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ALAN RENAÉ NEAL

Fine Art, Theatre Design,Theme Party Design (specialty draping fabric, & Lighting Design.) and MUCH MORE!
Saint Petersburg,BFA

Summary

Summary Statement My BFA is in Fine Art Painting, and I also completed all required course material to graduate from Broward College with a graphic design degree, but chose to take the generous scholarship offer from Ringling College, and graduated in the upper ten percent of graduates. I spent 8 years at Broward College due to the generous wages and the perfect environment for an artist to thrive with the jobs I was given in the art department as gallery assistant and studio monitor. There, I took Best of Show, Best Painting, & Best Sculpture in student competitions. I moved to The Sarasota area to accept the scholarship and grants the financial aid department hooked me up with, and learned so much more than I would have at Broward college. I also worked as a studio monitor in both the wood-shop and the sculpture studio. [Job Title] highly passionate about art, technology and the creative processes involved in video game creation.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience

Work History

Founding Artist • Epoch Contemporary

Farrelly Gallery
01.2012 - 01.2020
  • Built canvases for all participating artists
  • Collaborated with all artists in the group (6) in creating communal projects
  • Participated in group as well as individual art shows
  • Two of our members owned properties on the
  • Village of the Arts in Bradenton, giving us two different yards to use as “outdoor gallery” space during the monthly art walks
  • Sadly, we had to stop due to Covid 19.

Studio Monitor • Ringling College of Art & Design
01.2009 - 01.2012
  • Responsible for teaching students how to safely manage use of power tools; Taught seminars in canvas construction and stretching
  • Taught a blind student how to use power tools for projects
  • Also acted as an informal student ambassador during select events on campus, hosting students from Broward College
  • RCAD is an extremely advanced art environment, and they brought extremely high level artists to speak to students every week
  • Even if the speaker was, say, a famous actor or personality, all departments were encouraged to attend
  • With so many on campus galleries, as well as the numerous spaces the college rented for student shows off campus, it was a deeply immersive way of learning off of not only the other students, but also from a uniquely qualified professorial staff of successful artist across the board, including the movie arts, the photographic arts, theatre, motion graphics, time media, art history, architectural arts, interior design arts, and so much more
  • I was honored to have a piece of my work, a shaped canvas, hanging in the main entrance hallway of the student center
  • When it came time to remove it, students literally wrote complaints, asking for it to remain
  • It remained for about two extra weeks
  • I was very flattered
  • Every December, we took a field trip of 3/4 days to Miami for Art
  • Basel, one of the worlds largest art fairs
  • I had gone every year when I lived in Fort Lauderdale, and I was very grateful to be able to continue for the three years I spent at RCAD
  • I really enjoyed my time at RCAD, and hope to carry that kind of enthusiasm into any job I choose in the future.

Gallery Assistant

Broward College
01.2003 - 01.2009
  • Assisted in hanging traveling art shows, student contests, et al
  • Also hung lighting, built walls and rooms for video viewing
  • This job also allowed me the luxury of being able to help many of the professors in the art department in off-campus galleries or spaces they were showing
  • I also designed graphics for their business cards, posters promoting their shows, and flyers for same.

Studio Monitor • Broward College
01.2003 - 01.2009
  • Maintained over $500,000 worth of power tools
  • Taught safe use of tools for projects
  • Also maintained matériels for the head of the sculpture department
  • Built items for professor’s art shows
  • Assisted students with engineering of projects.

Staff Artist

The Warehouse 28/Balloons, Hi!/Effects Studio
10.1980 - 10.1989
  • Developed art and design concepts.
  • Designed visual models meeting both aesthetic and technical criteria.
  • Collaborated with art director to implement artistic vision.
  • Created custom drawings and paintings using fine oils, acrylics and charcoal on high quality canvas.
  • Made use of materials, such as ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, computer software, paints and pencils to complete unique piece for customers.

Education

Professor Artists Support - Graphic Design

Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
06.2009
  • This was my first college attempt through Vocational Rehab, allowing me the freedom to pursue the full curriculum toward a degree. After two years, I had enough scholarship money to change my major to Fine Art. I chose to achieve my BFA instead of an Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design. I stayed at BC because they’d given me a perfect position as the sculpture department’s studio monitor. The entire staff of Art professors utilized my skills in graphic design for signage for their gallery shows, business cards, and using my carpenter skills for furniture, video displays, sound installations, and any other needs they may have as professional artists.

