YULIYA V. MAKAROVA
jmakarova@yahoo.com 
yuliya-makarova.squarespace.com

 

EDUCATION

Sept. 2009 - Aug. 2012    Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
                                           M
aster of Fine Arts in Printmaking; Minor in Painting
Sept. 2004 - May 2008    Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
                                          
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. 
                                           Parsons Dean’s Scholarship and Parsons BFA Scholarship recipient
June - July 2008               The Illustration Academy, Sarasota, Fl. 
                                          
Summer intensive at Ringling College of Art and Design
Sept.1996 - May 1999        All-Russian Finance & Economics Institute, Moscow, Russia. 
                                           
Field of study: Management and Marketing

EXPERIENCE

June 2009 - Aug. 2012     Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Co-taught the following classes of 20+ undergraduate students as Graduate Part-Time Instructor
Summer 2012: Re-Thinking Higher Education; Art Appreciation course for non-majors
Spring 2012: Drawing II (Foundations Program); Print Lab Assistant
Fall 2011: Drawing II (Foundations Program); Figure Drawing Monitor
Spring 2011: Graphic Designer at Print Tech, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Fall 2010: Art Appreciation course for non-majors (180+ undergraduate students); Print Lab Assistant
Spring 2010: Drawing II (Foundations Program); Figure Drawing Monitor; Print Lab Assistant
Fall 2009: Printmaking II (Screen Printing); Drawing II (Foundations Program);  Figure Drawing Monitor; Print Lab Assistant
Summer 2009: The Daily Toreador, Texas Tech Student Media
Designed illustrations, performed graphic design projects at University Newspaper/La Ventana
Sept. - Dec.2008               Pace Prints/Pamplemousse Press, Fine art print publisher, New York, NY
Delivered digital preparation work for Carl Fudge’s abstract linear configurations
Oct. - Nov.2008                 Nandini Chirimar, artist, New York, NY
Assisted as Visual Arts Intern with the production and assembly of 15 pieces for one woman show Objects of Worship @Allen Gallery, New York
June 2006 - Aug.2007     Vivre, Luxury online retail company, New York, NY
Designed landing pages, e-mails, banners for vivre.com
July - Aug.2005                Luca Luca, Luxury ready-to-wear apparel, New York, NY
Assisted in creating advertising campaign for the Spring-Summer ’06 collection
Nov.1997 - Aug.2004        Lowe Adventa, Interpublic Group of Companies, Moscow, Russia
Performed various administrative duties, contributed to marketing strategies
  

EXHIBITIONS

06/08/2016                Digital Group Display “Creators Deserve To Be Seen | Volume 12” project  by See Me and Chashama @ fourth floor of 4 Times Square, New York, NY
08/29/2014, 10/31/2014    Fifth Friday Arts on the Slaton Square @ In Between Gallery, Slaton, TX
04/01/2014 - 05/31/2014   VEILED Solo exhibit @ John F. Lott Gallery, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
10/11/2013                   Over my head 2nd Annual Bad Acids Print Exchange Gallery showing @Grindstone Studio, Columbia, MO
03/02/2013                International Arts on the Slaton Square Group Exhibition @
WaterSpace North Gallery, In Between Gallery, Slaton, TX
06/01/2012                 Solo exhibit @ The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Warehouses, Lubbock, TX
05/20/2012                Printmaking Exhibition and Southwestern Universities Symposium at the University of New Mexico @ John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
04/16/2012                  LOST IN TRANSLATION, MFA Candidate Solo Show @ Landmark Arts, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX
04/13/2012                  TTU School of Art Graduate Student exhibition Art + Architecture, Lubbock Art Festival @ The City of Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
03/30/2012                
Steamroller prints show Arts on the Slaton Square @ In Between Gallery, Slaton, TX
10/24/2011                   IN MEMORY OF….: Remembering with Art-Dias de los muertos -Day of the Dead Exhibition @ Landmark Arts, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX
10/10/2011                    TTU MFA Group Exhibition @ Texas A&M International University Center for the
Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) , Laredo, TX
09/23/2011                  Solely Art: Student Exhibition, Project Space @ for the TASA conference: Fluid Dynamics-Navigating the Evolving Arts, Dallas/Fort Worth
Fall 2011                       Annual MFA Candidate Group Show,  Landmark Arts, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX,
Summer 2011               Runner-up, Online Gallery, Creative Quarterly, CFE 23
Winter 2011                  “Bring It”, TTU MFA Exchange Exhibition, Ernst G. Welch School of Art Design Gallery, Georgia State University,  Atlanta, Georgia
Fall 2010                      X The 10th International Postcard Print Exchange Exhibition, Gallery 181, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Fall 2010                     “Negative Slope” TTU MFA Group Exhibition and Gallery Talk, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
Fall 2010                      Annual MFA Candidate Group Show, Landmark Arts, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Feb. & Aug. 2010        Group Shows, Fortune Favor Studios ,LLC, Denver, CO
Winter 2010                 “.emergence”, TTU MFA Group Exhibition, Gallery 193, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
Winter 2009                “Painting is what?” TTU MFA Group Exhibition, WaterSpace South, Slaton, TX
Fall 2009                      Annual MFA Candidate Group Show, Landmark Arts, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Fall 2009                      Display artist,  Art History Lecture Series, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Summer 2009              Guest entries, The Legacy Gallery, Lubbock, TX
May-June 2008           “Don’t paint with your teeth”, Group Show, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
May 2008                     Parsons Illustration Senior Show, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
May 2008                     Fiera Internazionale Del Libro Di Torino/ International Book Fair, Turin, Italy
Mural for the “Black Snow”, The New School for Drama Fall’06 Production, New York, NY
Feb.25 - Mar.1, 2006   The Ripple Effect Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

SKILLS

Computer skills: Mac/PC cross platform, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark, After Effects   Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel
Drawing, Painting, Lithography, Silkscreen, Monotype, Relief Printmaking, Etching, Collagraph, Solar print, Paper Cast Languages: Native in Russian, fluent in English

ACTIVITIES AND SOCIETIES

Member of SGC International – the Southern Graphics Council; attended The EQUILIBRIUM SGC International Conference, on March 16 -19, 2011 at Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Texas Tech Arts and Humanities Paper Competition Award (a certificate from TTU Graduate School) on April 13th, 2012;  
the 2nd place rank under the Visual Culture category at the TTU Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference in Fall 2011.

Featured in the publication of 2012 Harbinger (Texas Tech Journal of Student Literature and Art).  Chinati Foundation volunteer, Marfa, TX in Fall 2009 and 2011   
TV Coverage – Fox 34 Good Day Lubbock, summer 2014
Collections:
The Iowa State University Print Society,
Ames, IA
Volunteer Center of Lubbock, TX
Private collections, New York, NY and Rockport, TX