CV // Victor Plavitu // victorplavitu@gmail.com // victorplavitu.com

Education

2024 Art Education Graduate Certificate Program, CUNY, Queens College, New York, NY

2022 MFA Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice, CUNY, The City College of New York, NY

2018 BFA Design, Minor Business and Liberal Arts, CUNY, Queens College, New York, NY

2016-18 CUNY, Queens College, New York, NY (photography concentration)

Assistant Adjunct Lecturer Teaching Experience

2022-24 Electronic Design & Multimedia: Graphic Design Concepts, Summer, Fall & Spring, CUNY, City College New York, NY

2022-24 Electronic Design & Multimedia: Typography 1, Summer, Fall, & Spring, CUNY, City College New York, NY

New York State Department of Education Teaching Certifications

2024 Career & Technical Education: Commercial Art

2024 Visual Arts

Student Teacher Internship

2023-24 New York City Department of Education: Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School & High School of Art and Design

Teaching Assistant Experience & Professional Service

2024 Workshop Facilitated: A Type Workshop, BFA Thesis, City College, NY

2022 Electronic Design & Multimedia: Senior Thesis, TA, Spring, CUNY, City College, New York, NY

2021-22 2-D Design, TA, Fall & Spring, CUNY, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY

2021 Digital Photography: Investigating Personal History, TA, Summer, CUNY, City College, New York, NY

2021 Typography 1, TA, Spring, CUNY, City College, New York, NY

2020-22 DIAP MFA Studio Assistant CUNY, City College, New York, NY

2016-18 Photo Lab Technician, CUNY, Queens College, Queens, NY

Awards & Fellowships

2023-24 Queens College Kupferberg Center for the Arts Teaching Artist Fellow at P.S. 131 Abigail Adams

2022 Graduate Research Symposium Winner in Art for thesis Old Cardboard

2022 Therese McCabe Ralston Connor Merit Award for thesis Old Cardboard

2021-22 Therese McCabe Ralston Connor Scholarship

2020-21 Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice Connor Tuition Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice Thesis Old Cardboard, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2021 Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice Honorable Mentions, New York, NY

2021 Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice This is too normal, New York, NY

2020 Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice Open Studios, New York, NY

2018 Flushing Town Hall Queens College Students, Flushing, Queens

Languages

English: Native Language // Romanian: Fluent, Advanced Reading and Writing

Computer Skills

Adobe Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, and AfterEffects

3D Software: Blender, Cinema 4D, and Unreal Engine

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint