EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS

2013
• Environmentally Inspired /IEI Austin “Graeber Estate / Austin, TX
• Red Dot / Women & Their Work / Austin, TX

2012
• Red Dot / Women & Their Work / Austin, TX
• East Austin Studio Tour / Big Medium / Austin, TX

2011
• Red Dot / Women & Their Work / Austin, TX
• Consequential Fusion: Messages in Wax / Morro Bay Art Center / Morro Bay, CA
• People’s Gallery / Austin City Hall / Austin, TX
• Hidden Treasures / Cibolo Art & Conservation / Boerne, TX
• Five x Seven / Arthouse at the Jones Center / Austin, TX
• Springboard / Artpost Center for Creative Expression / Austin, TX

2010
• Mothers / Woman Made Gallery / Chicago, IL
• Western Michigan University, Bill Brown Center (installation)/Kalamazoo, MI
• East Austin Studio Tour / Big Medium / Austin, TX
• Amarillo Lights / Galleries at Sunset Center / Amarillo, TX

2009
• Hot for Wax / York Arts / York, PA
• Global Swarming / Texas Discovery Gallery / Dallas, TX
• History and Hot Wax / Museo Gallery / Austin, TX
• East Austin Studio Tour / Austin, TX
• 12buy12 / Austin Art Space Gallery / Austin, TX

2008
• Degrees / m2 Gallery / Houston, TX
• Fused Expressions / Bay6 Gallery / Austin, TX

EXPERIENCE
• Battani Art+Design / Austin, TX
Artist, Designer / original and commission encaustic and mixed media works; print and identity graphic design; illustration

• International Encaustic Artists / San Francisco, CA
Executive Board Member, Treasurer / provide resources, education, and development opportunities for global community of artists working in encaustics; also co-founder of Texas Wax, now a chapter of IEA

• Battani Design LLC / Atlanta, GA
Principal Designer / emphasis on print, identity, publications and promotional pieces; clients included The Coca-Cola Company, Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, Kalamazoo Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Chartreuse Art for Children / Atlanta, GA
President, Founder / developed educational, arts-based program for children with studio space, classes, workshops, and special events

• Portfolio Center / Atlanta, GA
Instructor / business classes for graduating designers

• Attorney / Atlanta, GA
Intellectual Property Lawyer / specialized in trademark, copyright, trade secret and patent litigation and enforcement; argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit), Georgia Supreme Court and numerous other federal and state courts

EDUCATION
• Independent Studies in Encaustics, Acrylics & Oils / various art institutions

• Portfolio Center / Atlanta, GA
Graphic Design, Graduate Studies

• Vanderbilt University / Nashville, TN
Doctor of Jurisprudence

• University of Tennessee / Knoxville, TN
B.S. Communications/Advertising (art emphasis) / magna cum laude