Assistant Sales

CHRISTINA BOY

address: *** ****** *****, ******* ** 22727 - mobile: 540-***-**** - email:

*******@*****.*** - web: www.christinaboy.com

EDUCATION:

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA. 2003-2007

Bachelors of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Craft and Material Studies: concentration glass

and wood

Mensch & Buro Akademie, Germany, Nov 2001 Certified Workstation Specialist

Berufsschule der Fachschule des Mobelhandels, Cologne, Germany. Sept. 1997 Jan. 2000

RAUMKULTUR HIERONIMI, Bonn, Germany, Sept. 1997Jan. 2000Apprentice,

Showroom and

Sales

ASSISTANTSHIPS:

David K Chatt Designs, Penland, NC, Fall 2009 and Summer 2010

Assisting with the preparations for 2009 Resident Artist Show and 2010 Benefit Auction

Sarah Martin Studios, Penland, NC, Fall 2009 and Summer 20102009 - Teaching Assistant for High School Class, 2010 assisting in a large commission

Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA, May - June 2006

Assistant to visiting Japanese bamboo Artist Shigeo Kawashima in onsite installation

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:

2012 - 2nd Place - Handcrafted

2011 - Equus III - 3rd Place

2009 - Finalist - Raphael Founders Prize;

- 52nd Annual Juried Arts Exhibition - Merit Award

2008 - Furniture Society Educational Grant;

- Core Student Fellowship Penland School of Crafts, NC

2007 - State Fair of Virginia Scholarship;

- Naomi I. Becker Scholarship - to attend Haystack;

- 2 Work Study Scholarships - to attend Penland;

- Winner 2007 NICHE Student Awards in the category Furniture

2006 - Mary B. Bishop/Francis S. Merritt Scholarship - to attend Haystack;

- Allen A. Eastman Award, VCU - for Excellence in Wood

EXHIBITIONS:

2012 - Your Personal Hang Ups - The Center for Art in Wood - Philadelphia, PA (scheduled

for Fall 2012)

- Studio Practice - Penland Gallery, Penland, NC (scheduled for Summer 2012)

- Handcrafted - Imperial Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC (2nd place)

2011 - Equus III - The Modern Horse - Morin Gallery, Orange, VA (3rd place)

2009 - Via Penland - Rebus Works Gallery, Raleigh, NC

- Women in Wood- An American Association of Woodturners Invitational, Sandra J. Blain

Gallery,

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN, then travelled to Grovewood Gallery, Asheville,

NC

- Core Show 2009; Northlight, Penland, NC

- Transformations 7 Society of Contemporary Craft; Pittsburg, PA

- Pines Kitchen Staff - Turcotte Gallery, Penland, NC

- 52nd Annual Juried Arts Exhibition, Imperial Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC (Merit Award)

- Penland, Exhibit - The Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC

2008 - Core Show 2008, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

- VCU: School to Market - American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD

2007 - The River Art and Music at the Depot, Culpeper, VA

- ConneXtions - American Association of Woodturners, St. Paul, MN

- Go Figure (or A New Body Of Work ), Group Show - Hawthorne Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA

- Beaux Echec, Senior Retrospective, VCU, Richmond, VA

- Senior Show - VCU, FAB, Richmond, VA

- NICHE Awards Display - Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA

- Schluckauf - Group Show - Hawthorne Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA

2006 - ReTurn of the Spoon - Hawthorne Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA

- Group Show - SAS Gallery, VCU Student Commons, Richmond, VA

- Juried Student Fine Arts Exhibition - Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA

2004 - James River Project - Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA

EMPLOYMENT:

christina boy design,

Madison, VA - Jan 2012 - present: designer + maker of art +

furniture

The Inn at Willow Grove, Orange, VA - Sept 2010 - Jan 2012: Line Cook: Garde Manger

+

GrillJulia Overton Interiors, Arlington VA, Sept. 2002 - present

:

Design AssociateKearney & Associates, Inc, Stevensburg, VA - Spring 2010: Subcontractor in cabinet shop

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Feb 2008 - Nov 2009: Core Student, Weekend Cook

VCU School of the Arts, Department of Craft and Material Studies: Richmond, VA

Teaching Assistant: Jan. 2007May 2007: Beginning Woodworking

Woodshop Monitor:

Jan. 2006May 2007

VCU Art Intensive! Richmond, VA, July 2006: Resident Assistant and Counselor

Maymont Park, Richmond, VA August 2003- Jan 2006: Sales Assistant

Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe, Arlington, VA, Sept. 2002 - July 2003: Sales Assistant

OBJEKTFORM, Bonn, Germany, Oct. 2000 - July 2002: Showroom Manager

PUBLICATIONS:

- Ironwork Today 3, Inside and Out, by

Jeffrey B. Snyder, Schiffer Publishing Ltd,

December 2011

-

The Laurel of Asheville: Asheville, NC, Feb 2010, page 10

-

Mountain Express: Asheville, NC, Oct 1-7, 2008, Fierce Dedication to Craft, by Katey

Schultz, page 50

- Studio Furniture. Volume 5: Meaning of Craft. Faculty Selects, page 109, The Furniture

Society

- Woodshop News, page 49, May 2007

- NICHE Magazine, Volume 19/Number 2, page 79, spring 2007

-

The Vine, Richmond, VA, December 2006

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