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Education
2007–2008 Wossing Center for Chinese, New York, NY
- Cantonese: levels I–IV
2002–2006 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
- BFA Open major: Drawing, Printmaking, and Sculpture
Summer 2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Precollege program: Illustration, drawing, design, and art history
Summer 2000 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
- Precollege program: Sculpture, figure drawing, and artists' books
2000–2002 New England College, Henniker, NH
- American Art and Architecture
- Creative Experience: Visual Literacy
Work Experience
Winter 2008–Present Schwartzco Inc./Commercial Type, New York, NY
- Office manager/Sales
Summer–Fall 2008 National Geographic Channel, Washington DC
- Background painting for animation: "Five Years on Mars"
Spring 2008–Present Hitotoki NY, New York and Tokyo
- Illustrations accompanying stories
Winter 2008 Jed Schwartz Productions, Washington, NH
- Illustrations for animation: PBS special
Feb 2008–Present Leroy Kafka, New York, NY
- Book illustrations to accompany short story, eight chapters
Dec 2007 Condé Nast Portfolio, New York, NY
- Editorial Illustrations: portraits of the presidential candidates
Summer 2005–Summer 2007 Kenyon Woodworking, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Lead bench worker: architectural woodwork, custom cabinetry
Summer 2006 Washington Wayside Park, Washington, NH
- Relief in bronze for monument
Sep 2002–Sep 2004 Massachusetts College of Art, Prof. George Greenamayer, Boston, MA
- Teaching Assistant: Foundry Processes in Sculpture
Sep 2001–Sep 2004 Sandra Robinson and Peter France, Washington, NH
- Sculpture Studio Assistant
- Foundry casting and finishing in Bronze
Awards and Recognition
Wallpaper* magazine: 2008 Graduate Directory
- Massachusetts College of Art: Work selected for sale at Annual Benefit Auctions from 2006–2008
- Massachusetts College of Art: Painting Department Excellence award, 2006
- New Hampshire Allstate Art Festival: Work selected for exhibition, 2001
Skills and Interests
- Traditional Bow making
- Shakuhachi bamboo flute making and playing
- Bicycle frame building: frames built on commission



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