EDUCATION
2014- present Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, 2D Character Animation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010- 2014 OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Toronto, ON, Canada
Major – Drawing and Painting
Minor – Expanded Animation
2007-2009 École Internationale de Genève, IB Diploma, Genève, Switzerland
PERSONAL SKILLS
Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Software Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premiere Elements, Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, Dragonframe, ToonBoom Harmony, Microsoft Office.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Jacques Brel, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2014 Sixth-Annual Experiencing Perspectives Art Exhibition, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Mississauga, Canada
99th Annual OCAD University Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
The Figure Show, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
The Big Draw, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2012 Jean La Fontaine, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2011 Anem a la Fontana, Rectoria Vella, St. Celoni, Spain
2011 The Great Grange Event, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2010 Boris Vian, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2009 IB Art Exhibition, Nation’s Saconnex Campus, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2008 Genthod Art, Salle José Venturelli – Le Saugy, Genthod, Switzerland
2008 Georges Brassens, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2007 Georges Brassens, Nou de Sant Francesc, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Genthod Art, Salle José Venturelli – Le Saugy, Genthod, Switzerland
2006 Jacques Prévert, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2003 Four Schools, One Exhibition, Inter Schools Art Exhibition, Estoril Centro de Congressos, Estoril, Portugal
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2014 Out of the Blue, DPXA End-Year Animation Screening, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 Hazel the Red Squirrel, Toronto International Student Animation Festival, NFB, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
2014 Anne Adler Kagan Award, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
Honorable mention in Integrated Media, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2013 Catherine Daigle Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2007 Middle Years Program Science Prize, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
SYMPOSIUM APPEARENCES
2013 How Synesthesia can make you a better artist, conference presented by JJ Lee and Natalie Walburger in the American Synesthesia Association at OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
BOOK & MAGAZINE COVERS
2008 Le Timor Oriental face à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (1941-1945) (edited by Colecção Biblioteca Diplomática do MNE- Serie D Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Portugal December 2007)
2007 Earth Focus Magazine, Issue #32, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2006 Earth Focus Magazine, Issue #30, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
2005 Summer Concert, keyboard player, Auditorio Eunice Muñoz, Oeiras, Portugal
2004 The Lion King, keyboard player, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
2004 St. Dominic’s Summer Concert, keyboard player, Auditorio Eunice Muñoz, Oeiras, Portugal
2003 Jesus Christ Superstar, keyboard player, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
BACKSTAGE EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMANCES
2006 Once on this Island, Lighting, Nation’s Saconnex Campus, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 The Lion King, Props designer, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
2002 The Pied Piper, Costume/Props/Set designer, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
2014- present Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, 2D Character Animation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010- 2014 OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Toronto, ON, Canada
Major – Drawing and Painting
Minor – Expanded Animation
2007-2009 École Internationale de Genève, IB Diploma, Genève, Switzerland
PERSONAL SKILLS
Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish, French
Software Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premiere Elements, Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, Dragonframe, ToonBoom Harmony, Microsoft Office.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Jacques Brel, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2014 Sixth-Annual Experiencing Perspectives Art Exhibition, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Mississauga, Canada
99th Annual OCAD University Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
The Figure Show, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
The Big Draw, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2012 Jean La Fontaine, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2011 Anem a la Fontana, Rectoria Vella, St. Celoni, Spain
2011 The Great Grange Event, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2010 Boris Vian, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2009 IB Art Exhibition, Nation’s Saconnex Campus, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2008 Genthod Art, Salle José Venturelli – Le Saugy, Genthod, Switzerland
2008 Georges Brassens, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2007 Georges Brassens, Nou de Sant Francesc, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Genthod Art, Salle José Venturelli – Le Saugy, Genthod, Switzerland
2006 Jacques Prévert, Maison de Village, St. Cyr le Châtoux, France
2003 Four Schools, One Exhibition, Inter Schools Art Exhibition, Estoril Centro de Congressos, Estoril, Portugal
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2014 Out of the Blue, DPXA End-Year Animation Screening, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 Hazel the Red Squirrel, Toronto International Student Animation Festival, NFB, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
2014 Anne Adler Kagan Award, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
Honorable mention in Integrated Media, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2013 Catherine Daigle Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2007 Middle Years Program Science Prize, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
SYMPOSIUM APPEARENCES
2013 How Synesthesia can make you a better artist, conference presented by JJ Lee and Natalie Walburger in the American Synesthesia Association at OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
BOOK & MAGAZINE COVERS
2008 Le Timor Oriental face à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (1941-1945) (edited by Colecção Biblioteca Diplomática do MNE- Serie D Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Portugal December 2007)
2007 Earth Focus Magazine, Issue #32, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2006 Earth Focus Magazine, Issue #30, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
2005 Summer Concert, keyboard player, Auditorio Eunice Muñoz, Oeiras, Portugal
2004 The Lion King, keyboard player, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
2004 St. Dominic’s Summer Concert, keyboard player, Auditorio Eunice Muñoz, Oeiras, Portugal
2003 Jesus Christ Superstar, keyboard player, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
BACKSTAGE EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMANCES
2006 Once on this Island, Lighting, Nation’s Saconnex Campus, École Internationale de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 The Lion King, Props designer, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
2002 The Pied Piper, Costume/Props/Set designer, St. Dominic’s International School, Oeiras, Portugal
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