Aura Guha

Please email me so I can send you my CV and Portfolio. I prefer that to having it all written out here. I have copy-pasted it here either way :) Thank you!

Professional Work Experience:

• Actress, Performer and Singer for different companies, institutions, and freelance, including educational roleplays and research – present and continuing
• First Line Application Technician at A-Plan Insurance, Howden UK & Ireland, IT Department – present, looking to change
• Food and Art Sales at community Farmer’s Market – present and continuing
• Waitress, Desserts-maker, Bartender, Door and General FOH at Zaks’s American Diner, Poringland
• Freelance and Commissioned Artwork 

6. Alcohol Impact Crew, Door Staff, Cloakroom Attendant for University of East Anglia, Student Union

• Bartender at The Talk, Norwich
• Waitress and Bartender at The Wine Cellar, Norwich
• Waitress at Haggle, a Turkish restaurant
• Chef and General Helping-hand at Khubkhao Gastronomic Ventures, a food business in India
• Private Tutor (all school subjects, upto GCSE level)
• Volunteered Primary School Teacher, Mirambika Free Progress School (India)
• Social Worker- Rural Education Centre Rishi Valley (India), Abha Mission for Social Health and Education (NGO - India), Waste Management of Rishi Valley (India)

Skills and Work Profile

Artwork:

(I am currently working on a website for my art, yet to be published)

1. Nature Study and Still Life: ICSE 2017 94%, ISC 2019 97%
2. Batik and Kalamkari (fabric art)
3. Thread Work: Crochet, Embroidery, Knitting
4. Wood Craft, Wood carving, Whittling, Workshop
5. Modelling: Paper-maché, Wire work, Plaster carving, Clay modelling, Pottery, Wax sculpting
6. Sketching and Painting: including silk screening, lino-prints, and wall murals
7. Illustrations
8. Digital Art
9. Lettering and Fonts
10. Fashion Designing
11. Labels and Package Designing
12. Photography
13. Basic Animation
14. Landscaping and Interior Designing

Other Areas of Experience

1. Drama: Performances, Acting, Directing, Stage management, Production, Light, Sound, Costumes, Set design and Building, Props, Posters and Advertisements, Music Direction, Composition, etc.
2. Music: Vocals (Carnatic classical and Western), Guitar, Piano, Tabla, Rudiments of Violin, and Drums, Composer, part of the Judging Panel for numerous musical events.
3. Sports: Football*, Handball*, Basketball* (*school teams),Ultimate Frisbee, Horse riding, Swimming, Badminton.
4. Dance: Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Western folk, Ballroom, Freestyle, Contemporary, Organiser of numerous dance events.
5. Writing: Stories, Poetry, Scripts, Musicals.
6. Planning and Organising: Unpaid wedding planning and event organising.
7. Gastronomy: Baking, Cooking, Plating, Arrangement and Design, Commissioned baker.

(Note: My mother used to own a food and beverage venture called Khubkhao Gastronomic Ventures back in India. I was not professionally working there, but was involved in most of it, starting from kitchen work to customer satisfaction).

Qualifications:

1. University of East Anglia, BA Drama, United Kingdom

• Oxbridge Academic Program from Cambridge University (2017), United Kingdom

• Major- Shakespearean Drama
• Minor- Photography

3. ISC (2019) and ICSE (2017) from Rishi Valley School, India

• GCSE equivalents- English language, English literature, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History & Civics, Geography, Hindi, Fine Arts
• A Level equivalents- English language, English literature (compulsory section), Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Fine Arts