jade creation * resume

juliett jade * giada

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Art Work
Web design / Damanhur, Italy

Graphic and web design / Hard Rock Travel / Göreme, Turkey
Instructor of artists books, 'zines and screen printing workshop / Visual Arts Scholastic Event / Houston, Texas
Artist assistant for Ann Chamberlain / Architecture of Healing / San Francisco, California
    Public art and installation projects, research and event coordination
Artist assistant for Victor-Mario Zaballa / San Francisco, California
    Ceramic work for public art and installations

Visual Arts Education
Post-Baccalaureate Studies / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, California
    Interdisciplinary studies in performance and conceptual art, installation, sculpture and photography
    Seminars with Allison Knowles and Xu Bing
Visual Arts Studies / University of California at Berkeley / Berkeley California
Multimedia studio art workshop / Arts Workshop International / Assisi, Italy

Creations, Group Shows and Performances
Artist Books / jade creation press / San Francisco, California
    Handmade artist books printed in limited edition
        #7 i'm from texas
        #6 fish in the sky, bird in the water
        #5 i dream of esalen
        #4 i spent the summer traveling in china
        #3 i live in san francisco
        #2 i spent the summer traveling in america
        #1 i spent the summer traveling in europe

Sorange Castillo Art Benefit / Hope Stone / Houston, Texas
    la terra di magie / handmade artist book

Earthdance Art Auction / Krishna Community Center / Houston, Texas
    shatterproof heart /multimedia collage

Project Theatre Artaud Benefit for Tanya Vlach / Theatre Artaud / San Francisco, California
    sutra del cuore / handmade artist book

Art of Zines 04 / San Jose Museum of Art / San Jose, California
    Various / artist books and 'zines

Homeland Security Show / ABCO Gallery / Oakland, California
    elevated / conceptual art piece

In the Spirit of John Cage / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, California
    Various / readymade event scores

Point in Time / Artists' Television Access / San Francisco, California
    24 hour fitness / video performance art

Antenna / Rodeo Beach / Marin, California
    Sands of Time / environmental sand sculpture

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Italian ~ English written and oral translation / Federation of Damanhur / Damanhur, Italy
Italian Language and Culture studies, Level B1 / Università per Stranieri di Perugia / Perugia, Italy
English Instructor and Tutor / Italy
Mathematics and Academic Writing Tutor / Berkeley, California and Houston, Texas
Non-Fiction Prose Writing Seminar with Maxine Hong Kingston / University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Novel-writing event winner / Nanowrimo ~ National Novel Writing Month
Two 50,000+ word novels each written in one month

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School of Spiritual Healers / Olami Damanhur University / Damanhur, Italy

Mystery School / Olami Damanhur University / Damanhur, Italy
    Study of esoteric knowledge and practices such as astral travel and inner harmonization
Reiki Master Teacher
    Reiki Level I and II training with Alain Stora / San Francisco, California
    Reiki Level III training with Illiana Jackson / Santa Cruz, California
    Instructor of Reiki I and II / group classes and individual instruction
Therapeutic Swedish Massage Certification / San Francisco School of Massage / San Francisco, California
Spiritual Massage with Maria Lucia Bittencourt Sauer / Esalen Institute / Big Sur, California
Lomi Lomi ~ traditional Hawaiian massage / Healing in Paradise / Hilo, Hawaii
Resident student of Soto Zen Buddhism / San Francisco Zen Center / San Francisco
    Berkeley Zen Center / Berkeley, California
    Houston Zen Center / Houston, Texas

move

Performance
Fire Fan Performance, Poi and Belly Dance / jade ~ solo performance tour / Italy, Spain, France, United Kingdom
Fire Performance / Fire Drums / Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Fire Performance / Private and public events / Houston, Texas
Dance Performance / The Artery / Houston, Texas
    Improvisational modern tribal dance with the experimental world music of A Different Kind of Monkey
    Featured on The Artery Media Project broadcast on PBS
Fire Performance / Burning Flipside Burning Man Regional / Dripping Springs, Texas
Fire Performance / Rebirth Burning Man Regional / Pahoe, Hawaii

Teaching
Certified Nia Instructor / Nia Moves Studio / Houston, Texas
    Classes taught in San Francisco, Paris, London and Italy
Acribatic Yoga Instructor / Houston, Texas and Damanhur, Italy
Yoga Instructor for Children and Families / Nia Moves Studio / Houston, Texas
Fire Poi Instructor / Private lessons / Texas and Italy

Movement Training
Nia White Belt Training with Helen Terry / Nia Moves Studio / Houston, Texas
Belly Dance Training with Maria Clara Süssekind / Göreme, Turkey
Belly Dance Training with Sahira / Nia Moves Studio / Houston, Texas
Ecstatic Dance Facilitator Training with Sydney Sunshine Strahan / Ecstatic Dance Houston
    Houston, Texas
Fire Poi / Temple of Poi / San Francisco
Yoga Practice / Acrobatic Yoga, Forrest Yoga, Boustany Method and Iyengar instructors

eat

Live & Raw Vegan Chef and Nutritional Consultant / Raw Houston / Houston, Texas
    Founder and organizer of live & raw vegan nutrition and cuisine workshops,
    individual consultations, original recipes for full-course live & raw vegan meals and desserts
Live & Raw Vegan Chef / San Francisco, California
    Chef apprentice with master live & raw vegan chef Fumi Sasa, trained at Hippocrates Health Institute
Co-owner and Vegan Chef / Rainbow Grocery Cooperative / San Francisco, California
    Worker-owner at vegetarian grocery store cooperative with ecological, organic foods and products
Guest Chef / Kindle Café / San Francisco, California
    Creator of the Raw Rodeo with live & raw vegan takes on traditional Texan food
    for a private dining society featuring plant based, locally grown and organic cuisine
Lead Kitchen Organizer and Vegan Chef / Ecstatic Hugs Theme Camp / Dripping Springs, Texas
    Community kitchen organizer and chef for a holistic camp at Burning Flipside,
    Texas Burning Man regional event

human rights and community organizing

Office Manager / Public Citizen / Oakland, California
    Coordinator of grassroots activist campaigns and special events, fundraising and development,
    accounting and human resources, media relations, office operations and technology
Human Rights Program Assistant / Global Exchange / San Francisco, California
    Organizer of international electoral observation delegations and grassroots activist campaigns,
    author and editor of human rights reports
Interdisciplinary Studies / University of California at Berkeley / Berkeley, California
    Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in human rights in developing countries
    and an honors thesis on Plan Colombia and United States drug policy

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