CV and
Teaching Experience
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Skills and Abilities
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Throwing on a wheel, hand-building, coil, and slab clay-building techniques.
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Working with porcelain, B-mix, Sculpture Raku, Paper Clay, and other types of clay.
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Decorating with slips, glazes, underglazes, shellac, mocha diffusion, spray glazing, using washes, and stains.
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Ceramic firing process: Raku, cone 04-10.
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Proficient with oil, acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media techniques.
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Teaching groups of people.
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Time management and the ability to plan and work to deadlines.
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Knowledge of Canvas as a teaching tool.
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Creating lesson plans, assignments, and presentations for the class.
Work Experience
Spring 2026
California State University, Sacramento
Teaching Associate, ART86: Clay Sculpture
Fall 2024
California State University, Sacramento
Graduate Assistant, ART180: Figure Sculpture
2018-December 2025
Imaginook LLC, Newark, CA.
Co-Founder and Co-Director of Imaginook, a creative art studio and community space in Newark. An art instructor and business owner, responsibilities included: planning and executing art classes for children, teens, and adults, youth winter and summer camps, and student art exhibitions. Planning art master classes, workshops, exhibitions, and events for artists in Newark and the neighboring Bay Area cities.
Education
2024-present
California State University, Sacramento, CA
MFA in Studio Art
2023-2024
Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
Additional classes to complete the requirements for MFA program
2015-2018
Certificate of Accomplishment in Design.
Certificate of Accomplishment in Ceramics.
2000-2007
National Agricultural University, Kyiv, Ukraine
MA in Corporate Management and Economy, 2007
BA in Corporate Management, 2005