Alexandria Connatser
Tampa,FL
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Internship
The University Art Museum
06.2023 - 12.2023
- I was an intern at the NMSU UAM for the Summer and Fall terms of 2023. During the Summer terms, my roles included customer service, facility management, social media management, official event photography, and exhibition set up and breakdown for the Wild Pigment Project, Karen Yank and Agnes Martin’s Meditations on Mentor and Student, and Cara Despain’s Specter New Mexico. During the Fall term, my role was to write research papers/biographies on artists in the UAM’s permanent collection.
Instructor
Traditional Tae Kwon Do Center of Westchase
11.2017 - 05.2022
- I aided my mother, Melissa Connaster, in the opening and operation of her business, a Tae Kwon Do school, in central Florida. My roles included facility management, customer service, childcare, graphic design, web design, and once I attained my instructor certification and first-degree black belt after 13 years of training, I taught self-defense classes to children, teens, and adults from 2019 to 2022.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Studio Art
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM08.2024
High School Diploma -
H. B. Plant High School
Tampa, FL12.2021
Skills
- Painting
- Drawing
- Ceramics
- Digital Photography
- Woodshop Experience
- Welding
- Web Design
- Digital Sculpture/3D Printing
- Traditional Sculpture Methods
- Social Media Management
- Graphic Design
- Customer Service
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Lightroom
- Command of Art History Knowledge
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Exhibition History
- NAHS Juried Exhibition at H.B. Plant High School - 2021
- Art Rodeo Exhibition & Juried Show at the De La O Community Center in Doña Ana Village, NM – 2023
- My event photography was featured in the Southwest Contemporary Article, “Say Their Names: Artists Reflect on Nuclear Injustice in New Mexico”, which covered the “Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing-A People’s Perspective” exhibition at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM. Article was published August 18th, 2023.
- Several works featured by direct request in the NMSU ASPSC Building - 2023
- Salon des Refusés at Northern State University – 2025
- Looking Up at Northern State University - 2025
- Welcome Back Art Show at Northern State University – 2025
- Featured on the NSU Art Department Instagram - 2025
Website
https://alexconnatser.wixsite.com/alexconnatserart
Timeline
Internship
The University Art Museum
06.2023 - 12.2023
Instructor
Traditional Tae Kwon Do Center of Westchase
11.2017 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Studio Art
New Mexico State University
High School Diploma -
H. B. Plant High School