Viara Gentchev
| :: RESUME :: |
E-mail: viara@solarhive.com
Design Portfolio: www.solarhive.com
| Kasöörinkatu
#4,F110
Helsinki 00520 FINLAND |
C A R E E R
O B J E C T I V E
:
Currently working towards establishing as
a new media artist and designer, by extending my level of
education to a masters degree at the University of Art and
Design of Helsinki (Taideteollinen
korkeakoulu)
I N T E R P E R S
O N A L
S K I L LS:
Speaks and understands English, German,
Bulgarian, understand a bit of Finnish
C O M P U T E R
E X P E R I E N C E
:
Web/Graphic Design
Software:
3D Studio Max, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready,Adobe After
Effects, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro, Corel Draw,
Macromedia Director, some Macromedia Flash, Quark XPress,
Sound Forge 8, Soundtrack Pro, Adobe Golive, Canoma3D ,
Poser 5, Dreamweaver MX, Ulead 360 degree and 3d, Brice 3d
and others .
Sufficient both on Mac OSX and Windows XP
E D U C A T I O
N:
Sept. ‘98 -
Dec. ‘03
University – Fine Art/Design Technical and
Art History
(5 Years)Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON,
Canada
Graduated with
honors AOCAD diploma /Bachelor of Fine Art Diploma
receiving 1grant,1bursary and 2 awards.Spend the last year
in a special exchange program in Florence /Italy including
only 21 other
Sept. ‘95 - June ‘98
William Lyon Mackenzie High School, Toronto, ON,
Canada
Graduated with OSSGD and OAC (Grade 9 to 13)
W O R K
E X P E R I E N C E :
March ‘05 – recent
DJ’n at these clubs/venues
DJ @ NightLife Rock Club
DJ @ Virgin Oil Co. Concert Venue
DJ @ On The Rocks Club
Helsinki / Finland
Playing music 10-16 times per month
(70’s rock till underground death and black metal)
Working under my own registered freelance name in Finland
and Entertainment System Finland Oy - the largest DJ
provider in Finland
I have DJ rock and metal music in these venues / clubs for
the past 5 years in Toronto( Opera House, HorseShoe Bar,
WareHouse Concert hall, El Macambo, Cathedral, Reverb Club,
Bovine Sex Club, Roxies)
June ‘05 –
recent
Konstkompaniet Art School Oy (G18 building on
Bulevardi) Helsinki / Finland
Teaching part-time fine art and sculpture
classes at this private Swedish –Finnish Art school
in the
Sept ‘03 – April
‘04
Ontario College of Art and Design
(Holography)Toronto, ON, Canada
http://www.ocad.com
Monitor and maintain The Holography
department New media High Powered Laser Equipment
Laboratory
Teachers assistant for Ontario College of Art and Design
Provide remote technical support and software instruction
on Microsoft, and various software to student and client
using the facilities.Was responsible for powering and
shutting off the HeNe 647nm Laser as well as the Ruby Diode
Pulse Laser labs
May ‘03 – Sept ‘03
May ‘04 – Sept ’04
Photo-journalism and English language
transcription Europe
Unrestrained (CA), Rip n’ Tear (CA)Magazine summer
2003 ,
MetalBite (USA) Magazine for summer
2004,
Employed under my own company called
SolarHive Studio /
www.SolarHive.com
Covering Europe large scale Festivals such as; Wacken Open
Air, Summer Breeze Festival, Metalmania2003’,
RockHard Festival, SwedenRock, Tuska, Waldrock, Graspop and
Party San Festival
Working independently with music artist on custom
photography for record covers and logo design (EXP /Italy,
Goathorn/Canada,
ClovenBlade/Canada,,Koan/Italy,OmniumGaterum/Finland,Total
Devastation/Finland)
Freelance photo-journalist for MetalBite magazine (USA)
Unrestrained (CA)Rip n’ Tear magazine (CA)
transcribing spoken word to proper English from recorded
interviews for the magazines.
Self-employed on several other design projects such as book
covers for (“The Physics of Sound” by R.Berg
and D.Stork), two 3d designs for stage shows backdrops,
texture and button design for a graphic application
April ‘03 – May ‘03 SmS Messaging
Services London,
England
Design logos and brochures for new
services
Prepared files for pre-press
Designed and created HTML and e-mail mail outs for
promotion
English language proofing for the online chat
service
Oct ‘02 – March ‘03 Webpuccino
Internet Services – part time Florence, Italy
In
store assistance with digital still and video cameras and
computer help desk.
Brochure, poster and advertisement graphic design
2d designs for t-shirts, hats, stickers and buttons
Sept ‘00 – Dec ‘02 Ontario
College of Art and Design www.ocad.com,
(Holography, Bronze casting
department)Toronto, ON, Canada
Monitor and maintain The Holography
department High Powered Laser Equipment
Studio monitor for Ontario College of Art and Design
Foundry Department, mixing of ceramic shell
compound,operating power tools, sand blaster, and helping
in the bronze pouring operations.
Students support with the Argon Gas welding of their
projects, as well as mould making .Student support with
projects , proposal writing and graphic programs
Oct ‘00 –
seasonal Intricat Production/ now known as Skin FX
Studios Toronto/
Canada
Body and face Special effect Make
–up, semi-permanent airbrush tattoos for company
parties
Create designs for masks, characters, full body painting,
fashion shows,
Clients: THE BLUE JAYS, RAPTORS,MAPLE LEAFS, CAPITOL
RECORDS EVENTS, VIRGIN MUSIC CANADA PRIVATE PARTY, EMI
CORPORATE PARTY,NFL and others
June ‘99 – Sept ‘99 Kippewa for
Girls State of
Main / USA
Certified Archery Association Instructor
Photography and Leatherworking teacher
Sept ‘98 – March ‘99 Ontario
Gallery of Art Toronto/ Canada
Promoting all gallery exhibits.
Show information and membership help desk
Online members support, involving correspondence reply and
online customer services live support
Sept ‘98 –
2001’ Velocci Model management
Toronto/ Canada
modeling, tv adverts, runaway, catalog
work
Sept ‘96 – March
‘98 Crown Windows and Doors
Toronto/ Canada
telemarketing sales
R E F E R E N C E S:
Thank you for taking the time to
review my resume. Available upon request!