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Adam Schechter
schech@adamschechter.com
Education
BFA Maryland Institute College of Art 07 (MICA)
Painting. Magna Cum Laude
Studio Art Centers International (SACI) (Semester Abroad)
Florence, Italy
Painting/Drawing Workshop with Burton Silverman
Summer 2004
Attended classes at the Montclair Art Museum and Art Students League
2001 - 2003
Freelance Artist: 2007 -
Commission basis (Portrait Sculpture, Picture Framing, Personal/Professional Signs, Portraiture, Logo design,)
House Painting, Various Home Improvement Work: 2007 -
Referral Based, Self-Employed
Clay-mixer: 2003-2007
Work-study at the MICA Ceramics Department
Artist and Professor Tony Shore
Part time studio assistant, part time help for "Access Art," his non-profit after school art program for kids of West Baltimore.
Volunteer Work At Senior Residence Community
Time spent developing an art program for the residents.
Exhibition History
-2010 My painting 'Coffee Club' is displayed at Mario's Deli in West Milford, NJ, where Coffee Club meets.
"Dops go to Saddle River" -2009
"Schiller Garage Art Show" -2008
"Senior Commencement Exhibition" -2007
Group
Show: Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
"Twenty One Years" -2005
MICA Dean's List (8) semesters.
MICA Achievement Award for Competitive Scholarship
Gelman Travel Award
SACI Merit Scholarship
"Europe for two months" - 2010.
Saved up money, returned to Italy. Went sailing with friends to Capraia, Corsica, and Elba. Lived and worked in Florence for a month. Traveled to Berlin, London, and then Sicily, meeting with friends, and finally renting a Vespa and traveling around Sicily.
"Road Trip through the Nose of Italy" -2009
Rented a car and drove from Florence through southern mainland Italy, took a car ferry over to Sicily, and finished up in Trapani, Sicily making many stops along the way. The journey forms a nose-like shape on a map.
Computer Skills: Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop; Dreamweaver; iMovie; Microsoft Word; Powerpoint; Scanner; Wacom Tablet.