REBECCA KIMMEL
Los Angeles, CA
rebeccak4@gmail.com
www.rebeccakimmel.com
Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum
OBJECTIVE:
Ideally I would like to teach Digital and Traditional Drawing and Painting as well as Photoshop. I have always loved art and want to find a profession that allows me to further explore Drawing and Painting in both digital and traditional media as well as explore 3D modeling and animation. I have always wanted to make teaching my career, and to that end have taught both free and paid Workshops online through my Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum, to which I have dedicated two years thus far as a volunteer due to my enthusiasm for teaching. I will be teaching college level art courses at Otis College of Art and Irvine Valley College in the fall, in addition to teaching college preparatory art courses in the summer.
SKILLS:
Digital: Maya, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator, Flash, some Dreamweaver, ZBrush, and Mudbox.
Traditional: Advanced drawing and painting in a variety of media with an emphasis on the figure, anatomy, and portraiture. Well versed in color and in drawing and painting still life and landscape. My primary passion is for traditional and digital figurative drawing and painting.
EDUCATION:
B.F.A. Art Center College of Design – Illustration. Graduated with Honors.
M.F.A. George Mason University – Digital Art and Animation, 2007. Graduated with 3.8 GPA.
Studies at Washington University in St. Louis – Fine Art
- Full Scholarship Finalist (1 of 5), transferred to Art Center to pursue more rigorous study of art
- Dean’s List, all semesters
Additional studies:
- Introduction to ZBrush class at Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, CA
- Private study with master artist and draughtsman Glenn Vilppu at the Animation Institute in North Hollywood, CA
- Private study with artist and draughtsman Steve Huston at the Associates in Art in Sherman Oaks, CA
- Digital Media coursework in Adobe After Effects at the Corcoran School of Art
- Basic Web Design at the Department of Agriculture Graduate School program in Washington, DC
EXPERIENCE:
***Please see my HOME page for the most updated information regarding my teaching experience.
Winter 2009 – Anatomy Guest Lecturer, Norton Simon Museum of Art. (Pasadena, CA)
Hired to teach a series of Anatomy based lectures based on the Museum Collection.
Fall 2008 – Present: Life Drawing Instructor, Otis College of Art. (Los Angeles, CA)
Hired 7/16/08 to teach Life Drawing in Fall 2008 at Otis College of Art in their Foundation Department.
Fall 2008 – Instructor Trainee, Otis College of Art. (Los Angeles, CA)
Hired 2/15/08 to train in Fall 2008 under a master instructor at Otis College of Art in preparation to teach as a part-time Life Drawing Instructor in their Foundation Department.
Summer 2008 – Instructor, Irvine Valley College. (Irvine, CA)
Will be teaching ART 85 and ART 86, Life Drawing I and Advanced Life Drawing.
Spring 2008 – Instructor, Irvine Valley College. (Irvine, CA)
Currently teaching ART 85 and ART 86, Life Drawing I and Advanced Life Drawing.
Spring 2008 – Instructor, Brentwood Art Center. (Brentwood, CA)
Will be teaching 3 classes for the upcoming term: Drawing Fundamentals for Adults (2 sections) and Beginning / Intermdiate Figure Drawing for Teens and Adults. Currently teaching Beginning/Intermdiate Figure Drawing for Teens and Adults.
Fall 2007 – Instructor, Irvine Valley College. (Irvine, CA)
Taught ART 85 and ART 86, Life Drawing I and Advanced Life Drawing.
Fall 2007 – Instructor, Otis College of Art Extension Program. (Los Angeles, CA)
Taught “Digital Painting From Masterworks” course for the Fall Semester through the Otis College of Art Extension Program.
November 2007 – Present: Instrucor, ANDLAB / ARTLAB. (Los Angeles, CA)
Currently teaching Foundation Studio I, Foundation Studio II (Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Digital Media), and Perspective to Korean students preparing for entry to top art schools. (Currently the only instructor to teach more than one class at ARTLAB). Additionally teach one day Workshops for students on special topics such as Traditional Figure Painting in Oils and Acrylics and Digital Painting / Digital Media / Photoshop. Assist students in the preparation of their portfolios for final submission to art schools and universities.
Fall 2007 – Instructor, Brentwood Art Center. (Los Angeles, CA)
Taught Beginning / Intermdiate Figure Drawing for Teens and Adults.
June 2007 – Present: Instructor, Mahanaim Art School. (Cerritos, CA)
Currently teaching Drawing and Painting classes to kids, teens, and adults. Previously taught kids’ classes in mixed media and foundation. Have taught figure drawing workshops and will teach drawing and painting workshops in the future.
June 2007 – October 2007: Instructor, Vision 21 Art School. (Los Angeles, Cerritos, and Irvine, CA locations)
Taught Life Drawing, Painting, Digital Painting / Photoshop, and Mixed Media to kids and teens at college preparatory after school program for Korean students. Taught courses in the school’s various locations around Los Angeles.
October 2006 – May 2007: Production Artist, Mason Media Lab at George Mason University. (Fairfax, VA)
Graphics Production Artist at the MML, my university’s animation and graphics production facility.
March 2006 – May 2007: Full-Time M.F.A. Student (Digital Art) at George Mason University. (Fairfax, VA)
2003 – 2007: Part and Full-Time M.F.A. Student (Digital Art) at George Mason University. (Fairfax, VA)
Feb. 2006 – April 2006: CGWorkshop Instructor on CGSociety for online course
Figuratively Speaking – Analyzing the Human Form
Taught online digital and traditional drawing and painting courses about
Anatomy and the Human Figure. Both of my online courses have been quite popular and successful.
