CV
Education
The Florence Academy of Art - Florence, Italy - Studied 19th century Italian plein-aire landscape painting in the
style of the Macchiaoli, and academic drawing in 2001. Anatomy and figure painting in 2003
Cobalt Studios - White Lake, New York Advanced Scene Painting course in translucent backdrop painting 2000
Whittier College - Whittier, California Bachelors of Art, Fine Arts, 1995, Whittier Scholars Program 1991-1995
Selected Professional Appointments
Texas Performing Arts- Austin, Texas
UT Department of Theatre and Dance, and UT Butler School of Music
Charge Scenic Artist for over 80 productions 1999-Present
Chula Vista High School for the Creative and Performing Arts - Chula Vista, CA
Guest Artist, Designer, and Muralist. Designed and produced 75’ mural, included in the City of Chula Vista Public Art
Collection 2008
Koncept Design Group - Designer and Muralist for Marriot hotel renovation Austin, TX 2006
Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin, TX - Designer and muralist for Starbucks “Austin Bound Mural” 2005
South Coast Repertory - Costa Mesa, California 1995-1999
Staff Scenic Artist for forty-seven productions with leading national designers Scenic Design and Scenic Artist, Latinologues,
Director: Rick Najera 1998
Disneyland Entertainment - Anaheim, California
Scenic Artist/ assistant to Mary Heilman, Mulan Parade-floats 1998
Knott’s Berry Farm - Buena Park, California
Scenic Artist/Sculptor 1993-1996
George and Goldberg Design Associates - Paramount, California 1991-1999 Scenic Artist: Industrial displays,
theme park,cruise ship, backdrops and stage setting for touring music groups.
Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles California
Scenic Artist, Nine Armenians-scrim backdrop, Designer: Ralph Funicello 1997
Zach Scott Theatre - Austin, Texas
Charge Scenic Artist and consultant for various productions 2000-2006
The State Theatre - Austin, Texas
Charge Scenic Artist, Proof, and The Dinosaur Within, Designer: Hugh Landwehr 2002 Charge Scenic Artist, Glass Menagerie,
Designer: Christopher McCollum 2001 Charge Scenic Artist, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Designer: Richard Isackes 2000
Movie Magic - Universal City, Universal Studios, California
Scenic Artist, Tokyo Theme Park Attraction film 1999
San Diego Comic Opera - San Diego, California Scene Designer/Scenic Artist Anything Goes 1997, The Chocolate Soldier 1995
Scenic Artist H.M.S. Pinafore 1990
Selected Academic Appointments
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance 1999-Present
Scenic Art and Figure/Fabric Painting Instructor
The Costa Rica Center for Science and Culture/ Center for Advanced Study in the Arts/Institute for Digital Performing Arts/ArtesAméricas - San Jose, Costa Rica
Guest Faculty-Scenic Art 2005
Guest lecturer
St. Edwards University: Scenic Art 2006
Whittier College: Scene painting in regional theatre 1998
Conferences and Workshops
United States Institute of Theatre Technology Co-Commissioner, Scene Design:
USITT Scene Design Commission2007-Present
Vice Commissioner of Conference Programming: USITT Scene Design 2007-2008
Vice-Commissioner of Scene Painting: USITT Scene Design Commission 2004-2006
USITT National Conference Steering Committee Member 2010-2013
Presenting Artist - translucent backdrop painting master classUSITT S.E. Regional Conference, Birmingham, Alabama 2006
Presenting Artist - USITT Long Beach Professional Development Workshop “From Pixel to Bristol” Guest Artists: Bob Moody,
Rachel Keebler, Karen Maness and Mary Heilman 2001
Presenting Artist - Texas Performing Arts- Master Class, “From Pixel to Bristol” Taught pneumatic paint techniques for interpreting
digital imagery 2001
Exhibition Curator- “Evolution of a Designer” USITT National Conference, Kansas City, Mo. 2010
Guest Panelist - USITT Louisville, “Don’t Breathe Just Paint”, Safe practices for the paint shop with Monona Rossol 2006
Session Chair - USITT Toronto Professional Development Workshop; “Backdrop Layout Canadian Opera Company” Guest instructors: Susan Crabtree and Howard Jones 2005
Session Chair - USITT Long Beach “The Genie is out of the Bottle”: Interpreting computer generated paint elevations. Guest Panelists, Designers: Ralph Funicello and Robert Schmidt, Scenic Artists: Mary Heilman and Rachel Keebler 2001
Awards and Grants
The University of Texas at Austin - College of Fine Arts Staff Excellence Award - Texas Performing Arts 2000-2001
Travel Grant from the University of Texas Performing Arts Center’s ArtesAméricas Program-
Guest Lecturer,The Costa Rica Center for Science and Culture/ Center for Advanced Study in the Arts/Institute for Digital Performing Arts/ArtesAméricas, San Jose, Costa Rica: July 2005
Travel Grant from Texas Performing Arts and Department of Theatre and Dance- The Florence Academy of Art,
Florence, Italy: Summer 2001, For the purpose of studying 19th century Italian landscape painting
Travel Grant from Texas Performing Arts and the Dean of the College of Fine Arts
The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy: Summer 2003, For the purpose of studying figure painting and anatomy
Travel Grant from Texas Performing Arts Cobalt Studios - White Lake, New York: summer 2000, for the purposeof studying
advanced translucent backdrop painting techniques.
