EDUCATION
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
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Fine Arts Major
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Advanced coursework is various medias including: digital media, silkscreen printmaking, & watercolor.
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Planned & executed exhibition for 3D artist Lavon Williams
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Advanced fashion illustration and construction
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Construct fashion collection followed by a professional show production
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
SENIOR HIGH
FASHION DESIGN
AWARDS & HONORS
College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities, 2019-2020
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
CAMILLE OLIVIA HANKS-COSBY SCHOLARSHIP
Floirda A&M University, 2019
FAMU Fine Arts Society, 2020
VICE PRESIDENT
DESIGN SPECIALIST
WEST ELM
JUNE 2021-PRESENT
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Increase customer retention by 10% .
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Surpassed 1 million in sales at the end of fiscal year
GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN
FAMU ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY
JAN-MARCH 2020
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Built an imaginative lesson plan for students that was inspired by toys from 80s & 90s
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Designed content that informed young artist on basic sewing construction and product design.
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Cultivated independent and imaginative thinking
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Originated sleek logo design that illustrates the libraries mission
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Constructed activity book to help Architecture students destress
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Consulted with head librarian to turn out high polished designs that met her needs.
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Adobe Photoshop Certified
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Adobe Illustrator
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Fashion & Multimedia Illustration
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Project Management
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Sewing & Fashion construction
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Watercolor painting
TALENT & SKILLS
EXHIBITION
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Art Unplugged, Group show, Nefertari’s, Tallahassee, FL, 2019
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Art at Home, Group show, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2019
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Black History Month Exhibition, Group show, Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art, Apalachicola, FL, 2018-19
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Pinnacle National Juried Art Exhibition, Foster- Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2018
COMMISSIONS
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Illustration, color pencil & ink, Dawn Crooks, Brooklyn, NY
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Portrait Commission, Tallahassee Chapter of Masons, watercolor and acrylic, Tallahassee, FL
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Children’s book illustration, watercolor & ink pen, Gerry Seay, Tallahassee, FL
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Lov 116 logo, Adobe Illustrator vector rendering, Lov 116 shoe company, Kalov Sumlar, Tallahassee, FL
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Bag Chasin' Musik artist logo, Adobe Illustrator vector rendering, Delvin Oliver, Tallahassee, FL
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Portrait, Wax Pastel drawing, Markez Bellamy, Tallahassee, FL
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Portrait, Wax Pastel drawing, Olivia Persons, Zephyrhills, FL
WORK EXPERIENCE
ART TEACHER
LEMOYNE ARTS CENTER
JUNE-AUGUST 2021
GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN
RAP PLUG INC.
JAN-APRIL 2021
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Created animated logo that promoted brand recognition and is currently utilized by internship program.