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Katy Ellis O'Brien

Born in 1985 in Forest Grove, OR. Now resides in Olympia, WA.

Education
2003-2007	The Evergreen State College - Olympia, WA Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art & Art History Senior Thesis Award
2001-2003	Portland Community College - Portland, OR High School Diploma President's List
1999-2001	Arts & Communication Magnet Academy - Beaverton, OR Honor Roll

Selected Exhibitions
2007	"Letters from Underwood" (thesis exhibition) The Evergreen State College: Gallery 4
2006	"Open Studio" (group show) The Evergreen State College: Art Annex
2006	"A Chance Meeting" (group show) The Evergreen State College: Seminar II Gallery

Commissions
2007	The Evergreen State College T-shirt design for Class of 2007
2006	Common Bread Illustrations for student group flyers
2005	Erica Macs Illustrations for event invitations
2005	Boy Scouts of America: Camp Hahobas Design for 2006 Scoutmaster Almanac

Art Related Employment
2006-08	The Evergreen State College Regular guest lectures and workshops for the popular class Sequential Art.
2007	Laika Entertainment Puppet assembly and detail work for stop-motion animated feature film Coraline.
2007	Museum of Glass Customer service and security duties in world-renowned art museum.
2005	Boy Scouts of America: Camp Hahobas Art instruction for boys aged 11-16.

Bibliography
2007	"Plaza of the Mind Interviews Katy Ellis O'Brien" Interview conducted by Kurt Weller for online arts & literature magazine.

Publications
2007	"Regular Day Animals" Self-published zine featuring comics and illustrations.
2007	"Olympia" (Cathartic Fart Press) Annual small-press comics anthology; "Frostbite" selected for inclusion.

Skills & Proficiencies
Visual Arts	Painting (acrylic, watercolor & gouache), printmaking (monotype, etching & linocut), drawing (pencil, ink & crayon), 35mm photography, computer graphics
Animation	Stop-motion, pixilation, hand-drawn, cut-out, stratacut
Computers	Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, iStopMotion; intermediate web design & HTML

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