Resume

Alvaro Luna

blackluna73@gmail.com

Education:

• Masters in Fine Arts, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2011

• FastTrac New Venture, Recognition of Entrepreneurial Achivement, Suny Levin Institute, NewYork, NY, 2013

• Certificate in Chocolate Confections, International Culinary Center,  New York, NY, 2011

• Bachelor in Arts, Instituto Peruano de Publicidad, San Isidro, Peru, 1996

Skills:

• Over 15 years of experience in Adobe CSs software such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and DreamWeaber.

• Craftsman techniques as Welding, Patinas, Sculpting, Casting and Drawing completing high quality standards.

• Certification in Chocolate Confections.

• Professional level Bilingual: English-Spanish, Reading, Writing and Speaking.

Related Work Experience:

2013-Present

• Founder and creator of Marquis de Luna Chocolatier, New York

Responsibilities: Chocolate Chef, recipes creations, design of branding, concept, events, image and social media for the brand growth. Successfully promoting the brand in the New York City area, meeting deadlines and spoke man duties. Educating an audience of the aphrodisiac properties of Cacao and the effect of Marquis de Luna in their discerning palates.

2013

• Freelance Artist, window display prop fabrication for window display in studio for renowned department stores in Madison Ave, NY.

• Post Graduate Teacher Assistantship, Art and Culture II, Mark Mennin, New York Academy of Art, NY.

Responsibilities: Assist professor Mark Mennin, with discussions, lectures and seminars addressing critical theory, modernism paradigms and a contemporary environment, particularly in the postwar area. Helping and motivating students to have a better sense of their place in the cultural world and be empowered with their abilities to be articulate about contemporary art issues.

• Post Graduate Teacher Assistantship, Sculpture IV, Leonid Lerman, New York Academy of Art, NY.

Responsibilities:  Monitoring students to follow through on their syllabus and deadlines on the last year of their program and accomplishing the Thesis Project. Helping, inspiring and motivating them on exploring new artistic techniques and materials.

2008-Present

• Graphic Designer, Self Employed, Washington DC and New York, NY.

Responsibilities: Graphic Design Website Design, Production and Support of Sales/Marketing Activities for

Events and Fashion Shows. Clients include Emmet McCarthy, Evelyn Brooks Designs,

Modeling Camp and Johnson & Murphy.

2011

• Studio Assistant for International Sculptor Judy Fox, 2011.

• Assistant for the Chair of Faculty, John Jacobsmeyer, New York Academy of Art, NY.

Responsibilities: Successfully accomplishing many administrative and organizational tasks, involving faculty, students, coordinating visiting critics and artists. Appointing and scheduling master classes such as Odd Nerdrum, Jenny Saville and Eric Fischl within other big representatives in the Art World.

2008- 2002

• Washington Hispanic Newspaper, Washington DC, U.S.A. - Senior Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:  Graphic Design, Layout, Media Kits and Ads for the Real State and Sports Sections as well as the Washington Hispanic front page.

Selected Exhibitions:

2013

• Pipe Dreams,  Sheryo and The Yok, Krause Gallery, New York, NY.

2012

• Odditorium Detroit, District VII Gallery, Detroit, MI.

• F*ck*d, The Cock Gallery, Portland, OR.

• Animal Love, Kraine Gallery, New York, NY.

2011

• Lights of Color, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY.

• Uncharted: MFA Thesis Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.

• Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY.

• Second Annual Sketchbook Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.

Publications:

• “Have Faith in Magic" 25 Years of an Arts Collective in Washington DC.

•  Cover Art for “Bucking Like Horses” an international novel by Gustaf Vonsheilds, Washington DC.