Curriculum Vitae

SKILLS

Gallery Experience

Curating, Management, Administrative, Installation, Finance, Archiving, PR, Museum Outreach

Graphic Art

Layout, Design, Catalogs, Cards, Books, Websites, Logos, Evites, Brochures and other promotional items

Information Technology

Website maintenance, Technical support, Networking (Macintosh and PC)

Applications

Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, Microsoft Office, iWork, iLife, Quickbooks, Artsystems GalleryPro

Artistic

Painting, Lithography, Photography, Graphic Art, Sculpture, Framing, Restoration

EXPERIENCE

Icosahedron Gallery/DLC Fine Art

Senior Curator/Media Director

New York, NY • 2008 to Present

• Curating monthly solo and group exhibitions

• Art Sales

• Marketing

• Management

• Accounting

• PR and Museum outreach

• Creating exhibition catalogs, invitation cards, ARTnews and Art In America advertisements

• Writing catalog essays, press releases and artist reviews

• Organizing and maintaining gallery data and records

• Providing tech support for a network of Apple computers

Walter Wickiser Gallery

Gallery Assistant/Archvist/Graphic Artist/Web Designer

New York, NY • 2006 to 2008

• Archived the paintings, digital media, slides and photography of renowned painter Ralph L. Wickiser

• Designed four retrospective books of Ralph L. WIckiser

• Curated a retrospective exhibition of Ralph L. Wickiser at Susquehanna Museum in Selinsgrove, PA

• Created exhibition catalogs, invitation cards, ARTnews and Art In America ads with Illustrator and InDesign

• Wrote press releases, biographies and resumes

• Developed new artists; working with them to meet their design, financial and exhibition needs

• Curated monthly shows and overseeing their installation

• Administrative duties and finances

• Updated and maintained the gallery website; developing new features as needed

• Provided tech support for a network of Apple computers

Landshark CD Duplication

Media Coordinator

New York, NY • 2007

Designed album covers and CD labels

• Performed one on one customer service to meet individualized needs

• Created a website that brought the company to number two in both Google and Yahoo web searches, which tripled their hits per day and increased their business substantially

• Doubled the companies advertising results

Bridge Business & Property Brokers

Art Director

Patchogue, NY • 2006

• Supported and supervised the staff at New York's largest business brokerage

• Created numerous websites using Macromedia Studio

• Developed pamphlets, business cards, ecards, marketing material and trade show displays using Adobe Creative Suite

• Assisted the IT Manager with technical support, networking and website maintenance

Lanco, Corp.

IT Assistant/Emarketing Engineer

Hauppauge, NY • 2005 to 2006

• Updated and maintained a high traffic website

• Created art and code for weekly sent via email

• Maintained databases, inventory and internal records using Microsoft Great Plains

• Backing up and troubleshooting the central server

• Networking and troubleshooting a network of approximately one hundred Windows XP computers

Staller Center For The Arts

Stony Brook, NY • 2002

• Was educated in the art of gallery management

• Assisted with curating, art handling, installation and advertising

EDUCATION

City University of New York

Master of Art, Art History & Criticism • 2010

Brooklyn, NY

Stony Brook University

Bachelor of Arts, Art History & Criticism, and Studio Arts • 2003

Stony Brook, NY

MENTORS

Dr. Donald Kuspit

Art critic, author and professor of art history and philosophy, Stony Brook University and School of Visual Arts, NY

Dr. Jack Flam

Art critic, author and professor of art history, City University of Brooklyn and City University Graduate Center, NY

Dr. Mona Halder

Art critic, author and professor of art history, City University of Brooklyn and City University Graduate Center, NY

Dr. Nicholas Mirzoeff

Author and professor of art history, New York University, NY

Carl Pope, Jr.

Fine art photographer and professor of photography, Case University, OH