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Sirena Pearl
EXPERIENCE
Workshop Student Assistant: James Cabell Library, Richmond / January 2023 to Current
- Checking In/Out Creative Technology
- Assisting Students with Creative Technology and Software
- Teaching VR Immersive Orientations
Artist in Residence: Palette 22, Arlington, VA / April 2021 to September 2022
- Preforming art process in restaurant space for viewers
- Interacting with Customers & Diners
- Displaying and marketing created art on walls
- Assisting with Paint & Sip Nights
Freelance Artist: Self-Employed, Arlington, VA / March 2020 to Present
- Commissions: Design, create and deliver art to customers according to specifications
- Original Artwork: Purchased through my website gallery
- Display Artwork: In private and public galleries
- Muralist: Exterior and Interior
EDUCATION
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts, Richmond VA / 2022 – Current
- Northern Virginia Community College / 2021 – 2022
- Washington-Liberty High School, Arlington VA / Graduated June, 2019
- Arlington Fine Arts Apprentice Program / 2019
AWARDS
Distinction in Painting and Printmaking Award (2023)
AFO Toast Exhibit at VCUQatar House
Most Outstanding Art Foundation Student Award (2023)
Toast Award (2023)
- 3rd Award Winner (2022)
- Best in Show Winner (2022)
- Four Gold Key Awards and a Gold Key Portfolio 2019 (Drawings)
- National / American Vision Medal and Gold Medal 2018 and a Regional Gold Key Award (Drawing) Awards Ceremony, Carnegie Hall, New York
- Silver Key 2017 (Drawing)
- Gold Key 2016 (Drawing)
- Gold Key 2015 (Drawing)
EXHIBITIONS
- Draw Four at VCUarts Qatar (2023)
- Growing Pains at the Anderson Gallery (2023)
- Environmental Justice Workshop Art Exhibition (2023)
- Ground Exhibit at Shockoe Valley Mfg. (2023)
- AFO Toast Exhibit at the VCUQatar House (2023)
- Climate Teach-In at The James Cabell Library (2023)
- Desert Euphony at The Anderson Gallery (2023)
- Courage in Colors National Juried Exhibition (2022)
- Spukhaus at the Anderson Gallery (2022)
- On the Cabell Screen James Cabell Library (2022-2023)
- The Art League September 2022 Exhibit
- Changing Perspectives National Juried Exhibition (2022)
- The Art League July 2022 Exhibit
- Climate Justice Teach-In GreenUR (2022)
- National Arts Program Featured Artist (2022)
- VisArts: NextGen 9.0 (2022)
- The Art League May 2022
- Exhibit 2022 March150, Target Gallery
- Woman in the Arts, Northside Social (2022)
- The Art League March 2022 Exhibit
- Flora and Fauna, Del Ray Artisans (2022)
- Dada 2.0, Del Ray Artisans (2022)
- Little Monsters, Del Ray Artisans (2022)
- Palette 22 (2021-2022)
- Groovy Movies, Del Ray Artisans (2021)
- Arlington Public Library Quaranzine: Issue 7 (2020)
- Scholastics National Traveling Exhibit (2018-2020)
- Student Exhibit at Arlington Artists Alliance in Clarendon (2018)
MEDIA
VENUES
- Sterling Picture Framing (2023)
- Venture X Arlington (2022-2023)
- Arlington County Board Offices (2022)
- Northwest Federal Credit Union (2022)
- Northside Social (2021)
- VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital (2021-2022) 8
POPUP MARKETS
- The Pancakes & Booze Art Show Washington DC (2022)
- Spring Fling Block Party (2022)
- Palette 22 Holiday Art Market (2021)
Presentations and Artist Talks
- NURVa 2023 Undergraduate Research Conference, Hampden-Sydney College (2023)
- Artist Talk at Opening Reception: Mural on Urban Heat Island Effect, VCUarts (2023)
Murals
- Urban Heat Island Effect Mural, Exterior, 609 Bowe St # 502, Richmond, VA 23284 (2023)
- Interior Wall Mural (2021)
