows and Macintosh systems
- File formatting for web and print output
- Scanning / digital photo correction
- Microsoft Office
Fine Art Exhibitions
- 2008 Romoloco group show, Rowan Morrison gallery, Oakland CA
- 2007 Big World Little World, Transmissions Gallery, Berkeley CA
- 2006 Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot. A Celebration of Pure Printmakers, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO
- 2005 Narrative And Abstraction, solo exhibition, The Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD
- 2005 Artist Books, Decker Library, Baltimore MD
- 2005 MICA Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Baltimore MD
- 2004 MICA Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Baltimore MD
- 2004 Under The Influence, group exhibition at the Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore MD
- 2003 Implications And Impact, group exhibition at Dlot studio, Fairfield IA