email: liseroostfreitas@gmail.com
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CV:
Languages ENGLISH, fluent PORTUGUESE, fluent DANISH, proficient
Languages ENGLISH, fluent PORTUGUESE, fluent DANISH, proficient
Experience
STUDIO / OPERATIONS MANAGER & CLIENT RELATIONS
- GREEN RIVER PROJECT LLC — JAN 2019 - CURRENT
Studio Management including running weekly team meetings with the studio, managing
incoming orders, 3d-rendering w/ Rhino & SketchUp, sourcing & ordering materials,
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.
STUDIO / OPERATIONS MANAGER & CLIENT RELATIONS
- GREEN RIVER PROJECT LLC — JAN 2019 - CURRENT
Studio Management including running weekly team meetings with the studio, managing
incoming orders, 3d-rendering w/ Rhino & SketchUp, sourcing & ordering materials,
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
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
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.