Languages
English - Fluent - Native / French - Fluent - Native / Spanish - Intermediate - Level C1
LAB LAB
Founder and Creative Director- New York, NY - September 2021 - present
LAB LAB is a puppet and prop shop based in NYC. Our work includes puppets for Broadway, props for editorial shoots, event installations, and wearable pieces for New York Fashion Week.
Education
University of Cambridge - Master of Philosophy, Arts Education - 2017-2018
Yale University – Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture – 2011-2015
Slade School of Fine Art - University College London - Year Abroad - Studio Programme, Sculpture - 2013-2014
Lycée Français de New York - Baccalauréat Littéraire Franco-Américain, Mention Bien - 1996-2011
Freelance Work
Live Action Puppet and Prop Designer / Builder / Wrangler - New York, NY - January 2019 - present
The Jim Henson Company, Vanity Fair, Sesame Workshop, James Ortiz, Visual Country, Puppet Kitchen, NYFW, and commissions
Stop Motion Puppet, Prop, and Set Designer / Fabricator / Costumer - New York, NY - January 2019 - present
Hornet, Mighty Oak, Visual Country, Transistor Studios, Springtime Jellyfish, and independent commissions
Build Consultant / Research & Development - New York, NY - January 2019 - present
Thom Browne for New York Fashion Week, The Jim Henson Company, and private clients
Productions
Broadway - Into the Woods at St. James Theater (Assistant Puppet Designer, Puppet Builder), The Skin of Our Teeth (Assistant Puppet Designer, Puppet Builder)
Off-Broadway - Encores! Into the Woods at NYCC (Assistant Puppet Designer, Puppet Builder), Sesame Street: The Musical (Puppet Builder), Riddle of the Trilobites (Puppet Builder), Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (Stitcher)
Regional - Water for Elephants at Alliance Theatre (Puppet Designer, Head Builder)
Workshops - Water for Elephants (Associate Puppet Designer, Head Puppet Builder, Puppet Wrangler)
Live Events - Thom Browne NYFW SS 2022 (Associate Puppet Designer, Head Puppet Builder, Puppet Wrangler), Met Gala & Thom Browne NYFW FW 2022 (Build Consultant), Virgin Voyages Scarlet Nights (Puppet Builder)
Stop Motion Fabrication
TV Commercials - Amazon Prime Day 2019 (Prop and Set Fabricator), Honda Holiday 2019 (Prop and Set Fabricator), Dunkin x NHL (Prop Fabricator), Hershey “Caramello” (Set Fabricator), FDA “Little Lungs” (Prop and Set Fabricator), Quiktrip Holiday 2020 (Prop Fabricator), Planned Parenthood PSA (Puppet, Prop, and Set Fabricator and Designer)
Social Media Spots - Condé Nast x Bloomingdale’s (Prop Fabricator), Origins Holiday 2021 (Prop Fabricator)
Films - Hardboiled (Prop and Set Designer and Fabricator), Max and Maxine (Puppet, Prop, Costume, and Set Designer and Fabricator)
Live Action Fabrication
TV Shows - Sesame Street Season 53 on HBO Max (Puppet and Prop Builder and Designer, Costume Stylist and Stitcher), Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock on Apple TV+ (Puppet Builder and Wig Stylist)
TV Commercials - CGU “Tall Poppy” (Puppet Builder and R&D)
Social Media Spots - Pinterest (Prop Fabricator), HGTV x Sherwin Williams (Prop Fabricator)
Teaching
Teacher - online - February 2021 - present
Domestika - Punch Needle Embroidery Portraits - 1900+ students
Independent Support Services – New York, NY - 2017 - present
Special Needs Life Development Coach – specializing in adults with autism
Fellowships
Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship for the Arts - MHB Fellow - 2015-2016
One of 3 artists awarded $19,000 to conduct arts research abroad. I used it to study basketry with best artisans in Europe.
Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art – Yale Norfolk Fellow - Summer 2014
One of 26 artists awarded a six-week residency. Notable alumni include Sheila Hicks, Eva Hesse, Mickalene Thomas, and Chuck Close.
Vocational Training
Association Ouvrière des Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France - Leatherworking apprentice - Fall 2016
Contrat d’apprentissage en alternance, maroquinerie - Limoges, France
JM Weston – Limoges, France - Fall 2016
Luxury leatherworker making belts and wallets in the JM Weston factory
École Nationale d’Osiériculture et de Vannerie - Guest Student - 2015-2016
National School of Osierculture and Basketry - Fayl-Billot, France
Staatliche Berufsfaschule für Flechtwerkgestaltung - Guest Student - Winter/Spring 2016
State Vocational School for Weaving and Design - Lichtenfels, Germany
Yale Peabody Museum – New Haven, CT - 2015
Volunteer Preparator - making bird study skins and taxidermy mounts for the museum collection
Performance Experience
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City - Soprano - 2006-2011
18-city tour of Japan; Annual televised 9/11 memorials at Ground Zero; Televised Concert for Pope Benedict at Yankee Stadium; UN Ceremonies in Geneva; Performances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, The Guggenheim Museum, Le Poisson Rouge, The Joyce Theater, City Hall, Tree-lighting at the Met; World premieres (Philip Glass, Niko Muhly, Meredith Monk, Rufus Wainwright, Terry Reilly, Michael Gordon, Kronos Quartet…) at Transient Glory and Bang on a Can; Concerts in Austria, Czech Republic, Brazil, and Argentina, TV appearances (PBS, Good Morning America), CD recordings, etc.
Yale Glee Club - Soprano - 2011 - Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 at Woolsey Hall
Shades of Yale - Soprano - 2011 - 10th anniversary 9/11 concert at Yale, Costa Rica tour
Yale Slavic Chorus - Alto - 2014-2015 - Concert for the president of Macedonia, Houston tour
Cambridge University Symphony Chorus - Alto - 2017 - Handel’s Israel in Egypt at Saffron Hall