Cynthia Hong
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.

Swarthmore, PA 19081
chong1@swarthmore.edu

 

EXPERIENCE

DIGITAL RETOUCHING ARTIST at Imaging Consortium, New York, NY [January 1998 - present]
Retouched photographed images using computer graphics applications. Processes included cutting and pasting, separating layers, creating masks, adjusting color channels, etc.

ART ASSISTANT at LIFE Magazine, New York, NY [Summer '97]
Assisted members of the art department for monthly and special issues. Attended regular meetings with the entire editorial staff. Hands-on experience with design layout.

GRAPHIC ARTIST at Site€Image, Chicago, IL [Fall '96]
Created banners and icons for company web sites. Hands-on experience with computer illustration and photograph manipulation.

WEB EDITOR at Phoenix Online, Swarthmore, PA [Fall '95 - Spring '96]
Created computer graphics for college news web-site. Hands-on experience with computer illustration and HTML programming.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT at Swarthmore College Art Dept. [Fall '96 - Spring '97]
Photographed, mounted, labeled and organized 35 mm slides for the Swarthmore College Art Department slide library.

 

EDUCATION

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, Swarthmore, PA [Fall '93 - Fall '97]
Candidate for Bachelor of Arts in Art
Senior Art Exhibition planned for Spring 1997

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI [Summer '96]
Completed courses in computer graphics and graphic design

ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL, Bloomfield Hills, MI [Fall '89 - Spring '93]
Summa Cum Laude, National Honors Society Member, top 10% of class
Recipient of Marie Curie Award 1993

CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD ACADEMY, Bloomfield Hills, MI [Fall '85 - Spring '89]

 

COMPUTER
EXPERIENCE

GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS: Adobe Illustrator 6.0, Adobe Photoshop 4.0, Quark XPress 3.3
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Basic, HTML, MATLAB, Pascal
WORD PROCESSING: ClarisWorks, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect

ART HISTORY: Critical Study in Visual Arts, Western Art, Asian Art, "Primitivism"/s in Contemporary and Modern Art, Everyday Things, Graphic Design and Communication
STUDIO ARTS: Foundation in Studio Arts, Life Drawing, Graphic Design, Computer and Design, Advanced Painting, Ceramics