CAM COLLINS
b. Chicago, Illinois, 1999. 312-371-3585 camcollins.us
[email protected]EDUCATION
2013-2017
Chicago High School for the Arts
PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2013-2017
AP Visual Communication, Jen Thomas & Chris Lin
Studio Painting and Drawing III, Celeste Rapone
Art History and Art History II, Catarina Araujo
Mural Studies, Rodrigo Lara
Photography, Eileen Mueller
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2014 - 2017
CAAP Program at School of the Art Institute
Mixed Materials
Contemporary Studios
Sequential Arts
Figure Studio
Figure Painting
School of the Art Institute ECP 2 Week Residency in Figure Painting Studio
Savannah College of Art and Design Summer Intensive
Scientific Illustration
Acrylic Painting
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2016
Scholastic Awards Silver Key for "The Stranger Book Cover", Body Shop.
Scholastic Awards Honorable Mention
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design $500 Scholarship for Summer Institute
2015
Chiarts Bruce Nauman Award for Sophomore Conceptual Thinking
2014
Scholastic Awards Silver Key for Graphic Design "Jacket Packet"
Scholastic Awards Honorable Mention
EXHIBITIONS
2016
Chiarts Junior Exhibition
Chiarts Juried Show 2016
2016 Illinois High School Art Exhibition, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Work featured for Day of the Dead Blick Art Materials Show in Chicago
Chicago Public Library Youth Artist Online Exhibitions
2015
Chiarts Juried Show 2015
Chiarts Sophomore Exhibition
2014
Chiarts Juried Show 2014
EETUSOENSVAT Magazine Online Exhibition
2013
Chiarts Juried Show 2013
EXPERIENCE
2016
Cover Illustration done for Chicago High School for the Arts 2016 Yearbook.
ChiArts JUNIOR JAM Art Show Poster Design Winner and participant.
2015
IHSA Journalism Competition Participant for Cartooning and Basic Advertising
ReImagine 24 Participant in Industrial Design (Teamed with Natalie Ayala, Srinidi Gopal,
and Sam Barber Kennedy) Industrial Design category that requires creating an
innovational bench design.
PORTRAIT-A-DAY PROJECT Published in independent Brazilian Art magazine,
EETUSOENSVAT.
ChiArts SOPHOMORE SHOW Poster Design Winner and Participant
Title Card Artist for MoMA/Tate/AIC Artist Video Interview Series
Created Kandinsky Inspired Interactive Installation Booth with Allison Kelly at Art
Institute of Chicago.
2014
VANS Shoe Design Competition Team
Accepted into CAAP program @ SAIC [2014-2017]
2013
Intern for Creative Design at Common Ground Advertising
2012
Shirt Design Winner for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Fundraiser
PROFICIENT SKILLS/PREFERRED MEDIUMS
DRAWING
Graphite
Chalk Pastel
Oil Pastel
DIGITAL
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
PAINTING
Gouache
Acrylic
Ink
Reading Skills in French
Can Read Hiragana and Katakana characters in Japanese / basic comprehension
Easily adapts to languages and accents
Can Solve Rubiks Cube
Designs T-Shirts