BFA - Fine Art Painting

Ringling College of Art And Design, Sarasota, FL
06.2012
  • Completed professional development in welding, installation, ceramics, life drawing,
  • Received The Charles Smith Scholarship, along with other funding. A lucrative offer was too good for me not to uproot my family unit and move to Sarasota from Ft. Lauderdale to attend RCAD.

Skills

  • Trained in the Adobe Suite, as well as The Microsoft Suite Began using Photoshop in my work for “Effects
  • Studio,” the graphic design/art department for ‘Balloons, Hi!” Of Nashville, TN Back then, photoshop
  • Wasn’t called photoshop, but rather “Aldus Pagemaker” I used to rent time at Kinko’s to create templates
  • For signage, and large artwork patterns I worked there from 1987 to 1989 I grew up using the program,
  • And took courses at Broward College in graphic design and webpage design, where we used
  • Dreamweaver, as well as Illustrator At RCAD, I was fortunate to work with After Effects, where my video
  • Was chosen as the centerpiece of a collaborative work between myself and the professor She’s taken a
  • Series of non-specific walks in the woods during the fall, using the colors as a major feature, making the
  • Perfect backdrop for my video, which featured live shots of deer, cows, and egrets The piece was shown
  • By at one of the newest galleries in the new high rise building on campus I also designed the
  • Accompanying soundscape played in the background
  • Extensive experience in construction My Dad and I renovated homes for rental purposes Often, we would
  • Redesign walls and internal spaces in homes meant for us to live in This translated into a good side job as a
  • Handyman in my early life I also have extensive experience in the hospitality industry, holding positions first as a
  • Counter clerk at Burger Chef at age 15 After high school, I worked at the downtown freestanding Sears &
  • Roebuck, a four story mega store, in the visual merchandising department After moving to Florida in 1978, I
  • Worked at Montgomery Wards in undercover security I have a well rounded set of life experiences to go along
  • With my experience in fine art I painted murals for a local disco, as well as creating stage sets and backdrops for
  • Effects, often accompanied with balloon drops and balloon launches created by the theme party company called
  • Balloons, Hi! Starting in 1990, I worked for a real estate developer, who’s family company was in real estate The
  • Owner, Michael Trautmann, hired me to be his construction supervisor I was in charge of all the different teams
  • Needed to finish a renovation, such as plumbers, cabinet crews, flooring crews, painting crews, landscaping
  • Crews, and any other hires needed to complete the project The final detail lists were mine, as well, utilizing each
  • Crews lead craft person to shore up details and loose ends Buyers of each property often hired me to
  • Personalize the interior space for them I faced challenges such as building a downstairs basement 1/2 bathroom
  • Out of scrap Sheetrock and leftover wood I created a stairwell at the request of an architect who was buying a
  • Property who needed space under each stair in the stairwell going to the attic Five of the steps were kept hollow,
  • And the steps were tightly fitted with wood pieces that could be removed using a piece of canvas discreetly
  • Placed under the flange To this day, I have no idea why this was a need But I fulfilled the request gladly
  • Combining my skills in hospitality, from bud boy to head waiter to bartender and bar manager, even accepting a
  • Position as assistant manager that turned into general manager after a short period if time, as well as working for
  • Retailers whose philosophies were that the customer was always right, has given all my work histories with a
  • Higher sense of quality and skill that keeps clients happy and feeling great about the outcomes Since Covid
  • Arrived, I’ve concentrated on re-landscaping my yard at my home in Saint Petersburg, and I’ve now decided to
  • Re-enter the work force My skills in fine art are now my main focus, including sculpture, installations, painting,
  • Ceramics, and visual media, will be the fuel of my future endeavors My skills as a carpenter, host, bartender
  • (therapist of sorts…) and visual ideals will be where my focus will remain I look forward to collaborating with
  • Future companies and personalities who can find a great use of my many skills

Timeline

Founding Artist • Epoch Contemporary - Farrelly Gallery
01.2012 - 01.2020
- Studio Monitor • Ringling College of Art & Design
01.2009 - 01.2012
Gallery Assistant - Broward College
01.2003 - 01.2009
- Studio Monitor • Broward College
01.2003 - 01.2009
Staff Artist - The Warehouse 28/Balloons, Hi!/Effects Studio
10.1980 - 10.1989
Broward College - Professor Artists Support, Graphic Design
Ringling College of Art And Design - BFA, Fine Art Painting

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