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SUMMER BENAVIDES GUNTER

2455 NW Quimby #106
Portland, Oregon 97210 USA
001.503.713.3040
summergunter@gmail.com
www.coroflot.com/s_gunter

E D U C A T I O N.........................................................................................

Bachelor of Fine Art, Apparel Design The Art Institute of Portland, Winter 2011, GPA 3.10
Pacific Northwest College of Art, 1997-1999 GPA 3.5

E M P L O Y M E N T.....................................................................................

Spoogie Fabric Design Portland, Oregon
Design Internship involving a series of fabric designs for short run collections; working with owner and founder Trisha Langman.
July 2010 through Sept 2010

Wonder Diamond Productions Portland, Oregon
Costume Designer, stylist, makeup for Chariots of Rubber, Hot Gun, and Thrashin; staged at the Firehouse, Dante’s, and The Hostess.
October 2006 to present

Hanna Anderson Portland, Oregon
Sales, Visual Merchandiser.
October 2006-July 2008

English Theater Berlin, Germany
Costume Designer, worked independently with various playwrights to establish intent and concept of seasonal productions; Roi, Cowboy Chronicles, Canada Shorts Festival.
January 2005-July2006

Cosmic Theater Amsterdam, Holland
Costume Designer/Production, worked within an artistic institution to create multicultural theater productions; Disco King 5 and 6, Catwalk. March 2002-June 2006

Lysa Cooper New York, NY
Assistant Stylist, sourcing, rental, booking; Betsey Johnson fashion show, Maxwell video.
August 2001 till 2002

Ontological Theater St. Marks Church New York, NY
Costumers Assistant, buying, sourcing, sketching, alterations, cutting and sewing; working with Richard Foreman.
September 2000 till June 2002

S K I L L S.....................................................................................................

Design
Construction
Fashion illustration
Draping
Flats
Specs
Pattern-making

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Acrobat
Mac and Windows

Word
Outlook
Excel
PowerPoint
Mac and Windows

AWARDS......................................................................................................

Best of the Best Judges Choice (Fine art)
Women’s Association of Art First Place (Fine Art)

Projects by SUMMER be GUNTER