Vanessa is an artist living and working in St. Petersburg, FL. She received a BFA from the University of Florida and went on to work as a producer, stylist, and art director in photo and video production.
Work Experience
Food and Prop Stylist/ Freelance
2009- Present
Assistant Creative Director / Farmore
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022, Tampa, FL
Art Director / BUZZFEED Tasty Commerce
Sep 2017 - Jun 2019, New York, NY
Producer / The Schwartz Group
Sept 2009 - May 2012, Deerfield Beach, FL
Exhibitions
Trompe L’oeil
December 5, 2024, Art Center Sarasota | Juried Exhibition
Sarasota, FL
Nature’s Beauty
May 29, 2024, Five Deuces Gallery | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist- Emerging Artist Grant Program
May 9, 2024, The Gallery at Creative Pinellas | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Still Life- Merit Award Winner
November 27, 2023, Art Center Sarasota | Juried Exhibition
Sarasota, FL
Touched By A Lobster: A Surrealist Art Show
October 6, 2023, The Werk Gallery | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Weird Florida
August 19, 2023, Coastal Creative | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Forbidden Fruit
August 12, 2023, The Hive | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Summer Heat
July 8, 2023, WADA Burka Lounge | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Venetian II
May 20, 2023, Coastal Creative | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Black/White (With a Touch of Color)
October 1, 2022, Five Deuces Gallery | Group Exhibition
St Petersburg, FL
Education
Shillington / Graphic Design Certificate
May - July 2017, New York, NY
University of Florida / Bachelors in Fine Arts
August 2004- June 2008, Gainesville, FL