CV

Passionate about the intersection of art and fabrication, creativity and problem solving are my strengths. I am an independent hardworking individual who understands the value of collaboration and smart communication within a team. My skills include precise fine art application, design, sculpting and carpentry. My job experiences to date support my vision, which is to be a confident, working artist.

Work Experience 

Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, June 2025 to Present

Props Apprentice

Fabricate set props utilizing carpentry, foam carving, hard coating, digital design, scenic painting, upholstery and artifact repair.

Streets of Jeremyville, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023 to June 2025

Artist Assistant 

Translated artist’s digital designs into large scale hand painted canvas works.

Dimentional Innovations, Kansas City, MO, May 2023 to August 2023

Illustrated, designed and fabricated a set of marathon award plaques. 

Assisted the completion, hard-coating and faux painting of a 3/4th scale model of a seaplane. 

Hard-coated a life-sized, ceiling mounted, sculpture of a F1 race car. 

Fab Plus, Kansas City, MO, April 2020 to 2023

Traveled with the Fab Plus team, assisting in the installation of a five story light sculpture and art ceiling.

Learned welding basics, grinding, and prepping support beams for mezzanine structure.

Assisted Fab Plus with graphic design work, including block-print t-shirts and illustrations for website.

Contracted to fabricate golden eagle high school mascot. Implemented Fab Plus vision. Hand crafted fire retardant foam head adorned with plastic and faux fur. Constructed sustainable full body suit.

Etsy Design Shop

Design and sell mythological focused animal masks. www.etsy.com/shop/wolffinery

Education

University of Pennsylvania, BFA
Summa Cum Laude

Exhibitions

Awards and Achievements

• Illuminate the Arts Grant Recipient, Creative Philadelphia, 2025
• Lance Roy Lauffer Memorial Prize, 2024
• The Raymond & Estelle Rubens Travel Scholarship, 2023
• The Ward Prize for Sculpture, 2023
• The John Bradley Sutton Annual Portrait Award, 2023
• Venture Fund Recipient, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
• Participant/Actor in Isaac Julien: Once Again … (Statues Never Die)
• The Jimmy C. Lueders Painting Prize, 2022
• The Frederic Whitaker National Watercolor Fine Art Scholarship Spring, 2022
• The Hal & Linda Robinson Award for Imaginative Use of Color in Representative Art, 2021
• The Marchia Lampert Prize for Construction, 2021
• The Samuel David Memorial Prize for Cast Drawing, 2021
• The John Bradley Sutton Annual Cast Drawing Award, 2021
• Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, 2020, American Visions Finalist
• National Student Press Association Contest, 2020, Editorial Cartoon, Fourth Place Award

Computer Skills

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Indesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Premiere

Blender

Sketchup 

TV Paint