Project Manager Fine Arts
Resume:
Alison Sahmel
Chula Vista, CA 91915
Education
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
May 2008
Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking.
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
May 2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking.
Experience
Founder of Pegasus Prints, Brooklyn, NY
December 2019-Present
• Master Printer and managed the studio
Chromist, Two Palms, Manhattan, NY
August 2010-February 2019
• Project Manger and Chromist for Chuck Close, Mel Bochner, Cecily Brown, Elizabeth Peyton, Terry Winters, Richard Prince, Peter Doig and David Row. Chromist, Pace Editions, Brooklyn, NY
June 2008-July 2010
• Project Manager for Chuck Close’s Self-Portrait, distributed duties on a daily basis to meet project needs while drawing hand color separations and mixing ink.
• Work as project lead and main chromist on Zhang Dali’s AK-47 project, organized a team of four printers to meet all project deadlines, while hand drawing the 18 color separations of this edition.
• Assisted in hand drawing the color separations for Yue Minjun’s The Grassland Series.
Educator, Parson’s The New School, Manhattan, NY
August 2014-August 2018
• Instructor of Silkscreen Course for Undergraduates and Continuing Education. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Press Coordinator of Pratt Artists League
May 2007-May 2008
• Elected by the student body to serve as Pratt Artists League Press Coordinator. Served as the main liaison between the administration, faculty, and student body as well as all outside institutions to provide opportunities, including open studios and on-campus and off-campus exhibitions, to establish and further the careers of Pratt Students.
• Coordinated all media related materials including writing, revising, and designing press releases, media advisories, and calendar listings in Brooklyn and New York based publications.
Awards
• The Walter Rogalski Award (2007) – Selected by the Dean of Fine Arts to recognize students that excel in the School of Art curriculum.
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