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