Education: 2008 Master of Fine Art-Visual Arts, California College of the Arts: San Francisco, California 2002 Bachelor of Fine Art-Visual Arts, Hunter College: NY, NY Exhibitions: Solo: 2008-On the Disco Team, Keys That Fit, Oakland, CA Selected Group Exhibitions: 2008- Destination: San Francisco , Queens Nails Annex, SF, CA Making Room for Wonder , SomArts Gallery, SF, CA Slide Slam, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA The Bathrrom Show, Tricycle Galley, San Francisco, CA Slidelick Potshow, SENAC Rio- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2007- Immediate Future, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery- S.F., CA Notebook Show, Playspace Gallery- S.F., CA Slidelick Potshow, Sandbox Studio- S.F., CA T'What?, Gallery NuLu- Louisville, KY If Other Please Specify, Slusser Gallery- Ann Arbor, MI 2006- Persad A.I.D.S. Benefit, Carnegie Melon- Pittsburgh. PA 2005- Brazilian Boys, Jack Doroshow- NY, NY 2004- Young Photographer's Biennial, Office Ops- NY, NY 2002- Stuck Togetherr, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery- NY, NY Awards: 2007 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship - San Francisco Arts Commission 2006 MFA Merit Scholarship at California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Publication: 6/08 KQED Public Television, Gallery Crawl CCA-MFA, San Francisco, CA http://www.kqed.org/arts/gallerycrawl/episode.jsp?id=22770 5/08 Art Business.com, San Francisco, CA, http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/050808.html 5/08 Fecal Face.com, San Francisco, CA http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1104&Itemid=0 4/06 MixBrasil - Sao Paulo, Brazil, http://mixbrasil.uol.com.br/cultura/hotpixels.shtm 3/06 Kom Ut Journal- Stockholm, Sweden 5/05 PopPortraits.com- New York, NY, http://www.popportraits.com/nycgallopenstills.htm Work Experience: Photographer / Videographer for Visual Art Production 2008, Brian Conley, San Francisco, CA -Large format photographs for 2008 Bay Area Now exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 2007, William Pope L., San Francisco, CA -Photography and videography for projects 141 Demands and Black Factory Photographer's Assistant 1999-2006 New York, NY Assisting commercial/fine art photographers pre/post production and on set. Primarily working with: Hiro, Gordon Munro and Spencer Tunick Photographic Retoucher 2001-2006 New York, NY Scanning, retouching and printing for commercial photographers. Work featured in publications such as: Self Magazine, Lucky Magazine and In Style Magazine Artist's Assistant 2003 Spencer Tunick, New York, NY 2002 Hiro New York, NY Joseph Grant, New York, NY 2001 Assisting in the curation, installation and organization of photographic exhibitions Studio Manager 2001 New Era Studio, New York, NY Bookings, invoicing, equipment rentals and general management for rental photo studio. Photographer's Assistant Portland, ME 1996-1999 Assisting still life studio photographers shooting the L.L. Bean Catalog. Technical Skills: -Expert in Photoshop photographic adjustment and retouching -Trained in optimal scanning for Imacon Scanners -Experienced in all photographic formats up to 8x10 both digital and film -Expert in studio lighting for photography -Expert in traditional darkroom photographic printing: both black and white and color -Trained in digital image output: Epson Stylus Pro 9600 and Epson Stylus Pro 4000 -Knowledge of HTML and web design -Installation of fine art exhibitions Languages: Fluent in written and spoken Portuguese Proficient in written French