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this website highlights a portfolio of select completed original works. for additional content, collaborative projects, process pictures, formal CV and letters of rec, please visit my instagram or message me :)
CV:
Languages // ENGLISH, fluent // PORTUGUESE, fluent // DANISH, proficient
Languages // ENGLISH, fluent // PORTUGUESE, fluent // DANISH, proficient
Experience
ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP W/ JULIA M LEEMING ARCHITECT & MEG LYONS ARCHITECTS - 2020 -> Current
STUDIO / OPERATIONS MANAGER & CLIENT RELATIONS
- GREEN RIVER PROJECT LLC — JAN 2019 -> March 2020
Studio Management including running weekly team meetings with the studio, managing incoming orders, 3d-rendering
w/ Rhino & SketchUp, sourcing & ordering materials, generating material samples, organizing & delegating production & outside fabrication, and onsite project
management.
Operations Management including accounts receivable, generating invoices, scheduling shipments, creating / formatting / updating all documents with InDesign and maintaining
the website.
Client relations including managing the GRPLLC email & calendar, scheduling & attending client meetings, managing relations with exhibitions / fairs / furniture loans, running the
store / gallery space at Green River Project LLC and acting as liaison for GRPLLC and Bode collaborations.
ART HANDLER & ART DIRECTER / CURATOR
- ROBERTO FREITAS AMERICAN ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS — 2010 - PRESENT
Responsible for the handling, packing, transportation, installation & curation of works
varying from furniture to paintings to porcelain. Directing the documentation and
photoshoots of all inventory.
FURNITURE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION - SMOKE STACK STUDIO - 2018 -
Design and production of personal and commissioned works. Drafting / drawing, wood
working, cane weaving, and the documentation of finished pieces.
STUDIO MONITOR - RISD FURNITURE DEPARTMENT — 2015 - 2018
Responsible for the management of the studio spaces, maintenance of the machines and
equipment of the department, and aiding other students with their work.
BAKER AND PASTRY CHEF - HENDRICKX BELGIAN BREAD CRAFTERS — 2013 - 2016
Production baking and pastry at Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafters in Chicago, Il.
ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP W/ JULIA M LEEMING ARCHITECT & MEG LYONS ARCHITECTS - 2020 -> Current
STUDIO / OPERATIONS MANAGER & CLIENT RELATIONS
- GREEN RIVER PROJECT LLC — JAN 2019 -> March 2020
Studio Management including running weekly team meetings with the studio, managing incoming orders, 3d-rendering
w/ Rhino & SketchUp, sourcing & ordering materials, generating material samples, organizing & delegating production & outside fabrication, and onsite project
management.
Operations Management including accounts receivable, generating invoices, scheduling shipments, creating / formatting / updating all documents with InDesign and maintaining
the website.
Client relations including managing the GRPLLC email & calendar, scheduling & attending client meetings, managing relations with exhibitions / fairs / furniture loans, running the
store / gallery space at Green River Project LLC and acting as liaison for GRPLLC and Bode collaborations.
ART HANDLER & ART DIRECTER / CURATOR
- ROBERTO FREITAS AMERICAN ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS — 2010 - PRESENT
Responsible for the handling, packing, transportation, installation & curation of works
varying from furniture to paintings to porcelain. Directing the documentation and
photoshoots of all inventory.
FURNITURE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION - SMOKE STACK STUDIO - 2018 -
Design and production of personal and commissioned works. Drafting / drawing, wood
working, cane weaving, and the documentation of finished pieces.
STUDIO MONITOR - RISD FURNITURE DEPARTMENT — 2015 - 2018
Responsible for the management of the studio spaces, maintenance of the machines and
equipment of the department, and aiding other students with their work.
BAKER AND PASTRY CHEF - HENDRICKX BELGIAN BREAD CRAFTERS — 2013 - 2016
Production baking and pastry at Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafters in Chicago, Il.
Education
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN -The Architectural Imagination
accredited online course via The Department of Architecture 2020
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN - Department of Furniture Design 2015 - 2018
BROWN UNIVERSITY - Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies 2015 - 2018
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO— Designed Objects, Art History 2013 - 2015
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN -The Architectural Imagination
accredited online course via The Department of Architecture 2020
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN - Department of Furniture Design 2015 - 2018
BROWN UNIVERSITY - Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies 2015 - 2018
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO— Designed Objects, Art History 2013 - 2015
Exhibitions and Awards
SIT ON IT!, WOODS GERRY GALLERY, PROVIDENCE RI. 2018
Thesis furniture series on display in the group show titled SIT ON IT!
HOUSTON DESIGN WEEKEND, HOUSTON TX. 2017
Chair shown at Houston Design Weekend.
ARTE DA PALAVRA, BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE RI. 2015
Award for best creative writing in the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Department
awarded by Brown University.
SIT ON IT!, WOODS GERRY GALLERY, PROVIDENCE RI. 2018
Thesis furniture series on display in the group show titled SIT ON IT!
HOUSTON DESIGN WEEKEND, HOUSTON TX. 2017
Chair shown at Houston Design Weekend.
ARTE DA PALAVRA, BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE RI. 2015
Award for best creative writing in the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Department
awarded by Brown University.