Curriculum Vitae
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Mariah Plakas
Resides and works in New York
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Education
2023 MFA in Visual Narrative, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NY
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2020 BFA in Studio Art, Minors in Graphic Design and Art History, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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2018 Adelphi University's Renaissance Art & Art History Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy
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2015-16 Bethpage High School, Advanced Placement Art Student, Bethpage NY
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Internships and Mentorships
2022-23 Visual Narrative Mentorship with Cheyenne Curtis, School of Visual Arts
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2019-20 Visual Narrative Mentorship with Geoff Grogan, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2019 Studio Artist and Art History Internship at Walt Whitman Birthplace Association through Adelphi University, Huntington Station
and Garden City, NY
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Awards and Grants
2023 Merit-Based Housing Grant for Low-Residency Visual Narrative Program from the School of Visual Arts
Sketchboard Pro Thesis Sponsorship Award from MFA Visual Narrative, SVA Alumni Sponsorship Committee, and
Sketchboard Pro
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2022 Merit-Based Housing Grant for Low-Residency Visual Narrative Program from the School of Visual Arts
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2020 Conger Goodyear Award for Studio Art from Adelphi University
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2018 Study Abroad Grant for Adelphi University's Renaissance Art & Art History Study Abroad Program in Florence, Italy
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2016-20 Dean's Talent Award from Adelphi University
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Group Exhibitions
2023 We Made This: 2023 MFA Visual Narrative Thesis Exhibition, SVA Gramercy Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NY,
curated by Christina Roussos, Anelisa Garfunkel, Lucea Spinelli, and Matt Rota
2022 Open Studios 2022: Form Empathy and Character Play, Power of Story, Shaping Your Story, and Visual Research, MFA Visual
Narrative 10th Floor Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NY, curated by Christina Roussos and Bobby Walles, Jonathan
Gottschall, Anna Eveslage, Jenny Goldstick and Tim Szetela
Digital Short Story: Small Bytes, Big Fiction, Gather Virtual Gallery, School of Visual Arts, curated by Jim Rugg and Mark Sable
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Alumni Art Exhibition, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY curated by Kellyann Monaghan
2021 Open Studios 2021: Analogue to Digital, History of Photography, Narrative Writing, and Visual Explorations, Virtual Gallery,
School of Visual Arts, curated by Matt Rota, Stacy Morrison, Anna Eveslage, Anelisa Garfunkel, and Nathan Fox
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Women In Art 2021, Virtual Gallery, curated by Las Laguna Art Gallery
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2020 BFA Thesis Exhibition: Memorabilia, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY curated by Mariah
Plakas
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BFA Thesis Exhibition: Memorabilia, Virtual Gallery, Adelphi University, curated by Mariah Plakas
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Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society Spring 2020 Pop-Swap, Virtual Gallery, Adelphi University, curated by Kristen Dulovic
and Mariah Plakas
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2019 Senior Showcase, Blodgett Hall, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, curated by Mariah Plakas
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Walt Whitman’s 200th Bicentennial Birthday Celebration, Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, Huntington Station, NY, curated
by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association and Kellyann Monaghan
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Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society Spring 2019 Exhibition, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden
City, NY, curated by Charlotte Astre
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Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society Spring 2019 Pop-Swap, Blodgett Hall, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, curated by
Charlotte Astre
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Junior Showcase, Klapper Center for Fine Arts, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, curated by Mariah Plakas
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2018 Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society Spring 2018 Exhibition: This Is Not What It Seems, Performing Arts Center Gallery,
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, curated by Samantha Adelberg
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Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society Spring 2018 Pop-Swap, Blodgett Hall, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, curated by
Samantha Adelberg
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2017 Chalk Up, Blodgett Hall Lawn, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, curated by Mariah Plakas
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Artist Talks
2023 We Made This: Thesis Sit-Down Film Screenings for "Blitzar Park" and "What We Discover Along the Way," SVA Gramercy
Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NY, curated by Mariah Plakas, Rose Vincelli Gustine, Lucea Spinelli, Matt Rota, Nathan Fox, and SVA's BFA Animation Department
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2022 Second Year Informal Chat, Master of Fine Arts Visual Narrative Studio, School of Visual Arts, New York, NYC, curated by Joan
McCabe and the MFAVN Class of 2023
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2021 Eighteenth Annual Adelphi University Scholarship and Creative works Conference, Virtual Oral Presentation, Adelphi
University, moderated by Conference Committee Co-Chairs Nathan R. George and Alexander Heyl
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2020 BFA Thesis Exhibition: Memorabilia, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, moderated by
