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CYNDI BELLEROSE
Columbus, OH 614-443-7669 cyndioh@sbcglobal.net
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EDUCATION

1981 – 1985
Columbus College of Art and Design
Degree: BFA Major: Illustration Minor: Advertising
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WORK EXPERIENCE
...AS AN ILLUSTRATOR & DESIGNER

"I couldn’t imagine having a career any better than this. Creating illustrations, layouts, and designs for clients and employers has been a great joy for me and I am always looking for new creative ventures and even challenges which always result in sharpening my skills! My work is produced by using both traditional drawing and painting techniques and through the use of programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Image Ready, and
Microsoft Word."


1987 to Present
Freelance DBA: Studio 49 – As owner, designer and project manager, I’ve created illustrations and graphic designs for book publishers, advertising agencies, corporations, small businesses, and not-for-profit organizations for clients such as; Highlights for Children, Zaner-Bloser, Red Letter Press, Barbour Publishing, Wilson Group Crisis Management, COVA, Little Tikes, and Saint Mary Elementary School & Parish to name a few. In 2004 I expanded into environmental design, a second freelance business named Studio 49 Atmosphere Design. As an environmental designer my responsibilities include working as a team member with architects, construction crews, and artists which includes hiring and directing outside contractors. Designing new structures, expanding upon existing structures, creating thematic spaces for residential and commercial locations, and designing educational museum exhibits has been a few of the opportunities I have been directly involved with for clients such as Hoggy’s Restaurants, Famous Dave’s of America Restaurants, The Columbus Museum of Art, and The King Arts Complex. In 2006, Studio 49 Atmosphere Design developed the conceptual design for The King Arts Complex’s permanent exhibit; “Cargo: The Middle Passage”. This exhibit won the Greater Columbus Art Council 2006 Artistic Excellence Award.

1985 to 1987
Richard Trott and Associates Architects – (formally known as Trott & Bean Architects until 1986) My role as designer, illustrator then later as art director involved illustrating and designing graphics for restaurants and retailers, including promotional pieces for the firm. I was also responsible for the architectural renderings and development of signage programs for the firm’s clients. I primarily worked in the Columbus, OH office but also worked on assignments in the firm’s Atlanta, GA office.

Summer of 1985
1985 Ohio State Fair – Part-time sign painter

1982 to 1985
Cedar Point Amusement Park and Wyandot Lake Water Park – Summer employment as a caricature artist. During this time I was also hired by private parties, corporations and trade show exhibitors to provide 3 minute caricatures to guests and cliental in and around Columbus, OH.

WORK EXPERIENCE
...AS AN EDUCATOR

"My passion for educating both young and old has been fulfilled through wonderful opportunities such as teaching art at elementary schools, art workshops, summer art courses, substitute teaching, and creating an educational musical program for toddlers and preschoolers. I have also been engaged in the educational experience of Ohio State University Medical Students by working with doctors and college educators as a Standardized Patient."


2008 to Present
Saint Mary Elementary School – Substitute Art Teacher for grades K-8

2008 to 2009
Saint Mary Elementary School – School Advisory Board

2008 to Present
The Ohio State University Medical Center, Clinical Skills Education and Assessment Center – As a Standardized Patient I participate in mock doctor-patient encounters after being specifically trained to accurately and consistently recreate the history, personality, physical findings, and emotional structure and response pattern of an actual patient at a particular point in time. Main responsibility is to assist in educating OSU medical students and offer evaluations/feedback.

2002 to Present
The Wellington School Summer Options Program - Art Instructor for a variety of two week art courses for grades 3-8. As an art instructor for the Summer Options Program, I develop the lesson plans and provide exciting descriptions of my courses to be used in the promotional catalog for the program.

1994 to Present
Children’s Art Workshop Instructor - Instructor and lesson plan creator for an assortment of art related workshops for The Columbus Museum of Art, The Wexner Center for the Arts, the Latino Festival (Columbus, OH), The New Albany Classic and S.A.V.E. (Strategies Against Violence Everywhere).

2001 to 2003
Saint Mary Elementary School – Art Teacher for grades K-8. During school year 2001-2002 I was responsible for a nationally recognized, all-school, art project in response to 9/11. The 9/11 community art project was a 24’ x 13’ American flag assemblage of student & parishioner art. An image of the flag project became a wire available through the Associated Press and was published in The Columbus Dispatch and other national newspapers. It was published in 9/11 Magazine, and became a national poster published and distributed by Scholastic, Inc. The original piece traveled to New York where it exhibited at FDNY Bronx Squad Company 41 in honor of the fire fighters who lost their lives on September 11.

