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Motion Graphics Design, Design, Video Editing & Production, Art Direction, Concept Building, Storyboarding, Illustration, Stop Motion Animation, and Teaching
I am an Interdisciplinary Artist, Motion Graphics Designer, and Adjunct Professor at College for Creative Studies that enjoys creating experimental art and short films. I have had the opportunity for my personal work to screen in a variety of film festivals and have been able to create freelance work for various organizations, small businesses, and musicians. I commonly incorporate my passions for the environment, science, spirituality, and mental health into my personal work. One of my recent pieces is an immersive installation within a Detroit attic that glances into an optimistic environmental future. I also have experience creating various video and animated content for digital, social, broadcast, and internal communications streams as well live-event signage within a large internal agency in Detroit.
In 2017, I received my BFA in Entertainment Arts with a focus in Animation from College for Creative Studies. I'm currently pursuing my MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
I greatly enjoy volunteering, having volunteered for organizations such as: Art Action Experience, verynice, Arts & Scraps, Forgotten Harvest, The Royal Oak Environmental Advisory, Alternatives for Girls, Friends of the Rogue, The Detroit Zoo, Read to Child Inc., Keep Growing Detroit, and UMDF.
I was born in Chicago, IL and grew up around Metro Detroit Michigan. From a young age, I was inspired by my father who is also an Artist and my mother who is a Physical Therapist DPT, OMPT. I learned the value of community, motion, and care from their practices. I come from an Italian-American family and grew up with two younger sisters. I am married to my loving partner of ten years. Together, we home a rescue dog, two rescue cat brothers, an orange betta fish, and many plants. I greatly enjoy gardening, mediating, finding frogs, backpacking, singing, reading, cooking, and listening to rad tunes. I am also oddly good at playing MAPPY. ☮