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EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
2024 East Village Zine Fair, Printed Matter St Marks and 8-Ball Community Zine Fair
2024 Zine Fest x Collective Memory at Trans-Pecos, NY
2024 Brynn Cartelli’s BLUE Gallery | Two Custom Pieces Exhibited | East Village, NY
2024 Prada Store NYFW Feb. 2024 SoHo | Print Feature in front of Prada Store, SoHo NY
2024 8-Ball Valentine's Day Zine Fair @ Sixth Street, NY
2024 “HERE for Urban Justice Center” Gallery Auction | Two pieces featured for bidding | East Village, NY
2023 Lucky Risograph, Lucky & Friends Holiday Market (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Brooklyn Museum | Sunday Zine Fair Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines
2023 8-Ball Community Halloweekend Zine Fair El Dorado Park Coney Island
2023 Lucky Risograph, Lucky & Friends Fall Market (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Rehearsal Art Book Fair at University Settlement Bungee Space x Accent Sisters
2023 Hester Street Fair | Community Type x Dahsar at Pier 17 - The Seaport (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Printed Matter / St Marks and 8-Ball Community Zine Fair (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Dale Zine | Echoes of Brazil Vendor, Miami
2022 Mujeristas Collective, exhibition for "Beauty and Immigration Zine" New Women Space, Williamsburg
2020 BFA Final Thesis Review, Parsons School of Design, 14th st, 5th Ave
2019 Advanced Experimental Filmmaking Short Film Screening, 14th st, 5th Ave
2019 Livegirl, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2016 “Through Our eyes” Art Exhibition, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2016 “Off We Gogh” 29th Annual Senior Art Show, New Canaan, CT
GUEST LECTURES
2024 Cornell University | Photobooks Workshop | Guest Artist and Instructor
2024 Newfield, Ithica | Artist’s Books | Guest Artist
2024 Columbia University | Zines, Design, and Self-Publishing | Ares Maia as Guest Artist
2023 Parsons School of Design | Contemporary Photobooks Talk | Ares Maia as Guest Speaker
PRESS / INTERVIEWS
2024 Hofstra Chronicle
2022 Allure Magazine
2022 Glamour Magazine
2020 i-D Magazine / VICE
2020 Elephant Art | Zine of the month winner
2020 Blame Magazine
2021 Assemblage
2020 Daily Advent News
IN STORE
2024 Printed Matter St Marks Pl | ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’ | NYC
2023 Dale Zine | ‘Echoes of Brazil’ Miami
AWARDS/GRANTS
16 - 2020 BFA Honors Scholarship, Parsons School of Design
2016 Jennifer CoCo Award: Recognition Award and Scholarship For Achievement in Visual Art
2016 First Place Award : Teen Visions Art Show at Sacred Heart University
2016 New Age Film Festival: Leadership Award
2016 New Age Film Festival: Best Visual Effects in a Film
LEADERSHIP
2015 - Present Founded New Age Film Festival at NCHS
SPONSORED PROJECTS
2019 Sponsored by Verizon
2019 Sponsored by Swarovski
NEWSPAPERS
2016 Artist Profile
2016 Carriage Barn - New Canaan News
EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
2024 East Village Zine Fair, Printed Matter St Marks and 8-Ball Community Zine Fair
2024 Zine Fest x Collective Memory at Trans-Pecos, NY
2024 Brynn Cartelli’s BLUE Gallery | Two Custom Pieces Exhibited | East Village, NY
2024 Prada Store NYFW Feb. 2024 SoHo | Print Feature in front of Prada Store, SoHo NY
2024 8-Ball Valentine's Day Zine Fair @ Sixth Street, NY
2024 “HERE for Urban Justice Center” Gallery Auction | Two pieces featured for bidding | East Village, NY
2023 Lucky Risograph, Lucky & Friends Holiday Market (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Brooklyn Museum | Sunday Zine Fair Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines
2023 8-Ball Community Halloweekend Zine Fair El Dorado Park Coney Island
2023 Lucky Risograph, Lucky & Friends Fall Market (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Rehearsal Art Book Fair at University Settlement Bungee Space x Accent Sisters
2023 Hester Street Fair | Community Type x Dahsar at Pier 17 - The Seaport (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Printed Matter / St Marks and 8-Ball Community Zine Fair (Exhibitor + Vendor)
2023 Dale Zine | Echoes of Brazil Vendor, Miami
2022 Mujeristas Collective, exhibition for "Beauty and Immigration Zine" New Women Space, Williamsburg
2020 BFA Final Thesis Review, Parsons School of Design, 14th st, 5th Ave
2019 Advanced Experimental Filmmaking Short Film Screening, 14th st, 5th Ave
2019 Livegirl, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2016 “Through Our eyes” Art Exhibition, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2016 “Off We Gogh” 29th Annual Senior Art Show, New Canaan, CT
GUEST LECTURES
2024 Cornell University | Photobooks Workshop | Guest Artist and Instructor
2024 Newfield, Ithica | Artist’s Books | Guest Artist
2024 Columbia University | Zines, Design, and Self-Publishing | Ares Maia as Guest Artist
2023 Parsons School of Design | Contemporary Photobooks Talk | Ares Maia as Guest Speaker
PRESS / INTERVIEWS
2024 Hofstra Chronicle
2022 Allure Magazine
2022 Glamour Magazine
2020 i-D Magazine / VICE
2020 Elephant Art | Zine of the month winner
2020 Blame Magazine
2021 Assemblage
2020 Daily Advent News
IN STORE
2024 Printed Matter St Marks Pl | ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’ | NYC
2023 Dale Zine | ‘Echoes of Brazil’ Miami
AWARDS/GRANTS
16 - 2020 BFA Honors Scholarship, Parsons School of Design
2016 Jennifer CoCo Award: Recognition Award and Scholarship For Achievement in Visual Art
2016 First Place Award : Teen Visions Art Show at Sacred Heart University
2016 New Age Film Festival: Leadership Award
2016 New Age Film Festival: Best Visual Effects in a Film
LEADERSHIP
2015 - Present Founded New Age Film Festival at NCHS
SPONSORED PROJECTS
2019 Sponsored by Verizon
2019 Sponsored by Swarovski
NEWSPAPERS
2016 Artist Profile
2016 Carriage Barn - New Canaan News