Amaranthia Sepia Comic Artist, Character Designer, Art Show Coordinator, Illustrator
BIRTH DATE: October 19th , 1999
EMAIL:
AmaranthiaSepiaArtworks@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
• Vlacs Online Charter School, Concord, NH 2013-2018 • Rundlett Middle School, Concord, NH 2011-2013 • Beaver Meadow Middle School, Concord, NH 2008-2011 • Cherry Brook Primary School, Canton, CT 2006-2008 • Nishimachi International Kindergarten, Tokyo, Japan 2005-2006 • PAL International School, Tokyo, Japan, 2004-2005
ART SHOWS:
• Lead Art Show Coordinator, Curator, Call for Art Designer and Artist for original concept, “Art & Mind: Reflections of Women, Femmes and Our Mental Health During Covid”, September 2021
• Artist/Collaborator for LA Mental Health Organization, The Painted Brain and their virtual art show concept “Discovering a Place for Us” for Disabled Artists, May 2021-June 2021
• Lead Art Show Coordinator, Curator, Artist and Call for Art Designer for virtual and physical BLM gallery, “This is a Movement, Not a Moment”, hosted by ARTivism Initiative and BCAWorcester, August – September 2020
• “Surviving in Isolation: The Black Mental Health Experience” ARTivism Initiative X Atac160 Art Gallery “The Postcard Project”, June 2020
• “Emo Bunny: Anxiety Monster” at Out of the Blue Art Gallery, Boston, MA (to be rescheduled due to COVID19)
• “Emo Bunny” Mental Health Art Show on SquidInkArtGallery, squidinkartwork.com, June 2019 (featured in Concord Monitor, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, MissHeardMedia, Concord Insider and VLACS Newsletter)
ART FEATURES:
● “Mending” from “The Surviving in Isolation: the Black Mental Health Experience” series featured by The ArtShineFoundation, Virtual Mental Health Art Show, 2021 (TBA)
● The ArtShineFoundation’s, Feminart Magazine, Winter 2021
● “Mad Black Joy” Black Mental Health Docuseries by Fresno Black Girl Magic (BreakBoxThoughtCollective), Fall 2020
● “Not Your Average Black Girls” BreakBoxThoughtCollective’s Ashe Magazine Volume 3, Summer 2020
● “Subjugated” a piece from my series, “Surviving in Isolation: The Black Mental Health Experience”, featured in Visual Arts Virtual Show, Hosted by Black Superwoman Chronicles (BSWChronicles), Fall 2020
● “Using Art Therapy to Heal: A Black 20-Year-Old’s Experience with Racial Trauma, Mental Health Magazine Allen&Houston, Volume 3, Summer 2020
● The Dark Side Collective, “Surviving in Isolation…” June 2020
ANTI-BULLYING ART SHOWS – “I’m Proud of Who I Am”
• Student Art Exhibit Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH Feb 2016
• Concord Public Library Art show in Concord, NH. Features FoxesAndThings Etsy Store. Summer 2015
• “Humanism For The 21st Century” drawing from I Am That Girl article used for SGIUSA Youth Peace Expo in Boston, MA March 2015
• Student Art Exhibit Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH Feb 2015
• Student Art Exhibit Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH Feb 2014
• Bagel Works, Concord, NH February 4-February 28, 2014
• Participated as youngest artist in Group Show Merrimack Bank, April 2014 • NHTI Community College, Concord, NH, January 4- 28, 2014
• Chichester Public Library, Chichester, NH Dec 1-Dec 3, 2013
• Oscar Foss Public Library, Barnstead, NH Oct 2013
• Student Art Exhibit Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH Feb 2013
• Student Art Exhibit Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH Feb 2012
EXPERIENCE:
• Lead Art Show Coordinator, Curator and Call for Art Designer for “Women of Color in Comics” Virtual Show hosted by The Dark Side Collective, TBA
• Visual Arts Coordinator, volunteer for Fresno Black Girl Magic (BreakBoxThoughtCollective), October 2020- November 2020
• Art Show Coordinator graphic designer, Outreach Coordinator and Curator/Organizer for Black Guest Curators for Massachusetts grassroots collective ARTivism Initiative, May 2020- September 2020
• Took Career Exploration course focused on entrepreneurship in the comic art industry on Virtual Learning Academy (VLACS), Spring 2018
• Comic art assistant and character designer intern at Ataraxia Studios, August 2017- January 2018
• Created logo for Seedling in the Wind Microfarm located in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Fall 2017
• Studied human figure at Kimball Jenkins Art School with Sylvia Brofos 2012-2016
• Librarian Assistant in the Comic Book and Manga section at Concord Public Library, Fall 2016
• Took Digital Imaging (GIMP) Course on Virtual Learning Academy (VLACS) in 2016
• Studied with fine artist, illustrator and international art educator Kim Roth in 2015, Kimball Jenkins Art School, Concord, NH summer 2015
• Studied with water colorist and teacher Sylvia Brofos of Kimball Jenkins Art School, Concord, NH.
• Studied Comics and Manga illustration with Sara Costello, Kimball Jenkins Art School, Concord, NH summer 2013
• Studied with acclaimed artist Ian Torney, Intensive class for Technical aspects of the human figure, summer 2012
AWARDS/HONORS:
• New Hampshire, Scholastic Gold Key for comic, “Emo Bunny: Anxiety Monster” January 2018
• New Hampshire, Scholastic Gold Key for digital art, “Transformation” January 2018
• New Hampshire, Scholastic Silver Key for portfolio, “Hidden Demons of Anxiety” January 2018 New Hampshire, Scholastic Silver Key for digital art, “Emo Bunny: Fashionista” January 2018
• New Hampshire, Scholastic Silver Key Award for painting “Respite” January 2016
• New Hampshire, Scholastic Gold Key Award for comic “Whimsy” January 2016
• New Hampshire, Scholastic Gold Key Award for comic “Legend of Shintaro,” January 2014
• Silver Key for illustration "Smooth Fox" Award NH Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, winter 2013
• Manga Camp and Fantasy Art Camps, Kimball Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH Summer 2013
• Received full Art Scholarship at Kimball Jenkins Art School, Concord, NH Summer 2012 - 2016
• Featured in article "Profiles in Positive, Concord Monitor Spring 2011