Work Experience
Skills
● 15 years Art Handling experience
● 10+ years Custom framing experience
● Excellent interpersonal communication skills, and experience in fast paced environments
● Fast learner, with strong work ethic, team player
● Client facing, sales experience, and working on site
Design Department Lead | Senior Designer
Bark Frameworks, New York, NY.
Feb. 2024 to the present
- Advice Gallery, museum, and private clients on best practices for art preservation and framing
- Train Design team and associate's
- Average 100k in sales per month
Team Lead | Fitting
Downing Frames, New York, NY.
Jan. 2020- Jan. 2024
- Quality check all frame order designs and measurements
- Train new employees
- Lead all special projects
- Hinge and fit artworks, Stretch canvas, float mounting, fabrication
- Manage supplies
- Serve as a knowledge base for the design team and woodshop
Freelance Art Handler/Artist Assistant
Colorado Springs, CO and New York, NY.
2008-Present
- Artwork installation
- Detailed measuring for pre-built crating and packaging.
- Canvas conservation ( stretching, Strip-lining, inpainting etc.)
- Registrar assistant for inventory
Production Coordinator
Team Lead | Fitting
Chelsea Frames, New York, NY.
Aug. 2016- Dec. 2019
- Quality check all frame orders design and measurements
- Prep and fit up to 40 orders per week with archival techniques.
- Stretch canvas ( all sizes), float mounting, fabric wrapped mats.
- Cut fillets, matboards, glazing
- Plexiboxes and display cases
Adjunct Professor of Painting and Drawing
The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Aug. 2020-present
- Develop and implement lesson plans
- Train, guide, and demonstrate fine art techniques
- Keep detailed records of students' attendance, assignments and performance.
