EDUCATION

MFA Illustration (June 2011) - Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA.

Communication Arts & Desktop Publishing (2007) - Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, SC.

Bachelor of Arts in Teaching (2001) - Ataturk University, Agri, Turkey.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Design Skills: Poster Design, Book Layout and Cover Design, Publication Design, Brochure Design

Illustration Skills: Children’s Book Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Instructional Illustration

Computer Software Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft PowerPoint, Familiar with: Apple iMovie

Fine Art Skills: Oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, Photo Editing & retouching, Desktop Publishing & Digital Printing

EXHIBITIONS

‘Memories in Mother Tongue’, Dewberry Gallery of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, (Aug 12-29, 2011) 

The 4th Annual Juried Student Artists’ Books Competition, ACA Library of SCAD Atlanta, GA, 2011 

AWARDS

Elected for Illustration West 49 (2010) 

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE

Teaching Internship / Drawing II - Composition and Media

Interned for Prof. Chin-Cheng Hung, at Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA (2011).

Designed and taught lesson plans, demonstrated the process of image making from conceptualization to finished artwork, assisted students with their work in progress and critiqued finished student work and documented and archived student work. 

Teaching Internship / Editorial Illustration

Interned for Prof. Mike Lowery, at Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, GA (2009).

Demonstrated use of computer software; Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator to students, Critiqued student work and helped with presentation. 

Art Teacher - Kenan Evren Middle School, Kahta, Adiyaman, Turkey (2001 – 2003)

Instructed foundation classes in painting and sculpting, prepared lesson plans and established course objectives, selected books and art supplies for courses, demonstrated methods and procedures to students, organized field trips to museums and galleries, arranged art exhibitions. 

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Education Chapter - Kurdish Cultural Center, Tucker, GA (Jan 2008 – Present)

Teacher of Kurdish Language - Kurdish Cultural Center, Tucker, GA (Jan 2008 – December 2010)

ORGANIZATIONS / ACTIVITIES

Member, American Institute of Graphic Arts, (2008 – Present)

Member, Illustration Asylum of SCAD-Atlanta

Volunteering Member, Kurdish Cultural Center, Tucker, GA (Jan 2008 – Present)