Oct. 2005 – Nov. 2005: CGWorkshop Instructor on CGSociety for online course Drawing on the Past – Figurative and Anatomical Art
June 2005 – Present: Forum Leader for Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum on CGTalk.com.
I moderate an online forum for digital and traditional artists which I created in June of 2005 for the CGSociety website CGTalk.com, whose worldwide audience totals 250,000. CGTalk is the largest and most prestigious computer graphics website in the world.
As a moderator, I create tutorials and invite others to do so, create and run Workshops, and critique the work of others through paintovers / corrections and verbal suggestions. I also create my own work and continually improve by participating in the Workshops which I run.
The last free Workshop I created, Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 1 - The Head, attracted nearly 200 participants and nearly 60,000 hits. In the last year, I have run 22 free Open Figure Drawing Workshops which have lasted 2-4 weeks each in duration.
The best work from the Anatomy Forum can be found here: SPOTLIGHT: Best of the Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art Forum.
October 2004: Animation artist for Multimedia Performance Studio’s Production of Silence and Darkness, A Live Movie for the Cell Phone Age. (Fairfax, VA) Responsible for creating set pieces and animations for live performance artists. New Media Performance Studio, Harris Theatre, Center for the Arts.
April 2004: Animation artist for Multimedia Performance Studio’s Production of Time Traveller Zero Zero. (Fairfax, VA) Responsible for creating set pieces and animations for live performance artists. New Media Performance Studio, Harris Theatre, Center for the Arts.
August 2000 – February 2005: Lead Graphic Designer, Government Subcontractor. (Springfield, VA)
Lead Graphic designer for government subcontractor which created DVDs, CD-ROMs, Websites, and other digital products for the military. Duties included all phases of production art: CD label and cover design, interface design, design and creation of content graphics, 2-D animations, 3-D design and animations, quality-control including text/script editing, audio, voiceovers, etc.
As a Lead Graphic Designer I was responsible for overseeing a group of graphic designers and programmers to get projects completed on time for the company’s federal clients, which included the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, FEMA, the FBI, the EPA, ATF, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
*All work is protected by NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) whereby no work may be shown.
HONORS:
July 2008: My article on the Open Figure Drawing Workshops that I run on the Anatomy Forum appeared in ImagineFX article. Check out the article here!
May 2007: Invited to exhibit digital paintings in the show “Sumus Vicinae”, an invitational group show of international artists to be held in Paris, France.
April 2006: Invited to write 2 cover related articles for ImagineFX magazine, leading digital arts publication.
March 2006: Invited to write cover related article for ImagineFX magazine, leading digital arts publication.
March 2006: Invited to join the BETA testing team for the popular digital sculpting software, ZBrush 3.0.
December 2006: MFA Thesis Show, Palimpsest, my exhibition of large format figurative digital paintings, ran in the George Mason University Fine Arts Building Fine Arts Gallery from Dec. 12 – Dec. 19. Please see this gallery for images and pictures from the show.
November 2006: Animations featured and published in the book, Live Movies: A Field Guide to New Media For The Performing Arts. Malone, Kirby and Gail Scott White, eds. Fairfax: Multimedia Performance Studio Press, 2006.
October 2006: Launched www.foundationalarts.com, a joint personal website / forum dedicated to the foundations of figurative art with friend Joel Carlo.
October 2006: Featured in ImagineFX Magazine’s “Artist Insight” section.
October 2006: Granted permission to write 2 articles about the Anatomy Forum for IT’S ART MAGAZINE for its upcoming edition.
August 2006: Interviewed for IT’S ART MAGAZINE for its upcoming edition.
August 2006: Mentioned in ImagineFX Magazine in article about Anatomy for Beginning Artists. The work I do for the Open Figure Drawing Workshops on the Anatomy Forum was mentioned by the article writer, who developed his digital art style through my free online Workshops.
July 2006: Featured in IT'S ART MAGAZINE #0005 - One Year Anniversary Edition
Work and bio presented in new online (French and English) magazine.
May 2006: Pixologic ZBrush (maker of digital sculpting software) agreed to sponsor one free student for my CGWorkshop.
May 2006: Featured on the website CGBrainchild
Work featured on new website dedicated to computer graphics and visual art.
December 2005: Received BOXX Sponsorship
For projects relating to the Anatomy Forum, I received as part of a BOXX Sponsorship a free BOXX Workstation at a value of over $3,000.
December 2005: My article on drawing, “Drawing Lessons: Opposing Curves (Nudity)” was published online by the CGSociety. It has enjoyed immense popularity and has been referenced on numerous international websites.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
CGSociety: (Computer Graphics Society) International web based community of professional, student, and hobbyist digital artists from the film, gaming, and art communities.
ACM-SIGGRAPH: (Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques). Computer Graphics special interest group with annual national conferences, which I’ve attended in 2005 and 2006.
PORTFOLIO:
Website: www.rebeccakimmel.com
Teaching Blog: http://mirrorbooks.blogspot.com/
CGPortfolio: http://rebeccak.cgsociety.org/gallery/
CGWorkshops: http://workshops.cgsociety.org/courses/000014/
Anatomy Forum: http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=177
REFERENCES:
Full Resume and References available upon request.
