Experience

PAINTER

Various solo and group exhibitions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Wisconsin, Vermont, Ohio, and San Diego.

COTTI - IBB

Design Director, Jewelry Designer, 2015-2023

Designed many fine and fashion jewelry lines from concept to finish, including initial sketch, merchandising, presentation, and production.

Oversaw and mentored technical designers and junior designers.

Researched trends and created presentations for the in-house team as well as outside vendors.

TIFFANY & COMPANY

Designer, 1998–2015

Designed retail pieces from concept to finish, including fashion and statement jewelry, crystal, china and silver tabletop items, baby gifts, accessories, flatware, barware, textiles, and stationery.

Work included shape development and surface decoration from initial presentation to final designs. Responsible for aesthetic direction, design, two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, and follow-up with the manufacturer.

Worked with prominent outside designers, including Frank Gehry and Paloma Picasso.

Responsible for training and mentoring new designers.

Fluent use of 3D modeling software (Rhino).

Vast knowledge of 2D software (Adobe Suite).

Extensive experience in traditional techniques, including drawing, painting, and sculpture.

FREELANCE DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION

Clients include: Oscar De La Renta jewelry, Marc Jacobs jewelry, 92nd Street Y, The Boston Globe, Estée Lauder, Golden Books, Lilith Magazine, Milton Glaser, Inc., Ms. Magazine, Nine Yards International, Random House Publishing, Scholastic, Working Woman Magazine, Workman Publishing, and Writers and Readers Publishing.

ARBOR HOUSE BOOKS

Assistant Art Director

Created book covers from concept to final design. Trafficked workflow and selected, hired, and managed illustrators.

Education

School of Visual Arts, Master of Fine Arts

New York Academy of Art, Painting and Sculpture 

Art Students League, Painting

Oberlin College, Bachelor of Arts

Honors and Awards

Paintings included in juried exhibitions at Blue Mountain Gallery in January 2024, Gallery 440 in December 2024, and Richeson 75 in February 2025

Several sterling silver barware items featured in the 2006 Cooper Hewitt Exhibition “Feeding Desire”

Vermont Studio Center Residency

Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts 

Honors in History, Oberlin College

References furnished upon request.