Kellyann Monaghan and Jen Maloney
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2019 Senior Showcase, Blodgett Hall, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, moderated by Geoff Grogan
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Walt Whitman’s 200th Bicentennial Birthday Celebration, Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, Huntington Station, NY,
moderated by Kellyann Monaghan
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Prospective Students Chat, Bachelor of Fine Arts Art History Studio, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, moderated by Dale Flashner
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Junior Showcase, Klapper Center for Fine Arts, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, moderated by Kellyann Monaghan
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2018 Art Share, Blodgett Hall, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, moderated by Charlotte Astre
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2017 Chalk Up Sculpture Performance, Blodgett Hall Lawn, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, moderated by Christopher Saucedo
Artist Workshops and Teaching Experience
2023 Studio Art Teacher at Agape Arts Center, Whitestone and Elmhurst, NY
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2022 Studio Art Instructor at Ashcan Studio of Art, Little Neck, Syosset, and Manhattan NY
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Graffiti Instructor at Graff Lab Studio, Holtsville, NY
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2021 Clay Pottery and Self Portrait Outdoor Workshop at Locust Valley Library ran by Mariah Plakas for a Girl Scout Troop, Locust
Valley, NY
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2020-21 Virtual Sculpture Tutor
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2016 Character Design Workshop at Bethpage High School ran by Mariah Plakas for BHS Art Club, Bethpage, NY
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Publications
2023 Congrats to the Sketchboard Pro Thesis Sponsorship Award Winners Article, SVA MFA Visual Narrative Blog
2022 Master of Fine Arts Visual Narrative Open Studios 2022 Event Poster, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NYC
2021 Honey Moon: Narrative Writing Summer 2021 Zine, edited by Anna Eveslage and published by Sean McInerney
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2020 Artist Spotlight 01: Digital Zine, FOURALL Magazine, curated by Lexi Ariel
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Projects
2022 The Garden, novel written by K. S. Birch, illustrated cover by Mariah Plakas
Medical Blog Writer for Beyond Medical Staffing and Inovativ Scrubs
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2021 Season 1 of HBO Max's And Just Like That Sticker Designs by several artists including Mariah Plakas for Set Props, North
Center Productions
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2020 Alzheimer's Disease: Video for 6th Graders, written by Lana Shuris and Nootshy Romage, animated by Mariah Plakas
2019 Fall Arts Festival Wall Mural assistant to Brittany Baldwin, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Department of Art and Art History & Department of Anthropology Event Poster, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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College of Arts and Sciences Inaugural Salon Event Posters, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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Chalk-Up Event Poster, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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2018 International Game Developers Association "Spring Play: Game Expo" Event Poster, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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2014-16 Pop Culture Article Blogger for Sonic Eclectic Vision Network
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Private Collections
2019 Wall Mural of Disney's Nightmare Before Christmas collaboration with Sabrina Varga, AMC Dine-In Levittown 10, Levittown, NY
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2016 Wall Mural of George Orwell's 1984, Bethpage High School, Bethpage NY
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Wall Mural of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper collaboration with Amy Zheng, Bethpage High School,
Bethpage NY
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Wall Mural of William Shakespeare's Hamlet collaboration with Amy Zheng, Bethpage High School, Bethpage NY
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Art Tables at Conventions, Fairs, and Festivals
2022 Garden of Her Art Fair at Spirit's Promise Equine Rescue in Riverhead, NY, curated by Colored Colors
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MoCCA Arts Festival at the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC, NY with the SVA MFAVN Program
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2021 East End Market Art Fair at Jamesport Farm Brewery in Riverhead, NY, curated by Colored Colors
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New York Comic Con Artist Alley at the Javits Center in Manhattan, NY, assistant to Nathan Fox
Social Media Management
2019-20 Co-managed the Instagram page for Adelphi University's Gamma Sigma Chapter of Kappa Pi International Honorary
Art Fraternity
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2018 Co-Managed the Instagram page for Adelphi University's Study Abroad in Florence, Italy
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Relevant Experience
2019-20 Vice President of Adelphi University's Gamma Sigma Chapter of Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity
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2018-20 Promotional Movie Theater Window Painter for AMC Dine-In Levittown 10 and AMC Dine-In Huntington Square 12, NY
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2018-19 Art Department Receptionist at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2016-20 Prop, Sound, and Lighting Stage Technician at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
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Extracurriculars
2018-20 Sister and Officer of Adelphi University's Alpha Alpha Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and Fraternity
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2016-19 Notetaker and peer editor for students with disabilities at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY