Summary:
I finished my first commissions at the early age of 16, everybody knew that all I do is draw funny cartoons. I worked professionally as a multimedia designer since I finished my diploma in web and print design. One of my biggest online projects I have ever created is my hand crafted social awareness program with my own educational graphics. This project shows that I am capable of finishing work tasks from the idea to the product.
Core Skills:
From concept to design I have animated and designed many characters, posters, and logos for corporate and private businesses. Strong communication skills from my daily endeavors as a freelancer and teacher help me to visualize various ideas for clients.
Education
2010 Art Fundamentals Seneca College Toronto
2009 Portfolio Workshop Toronto
2004 Multimedia Design diploma in Germany
1996 Caricature and Press diploma Germany
Workshops/ Teaching
Past
Recreational art and outdoor activities for children - Sep. 1994
Families immigrated to Germany stayed in an immigration camp applying for German citicenship, my role was to help the children with homework and plan after school activities.
Teaching how to draw stick figures in Peru Iquitos - Jun. 2012
After school program for children, teaching them how to do stick figures
Teaching how to draw at Alderwood private school - Dec. 2010
After school program, for children, teaching them how to do stick figures and how to make characters out of them.
Kindness Workshop at International House Vancouver - Jul. 2018
The Importance of Silhouettes - Aug. 2014
Teaching how important negative spaces are when you create logos, characters, illustrations. The workshop ended with a small
test commission, a character holding a pizza.
Working in Peru teaching my sustainability program in school - Jun. 2013- 2014
Offering recreational art and music programs for Ayahuasca participants going through a retreat of cleansing and reflection.
Environmental program at Luc Sculpture - Jul. 2012
The lesson plan and educational animations were created to explain children what exploitation is and how they participate in it.
The key question was “Why do you call it Mother Earth?”
Germany Drawing Workshop - 2010 how to transform your stick figures to super heros
Current
Freelance experience:
2007 8 Animated characters for an interactive game console for the BRD-Museum in Berlin
2008 Animated character for subway screen promoting the interactive game console from BRD-Museum in Berlin Germany
2007 Character design for a Citizen initiative from “Saleeaue in Not!“ - Germany
2006 Intro for a Kung Fu school in Germany- animated text and cartoons.
2006 Website banner for chiliprint.de
2006- 2015 -Self employed media designer in photography animation and illustration.
2009 current Working with Street kids in Toronto and Vancouver providing free art material and lessons.
2006 Animation for aalbaeumle.de commissioned for supergenehm.de
2006 Retro magazine Illustrated 6 different character to rate old video games retromagazin.de
2006 Promo animation for “Die Anstifter” in Stuttgart die-anstifter.de
2005 Farelia Records audio books - Illustrated CD cover
2004 Macromedia school of media, commissioned letter head character
2002 Commissioned character Illustration for psychazone.de
2002 T shirt design for Oken- Gymnasium
2001 Logo design for youth center in Goldscheuer Germany
2000 Designed a Youth Firefighter sticker
Exhibitions
2019 Gallery Gachet’s Annual Collective Show
2017 May. Cannabis Culture downtown Vancouver
2013 Sep. Cafe Con Leche, claymation photography
2010 Mar. All Things Tea, claymation photography
2000 Jun. Exhibition at Stuttgart Germany
1997 Cafe Queque Germany
Education/ Germany:
1986 - 1990 Elementary school
1990 - 1995 Finished High school
1995 - 1996 Trade school for Wood and metal work
1994 - 1995 Certified Caricature and comic illustrator diploma
1996- 1999 Carpenter apprenticeship - carpenter degree
1999- 2000 Civilian service - after school program.
2003- 2006 Multimedia diploma for web and print design.
Education/ Canada:
2008 – 2013 ESL TOEFL adult learning at Bigfork hight school school in Toronto
2008- 2009 Portfolio Workshop in Toronto
2010- 2011 Art fundamentals and Portfolio preparation at Seneca college