Experience

Vincent Price Art Museum
• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Preparator, Art Handler, Exhibition Technician

  • Apr 2022 - Present


The Broad

• United States
• Museums
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Preparator, Art Handler, Exhibition Technician

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Part-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Works with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. Professional painter and lighting technician. Part-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Works with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. Professional painter and lighting technician.


Freelance
• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Independent Art Preparator/Handler, Consultant, Curator, Designer and Photographer

  • 1999 - Present


Independent

• Uganda
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artist

  • 1995 - Present

  My multi-disciplinary practice is propelled by the desire to challenge and illuminate the complex action – and boundless subject – of perception. I continually create open arenas and experiences for an audience to engage with both the apparent and the covert frameworks that guide the ways in which we see, act, and comprehend the world around us. More specifically, the work questions the contexts of art (from the personal to the institutional) and investigates how these can reveal and/or obscure the meaning of the artworks themselves. www.harveyopgenorth.com



Custom Art Surfaces

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Woodshop Technician and Fabricator

  • Dec 2020 - Mar 2022

  Part-time position designing and building custom wood and metal stretcher bars, painting panels, and frames for fine art painters. I teach new employees assembly techniques and safety protocols for the various tools in the shop. Part-time position designing and building custom wood and metal stretcher bars, painting panels, and frames for fine art painters. I teach new employees assembly techniques and safety protocols for the various tools in the shop.



MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Exhibition Technician, Art Handler, Preparator & Assistant to Registrar

  • Aug 2015 - Nov 2019

  Full-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Led teams of up to 15 people and worked with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. Updated and produced condition reports. TSA certified. Used TMS/Gallery systems to maintain proper records of works of art. In-house framer and repairer of damaged mounting. Builder of pedestals and other museum fixtures/furniture. Professional painter and lighting technician.



Hammer Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Museum Scientist

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  Part-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Worked with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. TSA certified. Part-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Worked with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. TSA certified.



Krannert Art Museum

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exhibition Technician - Art Preparator & Handler

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  Duties include art handling and installation, carpentry, painting, lighting, label making, vinyl installation, and assisting the registrar in taking inventory of artworks. Duties include art handling and installation, carpentry, painting, lighting, label making, vinyl installation, and assisting the registrar in taking inventory of artworks.



Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exhibition Technician - Art Preparator & Handler

  • Mar 2011 - May 2014

  Full-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Worked with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. Updated and produced condition reports. TSA certified. Used TMS/Gallery systems to maintain proper records of works of art. In-house framer and repairer of damaged mounting. Builder of pedestals and other museum fixtures/furniture. Professional painter and lighting technician. Full-time position installing artwork, including loan and collection works. Worked with the exhibition, registrar, and curatorial staff packing and unpacking artwork for exhibition, travel, and storage. Updated and produced condition reports. TSA certified. Used TMS/Gallery systems to maintain proper records of works of art. In-house framer and repairer of damaged mounting. Builder of pedestals and other museum fixtures/furniture. Professional painter and lighting technician.



Ben's Cycle and Fitness

• Manager, Customer Relations, Mechanic, Photographer

  • Apr 2007 - 2011

  www.benscycle.com www.benscycle.com



WMSE 91.7 FM

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer: Disc Jockey: World Music Program

  • 2006 - 2010

  Weekly on-air DJ for the Monday morning world music program. www.wmse.org Weekly on-air DJ for the Monday morning world music program. www.wmse.org



Milwaukee Art Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visitor Operations, Sales and Customer Service

  • Jun 2003 - Mar 2007

  www.mam.org www.mam.org


9 Design / Terminal Neon
• Lighting Designer, Programmer, Installation Technician

  • Jun 2002 - Mar 2007


Richard Taylor Studio

• Studio Assistant - Production and Installation Technician

  • Jan 1999 - Mar 2007

  Studio Assistant for Artist Richard Taylor. Producing and installing large and small-scale aluminum sculptures. www.taylorsculpt.com Studio Assistant for Artist Richard Taylor. Producing and installing large and small-scale aluminum sculptures. www.taylorsculpt.com



Rust Spot/Dye House

• Co-organizer, Collaborator, Curator, Artist, Space Developer, Art Preparator

  • 2000 - 2002

  A temporary, installation-based Art gallery that was run from Spring of 2000 to Fall of 2002 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A temporary, installation-based Art gallery that was run from Spring of 2000 to Fall of 2002 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.



Interior Systems Inc.

• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interior Artist/Designer

  • Jan 2000 - May 2001

  www.isiamerica.com www.isiamerica.com



Quad/Graphics

• Resident Artist, Art Collection Handler, Framer

  • Jun 1995 - Jan 2000

  www.qg.com www.qg.com