1998 to 2000
Music Oh My! (Columbus, OH & Nashville, TN) - Co-owner, Co-producer, and Designer & Illustrator of the award winning educational music CD/cassette and picture books for toddlers and preschoolers. Music Oh My! won a Nashville Grammy Award for best Children’s Music and a Parent’s Choice Award in 1999.


WORK EXPERIENCE
...AS A FINE ARTIST

"Although I’m considered a commercial artist by many, my love for fine art and painting has always been another passion of mine. Since my college years, I have been producing fine art and began seriously exhibiting my work in 2001.My current body of work is titled, The Joan Series. The Joan Series began in 2002 and this on-going body of work continues to grow in the form of paintings and three dimensional pieces. Using acrylic paint, collage, glitter and found objects, my subject matter, Joan, tells her story through twisted recreations of vintage advertisements."

Community Involvement:

2009 to present - Ohio Art League Member

2009 to present - CAW (Creative Arts of Women) Member

2009 to present - MAW (Mother Artists at Work) Member

2009, 2010 - Short/ROY - Participating Community Service Artist working with Columbus, OH teens on an annual community public art project


Exhibitions:

1982 to 1985 - The Columbus College of Art & Design Annual Student Art Exhibits

1985 - The New York Society of Illustrators Juried National Student Exhibition (NYC)
Self portrait – paper sculpture

2001 - The Ohio State Fair Juried Fine Art Exhibition (Columbus, OH)
That Stings! – triptych, acrylic on canvas – Awarded Best of Show in the Amateur Division

2002 - The Ohio Art League Juried Spring Exhibition (Columbus, OH)
Joan Finds Her Box – diptych, acrylic, collage, and glitter on panels

2003 - Waldo’s on High - Solo Exhibition (Columbus, OH)
The Joan Series

2005 - A.I.R. Gallery – Wish You Were Here 4, Postcard Exhibit (NYC)

2006 - Sean Christopher Gallery – Solo Exhibition (Columbus, OH)
Joan’s Old Baggage - Artist review published in The Other Paper – February 2006

2006 - A.I.R. Gallery – Wish You Were Here 5, Postcard Exhibit (NYC)

2006 - Pedagoguery Software On-line Gallery Juried Exhibition (World Wide Web) Second Place Tessellation Design Award for Bumble Bee Connection

2007 - Her Circle E-zine Juried On-line Gallery Exhibition and Article (World Wide Web) Featured artist for the 2007 Spring edition of Her Circle E-zine. Select pieces of The Joan Series have been published and archived by Her Circle including an artist essay titled, In the name of Joan, an alter ego fights back.

2007 - A.I.R. Gallery – Wish You Were Here 6, Postcard Exhibit (NYC)

2008 - A.I.R. Gallery – Wish You Were Here 7, Postcard Exhibit (NYC)

2008 – Hammond Harkins Gallery – Creative Drive Juried Exhibition (Columbus, OH) An exhibition featuring selected artwork from alumni and faculty of the Columbus College of Art & Design. Three pieces from The Joan Series exhibited.

2009 - 83 Gallery - Group Exhibition (Columbus, OH)

2009 - Agora 6 - Group Exhibition (Columbus, OH)

2009 - Matchbox Gallery - "YUMMY!" Group Exhibition (Columbus, OH)

2009 - Wild Goose Creative - "One Roof: Mother Artists and Their Children" Group Exhibition (Columbus, OH)

2009 - Lindsay Gallery - CAW (Creative Arts of Women) Group Exhibition (Columbus, OH)

2009 - Co-curator CAW Sadie Hawkins Show and fund raiser at Junctionview Studios (Columbus, OH)

2009 - Por Vida II - selected artist - Junctionview Studios (Columbus, OH)

2010 - Hard Labor - Sean Christepher Gallery (Columbus, OH) - MAW Mother Artists at Work group exhibition

2010 - Ohio Art League Gallery - What Would Joan Do? - solo exhibition

2010 - Por Vida III - selected artist - Junctionview Studios (Columbus, OH)