EMPLOYMENT 
Self Employed Sculptor and Artist	2000 - present
paper sculpture, mural painting, small business of gift craft development and 
production for sale at local retail shops and for special events, teaching craft classes

Sculptor, Painter, Prototyping 		12/00-present, part time -freelance
Mario Chiodo Arts and Seasonal Visions International, USA Oakland, CA
  sculpting/painting/sewing/constructing prototypes for Halloween masks and other holiday
  merchandise, foam carving  (themed environments, Indian Casinos, private and public art)
  Employee of the Month, Sculpting Dept. Jan 2002
Mario Chiodo, founder,   Eric Neilson, art director  (510) 663-8143
            
                               
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2007 	 
The Green City Gallery, Zero-Waste Art (sculpture),
	Berkeley, 1 month
ReArt, Jurried Recycled Art Show (sculpture),
	Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, 3 1/2 weeks
Robogames, Art-Bot sculpture
	San Francisco, 3 days
North Beach Festival Arte di Gesso (street chalk art display)
	San Francisco, 2 days
Santana Row Arte di Gesso (street chalk art display/competition)
	San Jose, 2 days

2006 	
Robogames, San Francisco, 3 days
	Gold Medal Prize in Static Art-bot (scuplture) category
Zero Waste Art Contest, 2006 Berkeley Green Home Expo, 1 day
	"Plastic Undertow" installation:
	Best in Show
	Best Environmental Statement
	Best Political Statement
	"Wedding Cake" box: Best use of materials

2005 	
Paper Sculpture (wall-hanging), Caffe Roma, San Francisco, CA; 5 weeks

Prix Giotto Winner Award Show, Co-Curator and Exhibitor (sculpture),
	 Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, 2 weeks

North Beach Festival Arte di Gesso (street chalk art display/competition); 
	San Francisco, 2 days, 3rd place in contest
Infiorata di Noto (traditional Italian flower petal mosaic competition and display) 
	during the Spring Baroque Festival, group piece, in Noto, Sicily (Italy), one week
Festival of Flowers infiorata (traditional Italian flower petal mosaic display), 
	group piece in Piazza Amerina, Sicily (Italy), 3 days
Arte di Gesso Street Chalk Art participant/competitor, Bay Street Mall, solo piece, 2 days

2004 
North Beach Festival Arte di Gesso 50th Anniversary Commemorative street chalk art mural; 
	San Francisco, 2 days, 
Focus Italia, Yerba Buena Gardens Italian Arts Festival,
	Infiorata (traditional Italian flower petal mosaic display), group pieces, 3 days
Bay Street Mall Arte di Gesso (street chalk art display/competition), Emeryville, 2 days

2003	
Trash To Treasures recycled material art exhibition and competition; 
	3rd Place Prize in professional category, Oakland, one month 

Santana Row Arte di Gesso (street chalk art display/competition); 
	San Jose, 2 days
De Young Museum Topping Off Ceremony street chalk art mural, 
	San Francisco, group piece, 1 day
Focus Italia, Yerba Buena Gardens Italian Arts Festival, 
	Infiorata (traditional Italian flower petal mosaic display), group pieces, 3 days

2002 	 
Prix Giotto Winner Award Show, exhibitor (sculpture),
	Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, 7/02

North Beach Festival Arte di Gesso: Street Chalk Art participant/competitor; solo piece, 
	San Francisco, 2 days, 1st place in contest
Focus Italia, Yerba Buena Gardens Italian Arts Festival, 
	Infiorata (traditional Italian flower petal mosaic display), group pieces,
	San Francisco, 3 days

2001 	
Italian Heritage Day Arte di Gesso (street chalk art display/competition),
	2nd place in contest, San Francisco, 2 days 
Focus Italia, Yerba Buena Gardens Italian Arts Festival, 
	Arte di Gesso(street chalk art display/competition), San Francisco, 3 days


FREELANCE***consent to give contact info not obtained for all privately commissioned works***
MURAL for private residence in Lagunitas, 2/07

SET AND PROP construction & design for Apocrypha, a play by Ignacio Zulueta, 
produced at The Phoenix Theater in San Francisco, 2004

VARIOUS ART WORKS at Castle In The Air, retail store in Berkeley, CA  
owner: Karima Cammell (510) 204-9801
  WINDOW DISPLAY with giant paper mache tea set 6/06
  MURAL of flowers and birds 1/04
  CREPE PAPER FLOWER DECORATIONS 12/03, 5/02
  CREPE PAPER DRESS 1/04
  TOY THEATER wooden stage with Victorian proscenium, 3/03
  TEACHING crepe paper flower making 2003-present
  ART AND CRAFT MERCHANDISE for sale: phoenixes, stork, gift crafts, 5/02-present

MURAL of imaginary cityscape for private office in San Francisco, CA 11/01

MURAL of landscape and window for private residence in Livermore, CA   3/00

VARIOUS ART WORKS for The Phoenix Pastificio, shop and restaurant in Berkeley, CA 
owner: Eric Sartenaer (510) 883-0783
  BANNERS for farmers market booth, 2/02, 2/07
  MURAL of landscape and arches, 11/99 
  SCULPTURE of rabbit customer, 4/99 
  PAINTED decorative panels of animals and portrait of child, 6/98 
  MURAL of landscape, 12/97

BANNERS with Egyptian theme for Computer Software for Professionals, 2/98 

MURAL of landscape and stone wall for private residence in Olema, CA, 96-97

VARIOUS ART WORKS at Tail of the Yak, retail store in Berkeley, CA
owners: Alice Erb and Lauren Allard McIntosh (510) 841-9891
  SCULPTURE of cygnus atratus (black swan), life size, out of paper 1/04      
  DISPLAY CASE DECORATION out of paper 7/04
  WINDOW DISPLAY paper mache coral, 11/99
  ART AND CRAFT MERCHANDISE for sale: toys, paper ephemera 4/98-present

EDUCATION 
BACHELOR OF ARTS Degree 1997 from University of California, San Diego 
Visual Arts Media major, computer & video emphasis
Theater minor, sets & design emphasis

REFERENCES 
Danny Leone, founder of Arte de Leone (Arte di Gesso & other events) 
   North Beach Chamber of Commerce (415) 819-0500 
Eric Nielson of Seasonal Visions International, USA (510)663-8143 ex.206
Karima Cammel, owner of Castle in the Air; art client (510)204-9801
Eric Sartenaer, owner of The Phoenix Pastificio; art client  (510) 883-0783
Anandamayi Arnold, artist and partner for collaborative works (510) 647-3439