Colleen Collett
Bio

Experience

Spring 2009            San Francisco Art Institue

jmorgan@sfai.edu                        San Francisco, CA

Teaching Assistant: Drawing II & III with Jeremy Morgan

 

Fall 2008            San Francisco Art Institue

pbrooke@sfai.edu                        San Francisco, CA

Teaching Assistant: Painting II & III with Pegan Brooke                 

 

2006-2008            Starbucks                     

(415) 921 4049                        San Francisco, CA

Barista

Making drinks, assisting customers, helping in the running of the store, and ringing up customers.

                 

1998-2006            The Art House           

(714) 807 7119            Fullerton, CA

Teacher

Teach kindergarten through high school

Teach basic foundation skills in art: color theory, composition, perspective, shading, and use of different medias

Basic knowledge off art history

 

2004- 2006            Southern California Art Projects & Exhibitions (SCAPE)

(949) 723 3405                            Corona Del Mar, CA

Gallery Assistant

Update mail database

Preparatory assistant

Press release

 

Education

2007-2009                        San Francisco Art Institute                        San Francisco, CA.

MFA, Painting

 

2006-2007                        San Francisco Art Institue                                    San Francisco, CA.

Post Baccalaureate

 

2005 Fall                        Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art      Pont Aven, France

Post Baccalaureate

 

2001- 2004                        Chapman University                                    Orange, CA

BFA, Studio Arts

Art classes: Advance & Special studies Life Drawing, Advance & Special studies Painting,                  

                  Ceramics, Photography, Illustration

 

BA, Art History

Art History thesis (Spring 2004) Peggy Guggenheim: The Men in her life.  How she helped to further modern art.

Art History: Renaissance, 19th century art, Modern, Art Since 1945, Art Since 1970, Art of India and                   Himalayas, Art of China and Japan, Women in Art, Modern Russian Art, Obscure Artists and        Geniuses, Comics and Narrative art, Methodology     

 

1998- 2001                        Fullerton College                                                Fullerton, CA

AA, Art

Art Classes: Beginning & Intermediate Life Drawing, Beginning & Intermediate Painting, 3-D Design,                   Sculpture, Design, Representational Drawing, Ancient-Medieval, Renaissance- Modern

 

1994- 1998                        Esperanza High School                                    Anaheim, CA

Took 2 years of drafting/ 4 years of Art

 

1995-1998                        The Art House                                                Fullerton, CA

After school art classes where once a week I went to furthered my artistic skill.

 

Honors and Grants: San Francisco Art Institue Graduate Grant 2006-2009; Departmental Honors from Chapman University 2004; Talent Scholarship (2001-2004); Academic Scholarship from Chapman University (2001-2004); First in place in Student show Chapman University art show, 2003

 

Exhibitions: Feminism is for Everyone, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institue, January 2009; Drawing Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institue, 2008; Starbucks, Union St. Starbucks, San Francisco, 2008; Composing Biology, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institue 2008; 4 in 1, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institue, 2007; Post Baccalaureate Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institue, 2007; d’ici et d’alleurs, CIAC Gallery, Pont Aven, France, 2005; Addendum, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, 2003; Student Art show, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Fall 2003, Spring 2003