Ingrid Villalta, murals, design & illustration.
Silver Spring, MD, USA.

e-mail:ingrid@twenda.com
website: www.wallsforfun.com/ingridvilla/

Education:
Bachelor in fine arts with a major in Graphic Arts, University of Costa Rica, 1999
Pursuing a second degree in 3D Character Animation at the Academy of Art University,
San Francisco, CA, 2005
Fluent in English & Spanish.

Work Experience:
“Museum of Contemporary Art”. Design & assistance of staging expositions, 1996-1998
“Avon of Costa Rica”. Senior design, layout, & production of photographs, 1998-2001
“Bath Accessories Company Inc”. Packaging design, illustration and product design, 2005
Creative Director of "Mandy and Pandy Books LLC" 2006- Current.

Freelance Experience:
Picture for "The Childhood in Costa Rica calendar" by La Nacion Costarrican News paper, 1997
Children's Book " The History of the Railroad in Costa Rica", design, layout, illustration, & story, 2000
Murals for children's rooms & playrooms, Nashville, TN, USA 2002
Catalogue ''Bela Cosmetics International" design & layout, 2002
Graphic design and Illustrations for “ThinkLink Learning, Inc” , Nasville, TN, USA 2005
Murals for Children's rooms & playrooms, San Francisco, California, USA, 2006
Illustrations for Children books "Mandy and Pandy", Costa Rica 2006- Current.

Software:
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Indesign, Dreamweaver.
Awards: Vanderbilt University ELC, ''English Language Center'' Nashville,TN 2003
Portafolio Grant for summer semester of 2004, Academy of Art University, California, USA

Other Courses:
English at “Technology Foundation Institute of Costa Rica”. San José, CR 2000-2001
English at “Nashville State Technical Community College”, TN, USA 2002
Advance Digital Imaging at “Nashville State Technical Community College”, TN, USA 2002
English at ”English Language Center”, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA, 2003

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