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Education:

2016-2017 Completed Certificate Program for Art Management and Community Development, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

2004-2006 Liberal Arts, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH

Juried Shows:

2023 Group Show (online): Inside a Memory, Visionary Art Collective, NYC, NY

2022 Group Show: Story Forms at the Nevada School for the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

2022 Group Show: Mojave Flora & Fauna, Clark County Gov. Center Rotunda, Las Vegas, NV

2022 Group Show: “Southwest Scapes” at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, NV

2021 Group Show: “Sizable”, Clark County Gov. Center Rotunda, Las Vegas, NV

2021 National juried group show: “Use Other Door” at Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2021 Juried Group Show: “Memento More” at Compulsion Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2017 Group show, Liz Gaugan’s portrait project for MOCA’s summer exhibition, Cleveland, OH

2017 22nd People’s Show: The Galleries at CSU, Cleveland, OH

2016 Group Show: 45th Annual Juried Student Show, The Galleries at CSU, Cleveland, OH

2015 Group show: “Akron Art Prize”, The Summit Gallery, Akron, OH

Awards:

2017 Winner, Post-baccalaureate Scholarship to The Cleveland Institute of Art, OH

2016 Best in Painting, 45th Annual Juried Student Show, Cleveland State University, OH

2006 Honorable Mention, 5th Annual Juried Student Show, Cuyahoga Community College, OH

1999 Gold Key Award, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH

Special Commissions/Freelance/Public art:

2023 ZAP Utility Box Art Project, NV

2023 AMP Utility Box Art Project, NV

2022 Creative Assistant on project Particle Ink, an immersive art installation opening in Las Vegas April 2022: I painted most of the interior and exterior of the building with custom art as requested by the artist, in addition to floor murals design, costume embellishments, and numerous other elements within the space. www.particleink.com/gallery NV

2022 Concert poster design, for Billy Joel’s first concert at Allegiant Stadium, NV

2020 Juried Inaugural Year Artist for the Las Vegas Raider’s football stadium, NV: I created two paintings for their permanent collection at the stadium.

Publications:

2023 Article publication about my art in Suboart International Art Magazine for Emerging Artists

2020 Interview on From the Ground Up: (minute 8:40 ) about my work in the Raiders Stadium https://youtu.be/rolY9lgpE4Q

2017 Published work in The Heart of Cleveland book by Scott Kraynak, page: 115

2014 Nitram charcoal company online artist blog write up. https://nitramcharcoal.com/blogs/blog/portrait-process-charcoal-art-zizka