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PROFESSIONAL  BACKGROUND

2022 - present

2026

2025, 2026

Producer, Ashley Gavins Sunday Sqool

Panelist, Queens Arts Fund

Associate Curator, VAEFF 

Freelance

2014 - 2025

  • Josephine Network: Mary Jane Girls (2026) 2D/stop motion animated music video

  • Mango Dog: Astronaut (2026) 2D/stop motion animated music video

  • Oral of the Story (2025) directed/produced live action film NYC

  • Good Mythical Morning: Smell & Taste Experiment (2021) 2D/stop motion animated short

  • One Love (2021) 2D/stop motion animated music video | Vocalist: Mavado and Mya

  • The Immaculate Beings: I’ll Be Home Soon (2020) 2D/stop motion animated music video

  • The Immaculate Beings: Don’t Come Back (2020) live action/2D animated music video

  • KO Kid (2020) stop motion animated music video | Producer: BJ Burton | Vocalist: Jake Luppen

  • Photographer (2014 - 2018) events and celebrations, portrait, street, experimental

Exhibitions

2021 - 2025

  • Fandi Mata, October solo exhibition NYC (2026) paintings  -- showing 40 pieces (8" x 10") - (48” x 60”)

  • Astoria Art Center, solo exhibition NYC (2026) -- showing 25 pieces (8" x 10") - (48” x 60”)

  • Fandi Mata, February solo exhibition NYC (2026) paintings  -- showing 40 pieces (8" x 10") - (48” x 60”)

  • Cannavita dispensary gallery, group show NYC (2026) paintings -- Normal People (48” x 60”) | Mr. Mind (48” x 60”) | Negotiating Rapacity (48” x 60”)

  • The Greenpoint Gallery, group show NYC (2026) paintings -- Kiss (20” x 18”) | Lost in the Subway a Bee Covered in Honey (20” x 20”) | Subway Conversation (15” x 24”) | Red Portrait (18” x 20”) | Yellow Portrait (18” x 20”)

  • Satellite group show NYC (2025) -- Lingered Hug, performance

  • Astoria Art Center group show NYC (2024, 2025) paintings -- Kiss (20” x 18”) | Lost in the Subway a Bee Covered in Honey (20” x 20”) | Sniff Sniff (18” x 20”)

  • Sourmouse NYC (2024, 2025) -- Father Forgive Me, reoccurring performance

  • Cut Rope exhibition MN (2021) -- KO Kid, stop motion music video

  • Made at MCAD exhibition MN (2021) -- Restaurant Industry, animated documentary

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Foot in the Door 5: virtual exhibition MN (2021) -- Dom and Sub, sculpture​

2018 - 2025

Festivals

  • Filmmaker Sessions Volume 9 virtual (2025) -- DRÔLE Clown, experimental film

  • Heron Bay Film Festival (2025) CA -- Love Story, animated short

  • NanoCon International Film Festival WA (2025) -- Bathtub Cold Read, short live action film

  • Filmmaker Sessions Volume 8 virtual (2025) -- Love Letters, feature live action film

  • ​The Art of Movie Making Film Festival NYC (2024) -- Fly Swatter Assassin, animated short

  • Scream It Off Screen MN (2021) -- KO Kid, stop motion music video

  • ​Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival NY (2020) -- Restaurant Industry, animated documentary

  • Sausalito Art Festival American Icon Art Competition CA (2018) -- 2nd Place | Fast-Food Worker, photography

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2018 - 2025

Recognitions

  • ​KFAI Radio Interview (2020) – Discussion on Stop-Motion Animation

  • MCAD Art Sale (2018–2021) – Photography, Painting, Illustration

  • Study Breaks Magazine (2018) – Photo Article: Pale Fire and Blue Warmth in Minneapolis​

2025 - Present

Associate Curator, VAEFF 

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2017 - 2021

Minneapolis College of Art and Design | Bachelor of Fine Art

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