ABOUT

I was born in New Jersey and currently live in Brooklyn, NY, where I have worked professionally for over twenty years as an Animator, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Stylist, Exhibition Designer, Writer, Musician, and assistant to the late great Stephen Sprouse—not necessarily in that order.

RESUME

Media Artist, Ralph Appelbaum Associates • Staff 2017 – 2022, Freelance 2012-2017

  • Creation of media for museums and cultural centers.

  • Select projects include:

  • National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA

  • Museo Ruta de Plata (Mining History Museum), El Triunfo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

  • Moody Gardens Aquarium, Galveston, TX

  • Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX

  • National Veterans Memorial and Museum, Cleveland, OH

  • Jewish History Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow

  • Presidio Heritage Center, San Francisco

  • Vanke Pavilion at the 2015 World Expo, Milan, Italy

Batwin + Robin (Freelance)

  • Design and Animation, New York Historical Society

  • Design and Animatics, Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular

  • Animation, IBM 100th Anniversary

  • Animation, Walt Disney Family Museum

Local Projects (Freelance)

  • Animation, Museum of the City of New York

Spark Productions (Freelance)

  • Clients include: Nissan, Toyota, Pepsi, Hewlett Packard, Pfizer, IBM, Barnum and Bailey circus, High School Musical on Ice

FREELANCE EXHIBITION DESIGN — Select projects:

  • Designer and curator of the Stephen Sprouse Room, part of the exhibit Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (May – August 2009)

  • Designer and Co-Curator of Rock on Mars, a retrospective exhibition of the work of Stephen Sprouse at Deitch Projects. (January – February 2009)

  • Assisted in the design and realization of Stephen Sprouse installation as part of the exhibit The Fourth Sex,  Fondazione Pitti Imagine Discovery, Florence 2003

  • Hand-painted the faces and tattoos of the mannequins for the inaugural exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Cleveland, OH

STAFF POSITIONS:

Media Artist, Ralph Appelbaum Associates 2017 – 2022

Gotham Pictures 1998-2005

Designed and executed award winning graphics for both on-air promotional spots and in house corporate videos for clients including Citibank, ConEdison, Barnes & Noble, IBM

Design Assistant, Stephen Sprouse 1986-1989

  • Designed prints and oversaw print production

  • Worked with artists Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf coordinating production of specialty prints.

  • Designed, engineered and executed a seasonally changing room in the Stephen Sprouse Store

  • Assisted in concept and execution of several multi-media fashion shows.

EDUCATION

BFA, Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design

COMPUTER SKILLS:

  • Skilled in After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and with a working knowledge of C4D