Jessica Dalva
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: “Home” Group Show- July 2014 “Grotesque” Group Show - February 2014 “Wanderlust” Group Show - December 2013 Nomination for Award, Dimensional Category, Spectrum Fantastic Art Book 21, 2014 Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia:
“Imaginary Menagerie II” Group Show - September 2015 EDUCATION: “Equinox” - Seven person Group Show - April 2014
Alexi Era Gallery, Mascoutah, Illinois Otis College of Art and Desgin Graduated with Honors with a BFA, emphasis in “Victoriana” Group Show - August 2015 Illustration 2009 Gallery 309, Philadelphia: Los Angeles, CA 310.665.6800 “Summer Spell” - Group show - September 2012
WWA Gallery, Culver City: GALLERY SHOWS: “Horrorwood” - Group Show- November 2013 “Time Will Tell” - Group Show - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles: “All Eyes Averted” - Six-person show - February 2012 “Horrorwood” - Group show - October 2010 “Mess” - Solo Show November 2017 “Hapax Legomena” - Solo Show - May 2015 Busted Foundation, Los Angeles: The Coaster Show II - Sept. 2014 “Art in Support of Busted” - charity art auction to benefit “Laluzapalooza” - February 2014 breast cancer patients - October 2010 “Beer is Art” Coaster show- Sept. 2013 “These Days” - Solo Show - February 2013 323 East Gallery, Detroit: “LaLuzapalooza” - Group Show - March 2012 “La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary Show” - “Glass, Cinder & Thorns” - March 2010 Group Show and catalogue book - November 2011 Nucleus Gallery, Los Angeles: “Tie Strings Into Knots” - Five Person Show - June 2010 “Power In Numbers 4” Group Show - December 2009 “Everything But the Kitsch ‘N Sync” - Group Show - March 2010 LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles: “The Devouring of Dominic” - Four-Person Show- August2009 “Beyond Eden Art Fair” - October 2009
Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco: Re-Emerging Art at The Pawn, Hong Kong:
“20/20 - A Collaborative Group Exhibition” Sept “The Secret Garden” Group Show - June 2012 2015 “Le Chat Noir” Group Show- October 2014 “On Beauty” Group Show- May 2014 EMPLOYMENT: March 2013 - August 2013 Starburns Industries Current Model builder/fabrication Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Construction of props and set pieces for feature length Studio Artist stop-motion animation film Maintenance and repair on lifelike wax figures Burbank, CA 866.223.4240 818.955.8977 San Francisco, CA www.starburnsindustries.com www.madametussauds.com/san-francisco.en March 2012 - May 2012 May 2015 - August 2015 Assistant Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Korpus School of Art Prop Builder Assisting with general day to day activities Building props for an unreleased stop-motion and organization of a small private art school animation television show. Los Angeles, CA Burbank, CA 213.228.2014 www.leagueofbuddies.com www.korpus-la.com
August 2014 - Sept 2014 August 2011 - Dec. 2011 Costume Department Intern Starburns Industries Shadow Machine Animation Set Dresser/Fabrication Assisting and creating costumes and accessories for Set dressing, set/prop painting and fabrication stop-motion animation feature film feature length stop-motion animation film Hollywood, CA Burbank, CA 323.466.7388 818.955.8977 www.shadowmachine.com www.starburnsindustries.com August 2010 - Sept.2011 February 2014 - M arch 2014 California Theaming Abutech LLC painter and sculptor Illustrator work on large scale sculptures,floats and displays Illustrated over 40 pages of original artwork for for theme parks and companies around the world childen’s book for PALS Police League Monrovia, CA Los Angeles, CA telecommute 626.303.2349 901.270.3007 www.abutech.com Sept. 2008 - January 2009 Anthropologie El Segundo October 2013 - November 2013 Display Intern Shadow Machine Animation assisting with display design and execution Puppet Fabrication El Segundo, CA Created puppet hair and props for a series of 310.414.0066 Honda holiday commercials Los Angeles, CA May- August 2008 323.466.7388 Anthropologie Corte Madera www.shadowmachine.com Display Intern assisting with display design and execution Corte Madera, CA 415.924.4197
June - August 2008 Phil Tippet Studios Intern, Art Department inputting photo reference, assisting painters, organizing and editing data and reference Berkeley, CA 510.649.9711
THEATER PROJECTS:
“Stations” BoomKat Dance Company Puppet Design Winter 2012
“Thoroughly Modern Millie” Graphic Design 2011
“Cowboy Mouth” Poster and Logo Design Baby Crow Productions 2010
“NeverWonderLand” BoomKat Dance Company Prop and Puppet Design Summer 2010
“Starmites” ETC Theatre Company Puppet Design Feb.-March 2010
“The Rainbow Room” Theatre Unlimited Set Design Opened March 20, 2010