Hartford, CT • [email protected]
Multimedia artist, programmer, and developer specializing in generative and interactive digital art. Expert in blending traditional art with modern code-based animation, building custom tools for publishing, and managing NFT and blockchain-based art releases. Skilled in both creative direction and full-stack technical implementation.
Core Skills
- Generative & algorithmic art / animation
- Interactive / real-time graphics
- Blender 3D - path traced and raster-based workflows
- Proficient with pixi.js and creating custom scene frameworks
- JavaScript, WebGL, SVG
- Deep understanding of HTML + CSS (over 25 years)
- Integration of traditional art into digital / hybrid workflows
- Project ideation, prototyping, iteration
- Collaboration with traditional artists
- Basic UI/UX for interactive installations
- Version control, deployment, debugging in browser environments
- Proficiency with and adaptable to Adobe Suite
Education
- University of Hartford — B.A. University Studies (focus: Multimedia Web Design) | 2014 – 2017
- Manchester Community College — A.S. Graphic Design | 2012 – 2014
- Manchester Community College — A.A. Visual Fine Arts | 2009 – 2012
Work Experience
Chief Art Wizard / Owner — Such Lovely Studios
Self-Employed | 2020 – Present
Create and collaborate on interactive, generative, and animated artworks with artists worldwide.
Convert traditional works into digital and blockchain-based media (NFTs & FAs).
Developed tools for batch publishing, enhanced metadata, and custom front-ends used by other artists.
Work exhibited internationally, including Times Square (NYC), Shibuya City (Tokyo), and Scope Art Show. Skills: Tezos, Ethereum, Web3, NFTs, Blockchain Analysis, TypeScript, Webpack, HTML5, Animation
Matterport Operator for Realty Walk-Throughs
Independent contractor | 2020
During the height of the Covid Pandemic I found additional work producing 3D walk-throughs for realty.
I operated a Matterport scanner, including uploads and annotations.
Other tasks included various hardware setup and configuration, on-site troubleshooting, client relations, and managing the logistics of repairs for defective hardware.
Programmer / Graphic Designer / Sales / Web Master — Jerry’s Artarama of Connecticut
West Hartford, CT | 2011 – 2021
Managed web and print design, e-commerce data, and marketing.
Designed campaigns, signage, and catalogs in Photoshop / Illustrator.
Maintained PHP, HTML, CSS, Smarty, JavaScript, and jQuery-based websites.
Improved data consistency across retail and online systems. Skills: Front- and Back-End Development, Project Management, Data Management, Graphic Design
SGA Publicity Manager — Manchester Community College
Manchester, CT | 2012
As a board member of the Student Government Association I produced promotional content for student government and campus clubs.
Arts Club Founder and Co-President
Manchester, CT | 2011 - 2012
Organized fellow classmates to create a club dedicated to inclusion of all art forms, from traditional visual arts to music and poetry.
We held multiple art events and pizza gatherings to allow artists regardless of major an opportunity to mingle and experience showing their work for real.
Web Developer — Hartford Community Center
Hartford, CT | 2010 – 2011
Developed and maintained community web presence and internal systems.
IT Technician — Grove Hill Medical Center
New Britain and various facilities in CT | Feb 2009 – Jul 2010
Installed Cat-5e cabling, configured networks, and supported hardware/software systems.
Built internal tools for expediting communication with internal and external providers.
Managed help desk, video production, and infrastructure planning + installation.
Skills: Help Desk Support, Cabling, Apache, Windows Admin, Software Installation, SQL, PHP
Buddy Icon Animator
Work outsourced from India | 2004
During the peak of AOL Instant Messenger usage I found the opportunity to produce custom "buddy icons" for a company based out of India.
After dozens of icons were delivered I produced and sold to them another large set of animated mouse cursors.
Highlights & Recognition
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Digital art installations featured in Times Square, Tokyo Shibuya, and Scope Art Show Miami.
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Built artist-loved generative art tools for non-coders to explore new media without the need for a direct collaboration with me.
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Developed third-party front-ends that improved official NFT marketplaces.
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Recognized by peers as an “Art Wizard” for bringing motion and interactivity to static art.
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First profitable art project released while in middle school by means of wholly independant research, communication, and logistics.