Rahele Jomepour Bell www.rahelestudio.com [email protected] 515-357-0273

Education

2011-2015 Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Visual Arts Iowa State University, Ames, IA

2004-2008 Bachelors of Fine Art in Graphic Design University of , Tehran,

Awards

2018 Portfolio Grand Prize, SCBWI 2018 Los Angeles National Conference SCBWI Social Media Mentorship Award for Illustrators Winner of We Need Diverse Books Illustration Mentorship SCBWI Bologna Book Fair shortlisted. 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide

2017 Merit Award, iJUNGLE ILLUSTRATION AWARDS

2016 Finalists, SCBWI 2016 Bologna Book Fair Creative Quarterly No.39

2015 Creative Quarterly No.38, Runner Up, Fine Arts Student Category Emerging Artist Best in Show, First Place, Iowa Arts, Iowa City, IA

2014 Creative Quarterly No.36, Winner of the Fine Art Student Category

2013 3x3 Illustration Competition, Merit Student Award Best Show Award, 7th Annual New Bohemia Art Festival, Cedar Rapids, IA

Skills

Software Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Fresco Adobe Indesign Sketch Procreate

Design Drawing Painting Traditional Medium Textile Design Mix Media Collage Area of Expertise Picture Book Illustration Editorial Illustration Scientific and Medical Illustration Book and Publication Design Graphic Design Branding 2D Animation Storyboarding Character Design

Teaching Experience

Feb 2012 – Dec 2014 Graduate Assistant Iowa State University, College of Design, Ames Working for Engineering - LAS Online Learning

2014 – Apr 2014 Graduate Teacher Assistant, Professor Jennifer Drinkwater Iowa State University, College of Design, Ames . Artists Next Door, Sioux City Project, Sponsored by Iowa State University/ Design West. . Workshops: (Maps, drawings, installation, moquette, models, artist's statements). . Final Exhibition of the students work.

Aug 2012 – Jan 2013 Graduate Teacher Assistant, Professor Chuck Richards Iowa State University, College of Design, Ames . Preparing Four Drawing Studios for students. . Managing the Drawing course during class hours.

2008-2010 Instructor, Introduction to Illustration, Tehran University of Art and Cultural Education, Tehran, Iran Instructor, Illustration, and Techniques, Academic Center of Education, , Iran

Work Experience

2001- current Freelance Illustrator of Different Magazines and Publishers

Illustration Clients Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Groundwood Books, Charlesbridge, Albert Whitman & Company, Cricket Media Magazines, Bravery Magazine and, Amazing Iowa

Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 Graduate Research Assistant, College of Design Iowa State University, College of Design, Ames . International Exhibition opening reception photography in the College of Design. . Studio classes photography for College of Design's Official Website. . Graphic Design, Poster Design for College of Design.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions 2020 (forthcoming), Illustration Show, State Law Library, Des Moines, IA 2020 (forthcoming), Illustration Show, Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, IA 2020 (forthcoming), Illustration Show, Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque, IA 2018 Rahele Jomepour Bell Illustrations, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA 2017 Illustration Show, Wheatsfield Art Gallery, Ames, IA 2017 Illustration Show, Café Diem, Ames, IA 2016 Project Art, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Permanent Collection, Iowa City, IA 2015 MFA Show, Design on Main Gallery, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Group Exhibitions

2018 IOWA SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS GROUP EXHIBITION, Urbandale Public Library, Urbandale, IA

2015 CHIMERA, Integrated Visual Arts MFA Students Exhibition, Octagon Center For The Arts, Ames, IA Group Show with work by Los Angeles artist Richard Kraft and locals Jeff Miller and, Crane Artist Lofts, Des Moines, IA

2014 In Honor of Spring, UK Parobrod, Serbia, Belgrade Artist Next Door, Octagon Center For The Arts, Ames, IA Tehran-Paris Illustration Show, Tehran Gallery, Tehran, Iran New Bohemia Art Festival, Mixed Media Art, Cedar Rapids, IA Integrated Visual Arts MFA Students Exhibition, Octagon Center For The Arts, Ames, IA

2010 Illustration Show, Art Deco Ecole, Paris, France 2009 Illustration Exhibition, Contemporary Iranian Illustrators, Julius Cavazza Show Room, Bologna, Italy 1001 Nights Contemporary Iranian Illustration Museu Da Electricidade, Lisbon, Portugal Illustration Exhibition, Iranian Artist Forum, Momayez Gallery, Tehran, Iran Figures Future Illustration Biennial, Paris, France

Art Fair Shows

2015 Reiman Gardens' 12th Annual Garden Art Fair, Ames, IA 2015 Emerging Iowa Artist Festival, Iowa City, IA 2013 7th Annual New Bohemia Arts Festival, Cedar Rapids, IA

Interviews, Talks, Lectures

Interview with Sylvia Liu, Kidlit 411, 2019 Interview with Dorothia Ruhner, Kidlit Artists, 2018 Interview with Kathy Temean, Writing, and Illustrating, 2017 Interview with Joanna Marple, Miss Marple's Musings, 2016 Interview with Angela Cerrito, Cynthia Leitich Smith, 2016 Iowa State University, College of Design, Advanced Sequential Narrative Drawing class with Professor Chuck Richards, Art Talk, and Slide Presentation, 2018 Iowa State University, College of Design, ArtIS 208 COLOR class thought by Professor Cindy Gould, Art Talk and Slide Presentation, 2016 & 2017 SCBWI IOWA Faculty Member, Spring Conference, 2020 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library, visiting Illustrator, 2020 Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Visiting Illustrator, 2020