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WHERE TO FIND ME

EDUCATION

2024  MA, Photography, Northern Illinois           University

2022  BFA, Photography, Northern Illinois         University

EXHIBITIONS

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCES

Dec 2022 – May 2024

PROMEALS | DESIGNER

• Assisted in the Design of ProMeals       website

• Designed flyers and digital               advertisements 

• Created design standards(colors, fonts,   font sizes, graphic appearance)

Aug 2022 – May 2024

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY BURMESE ART COLLECTION | GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT 

• Digitized the collection in a museum     software called Past Perfect

• Accessioned new objects into the         collection using Past Perfect

• Created identification cards, using     Past Perfect, to aid in returning       objects to correct location

• Photographed objects and worked on       promotional materials for an             exhibition

• Handled, cleaned, conserved, and         created mounts for art objects in the   collection

• Prepared objects for exhibition by       cleaning and packaging them

• Installed and worked in a gallery to     prepare for 4 exhibitions. 

• Assisted in the planning and             organization of a symposium for approx. 70 people

• Assisted in managing an art collection

Summer 2023

LISA PREDKO PHOTOGRAPHY | INTERN

• Set up lighting equipment and made         lighting diagrams for archives

• Researched into various props and           photographic ideas for each specific       photo shoot

• Assisted in the file organization of       client information and photographs and     learned the process of saving client       information to hard drives and Dropboxes

Jan 2019 – May 2022

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE SERVICES | PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

• Assisted with and led the assembly and     production of signs

• Worked with and maintained large printers   and machinery

• Organized and maintained a clean           workspace and office 

• Assisted customers with their signage and   large orders

• Delivered and assisted with the             hanging/installation of signs

• Designed posters and banners for NIU

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

PUBLIC

2023    Northern Illinois University,               DeKalb IL.

2018    DeKalb Highschool, DeKalb IL.

PRIVATE

2024    April Starzel

2024    Edwin Perez-Hernandez

2023    Jessica Labatte

GROUP AND SOLO

2024    Makeher MA solo Thesis Exhibition,           Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery

2023    Shape & Shadow Fargo Venue’s Fall           Exhibition

2023    Complexity of Perfection - Group             Exhibition, Addington Gallery

2022    No Restrictions - Group Exhibition,         Jack Olsen Gallery

2022    NIU’s First Year Graduate Show -             Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery

2022    Off the Wall - Group Exhibition,             Side Street Gallery

2022    NIU’s BFA Exhibition - Jack Olsen           Gallery 

2022    Awarded at Blick Art Materials “Ars         Nova Exhibition - Jack Olsen Gallery

2021    NIU’s ArtD 469 Final Show - DeKalb,         IL

2021    Awarded First Place in NIU’s STEAM           Fest Juried Exhibition

2021    Faces of Belonging - Annette and             Jerry Johns Gallery

2020    Stay Coffee + Gallery - On                   Instagram 

2020    Best of Quarantine - Float Magazine

2020    Blick Art Materials Ars Nova                 Exhibition - Jack Olsen Gallery

2018    Awarded Best in Show at IHSAE Senior         Art Exhibition 

PRODUCED AND INSTALLED

2023    Americans in Burma: The Art of               Collecting - NIU Art Museum         https://www.flickr.com/photos/niuartmuseum/

 

2022    Performing Southeast Asia:                   Performing Nat Pwe - James B. and           Rosalyn L. Pick Museum https://www.centerforburmastudies.com/performing-nat-pwe.html

CURATED

2024    Who Pulls the Strings in Burma? -           Jack Arends Hall

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

AWARDS

2022    Honorable mention at Blick Art               Materials “Ars Nova Exhibition”

2021    Honors Excellence Award

2021    First Place at “NIU’s STEAM Fest             Juried Exhibition           

2018    Best in Show at IHSAE Senior Art             Exhibition 

SCHOLARSHIPS

2023    Helen Merritt Art Endowment

2023    Jack and Eleanor Olson Art                   Scholarship

2023    John X. Koznarek Memorial                   Scholarship Fund

2023    Jonathan Ryan Lee Studio Art                 Scholarship

2022    Austin Sawicki Memorial Scholarship         Fund

2022    Cora Miner Art Scholarship Fund

2022    Helen Merritt Art Endowment 

2022    Art Tuition Scholarship for Current         Students

2021    NIU O’Malley-Pugh Endowment Fund for         School of Art

2021    Honors Excellence Award

2020    Cora Miner Art Scholarship Fund

2020    NIU O’Malley-Pugh Endowment Fund for         School of Art

2019    Art Tuition Grant for Returning             Students

2018    Art Tuition Grant for Incoming               Freshmen

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