Whittier College - Whittier Scholars Program Educational Design winner -best curricular design 1995
Whittier College - Tuition grant to study studio art 1999-1995
Education
The Florence Academy of Art - Florence, Italy - Studied 19th century Italian plein-aire landscape painting in the
style of the Macchiaoli, and academic drawing in 2001. Anatomy and figure painting in 2003
Cobalt Studios - White Lake, New York Advanced Scene Painting course in translucent backdrop painting 2000
Whittier College - Whittier, California Bachelors of Art, Fine Arts, 1995, Whittier Scholars Program 1991-1995
Selected Professional Appointments
Texas Performing Arts- Austin, Texas
UT Department of Theatre and Dance, and UT Butler School of Music
Charge Scenic Artist for over 80 productions 1999-Present
Chula Vista High School for the Creative and Performing Arts - Chula Vista, CA
Guest Artist, Designer, and Muralist. Designed and produced 75’ mural, included in the City of Chula Vista Public Art
Collection 2008
Koncept Design Group - Designer and Muralist for Marriot hotel renovation Austin, TX 2006
Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin, TX - Designer and muralist for Starbucks “Austin Bound Mural” 2005
South Coast Repertory - Costa Mesa, California 1995-1999
Staff Scenic Artist for forty-seven productions with leading national designers Scenic Design and Scenic Artist, Latinologues,
Director: Rick Najera 1998
Disneyland Entertainment - Anaheim, California
Scenic Artist/ assistant to Mary Heilman, Mulan Parade-floats 1998
Knott’s Berry Farm - Buena Park, California
Scenic Artist/Sculptor 1993-1996
George and Goldberg Design Associates - Paramount, California 1991-1999 Scenic Artist: Industrial displays,
theme park,cruise ship, backdrops and stage setting for touring music groups.
Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles California
Scenic Artist, Nine Armenians-scrim backdrop, Designer: Ralph Funicello 1997
Zach Scott Theatre - Austin, Texas
Charge Scenic Artist and consultant for various productions 2000-2006
The State Theatre - Austin, Texas
Charge Scenic Artist, Proof, and The Dinosaur Within, Designer: Hugh Landwehr 2002 Charge Scenic Artist, Glass Menagerie,
Designer: Christopher McCollum 2001 Charge Scenic Artist, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Designer: Richard Isackes 2000
Movie Magic - Universal City, Universal Studios, California
Scenic Artist, Tokyo Theme Park Attraction film 1999
San Diego Comic Opera - San Diego, California Scene Designer/Scenic Artist Anything Goes 1997, The Chocolate Soldier 1995
Scenic Artist H.M.S. Pinafore 1990
Selected Academic Appointments
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance 1999-Present
Scenic Art and Figure/Fabric Painting Instructor
The Costa Rica Center for Science and Culture/ Center for Advanced Study in the Arts/Institute for Digital Performing Arts/ArtesAméricas - San Jose, Costa Rica
Guest Faculty-Scenic Art 2005
Guest lecturer
St. Edwards University: Scenic Art 2006
Whittier College: Scene painting in regional theatre 1998
Conferences and Workshops
United States Institute of Theatre Technology Co-Commissioner, Scene Design:
USITT Scene Design Commission2007-Present
Vice Commissioner of Conference Programming: USITT Scene Design 2007-2008
Vice-Commissioner of Scene Painting: USITT Scene Design Commission 2004-2006
USITT National Conference Steering Committee Member 2010-2013
Presenting Artist - translucent backdrop painting master classUSITT S.E. Regional Conference, Birmingham, Alabama 2006
Presenting Artist - USITT Long Beach Professional Development Workshop “From Pixel to Bristol” Guest Artists: Bob Moody,
Rachel Keebler, Karen Maness and Mary Heilman 2001
Presenting Artist - Texas Performing Arts- Master Class, “From Pixel to Bristol” Taught pneumatic paint techniques for interpreting
digital imagery 2001
Exhibition Curator- “Evolution of a Designer” USITT National Conference, Kansas City, Mo. 2010
Guest Panelist - USITT Louisville, “Don’t Breathe Just Paint”, Safe practices for the paint shop with Monona Rossol 2006
Session Chair - USITT Toronto Professional Development Workshop; “Backdrop Layout Canadian Opera Company” Guest instructors: Susan Crabtree and Howard Jones 2005
Session Chair - USITT Long Beach “The Genie is out of the Bottle”: Interpreting computer generated paint elevations. Guest Panelists, Designers: Ralph Funicello and Robert Schmidt, Scenic Artists: Mary Heilman and Rachel Keebler 2001
Awards and Grants
The University of Texas at Austin - College of Fine Arts Staff Excellence Award - Texas Performing Arts 2000-2001
Travel Grant from the University of Texas Performing Arts Center’s ArtesAméricas Program-
Guest Lecturer,The Costa Rica Center for Science and Culture/ Center for Advanced Study in the Arts/Institute for Digital Performing Arts/ArtesAméricas, San Jose, Costa Rica: July 2005
Travel Grant from Texas Performing Arts and Department of Theatre and Dance- The Florence Academy of Art,
Florence, Italy: Summer 2001, For the purpose of studying 19th century Italian landscape painting
Travel Grant from Texas Performing Arts and the Dean of the College of Fine Arts
The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy: Summer 2003, For the purpose of studying figure painting and anatomy
Travel Grant from Texas Performing Arts Cobalt Studios - White Lake, New York: summer 2000, for the purposeof studying
advanced translucent backdrop painting techniques.
Whittier College - Whittier Scholars Program Educational Design winner -best curricular design 1995
Whittier College - Tuition grant to study studio art 1999-1995
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