Annie Dong Artist CV
Education
2024 Bachelor of Arts in Art and Psychology, New College of Florida,
The Honors College of Florida, Sarasota, FL.
Professional Experience
2023-Present: Teens Fine Art Specialist/Educator, Boys & Girls Club, Bradenton, FL
2024: Art Studio Assistant, Gimson Studios LLC, Sarasota, FL
2022-2024: Teaching Assistant, Studio Art, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
2023 Art Educator, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2022 Art Therapy Internship, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL
Awards, Grants, & Residency
2024 Margaret L. Bates Award Exceptional Thesis, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
2024 Fall Artist Residency: 6th Street Art Studio, Gilroy, CA
2024 Florida Public Art Mural Alliance Grant, Palmetto, FL
2024 City of Bradenton Community Mural Grant, Bradenton, FL
2024 Selected International Chalk Mural Festival, Sarasota, FL
2024 Selected Muralist for Community Mural, Lakeland, FL
2024 Selected Gasparilla Art Festival Carmada Artist Winner, Tampa, FL
2024 Planned Parenthood Naked Truths Selected Artist, Sarasota, FL
2024 Women’s Contemporary Artist Painting Merit Award, Sarasota, FL
2023 Student Research & Travel Grant, Sarasota, FL
2023 Walmart Community Mural Grant, Bradenton, FL
2023 Old Navy Mural Grant, Boys & Girls Club, Bradenton, FL
2023 City of Sarasota Public Art Winner, Sarasota FL
2023 Women’s Contemporary Artists Scholarship Winner, Sarasota, FL
2022 NCSA Hamilton Art Mural Grant, Sarasota, FL
2022 First Generation Scholarship, Sarasota, FL
2020 Regional Scholastic Art Honorable Award Winner, Tampa, FL 2020 Surrealism Art Winner: Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Selected Exhibits
2024 Solo Exhibition, Finding Home, El Encanto Tattoo & Gallery, Ybor City, Tampa, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Vitality, Exhibizone International Exhibition Show, Online
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Moths, Flora & Fauna, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Parrots, Rhode Island Watercolor Gallery, RI.
2024 Group Exhibition, Kiara, Exhibizone International Exhibition Show, Online.
2024 Solo Exhibition, Finding Home, Senior Friendship Center, Sarasota, FL.
2024 Group Exhibition, Finding Vitality Thesis Show Exhibition, New College of Florida,
Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Carmanda Parrots, Downtown Public Art, Tampa, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Moths, The Werk Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Parrots, Body, Women’s Contemporary Arts, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Vitality, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Spider Lily, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
2022 Group Exhibition, You Go, Silly Girl, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2022 Group Exhibition, Ài, Art Ovation Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2020-2021 Solo Exhibition, Collection of the Small Things, Tampa Bay Pop-Up Gallery,
Tampa, FL
2020 Group Exhibition, Trigger Happy, University of Tampa Gallery Showcase, Tampa, FL
2020 Group Exhibition, The Blind Leading the Blind, Dalí Art Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Commissions
2024 Private Art Commission, SkyWay Bridge, 18x15’’, Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Two Orchids, 26x30”, City of Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Generations, 48x13’, Boys & Girls Club, City of Palmetto, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Rays, 50x12’, Kwall Barack Law Firm, City of
Clearwater Florida
2024 Public Art Commission, One Bird, 12x4’, City of Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Two Blue Birds, 14x12’, City of Lakeland, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, The Community Art Mural Project, 9x12’, Manatee County
City Hall, Bradenton, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Botany, Salt Your Soul Shop, 36x18’, Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Carmanda Parrots, Gasparilla Art Festival, Painting on a
Car, Tampa, FL
2024 Private Art Commission, Frida Kahlo, 14x20’, Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Reimagine Your Future, La Femme Institution, 24x14’,
Tampa, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Growing, Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County, 20x13’,
Bradenton, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Childhood, Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County, 30x10’,
Bradenton, FL
2023 Public Art Commission, Heart of Manatee County, Walmart, 15x30’, Bradenton, FL
2023 Public Art Commission, Old Navy Mural, Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County, 15x6’, Bradenton, FL
2023 Private Art Commission, Flamingo, Mural, 9x9’, Sarasota, FL
2022 Public Art Commission, Joy, Mural, 35x8’, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2022 Public Art Commission, Red Crowned Cranes Mural, 35x14’, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
2022 Corporate Art Commission, Kung Fu Tea Branding, Mural, 15x15’’, St. Petersburg,
FL
2022 Public Art Commission, Hamilton Wall, Mural, 34x8’’, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Certifications
2024 OSHA Boom Lift Certification
Bibliography
Kwall Barack Nadeu PPLC, Celebrating Art & Law: Unveils stunning new mural “Rays”, August 01, 2024.
Courtney Nelson, Inspiring Artist Making Change, Naked Truth: Planned Parenthood, July 2024.
David Garcia, Inspiring Creatives & Hidden Tampa Gems, Voyage Tampa Magazine, July 2024.
Alexandra Levy, Thesis Student Annie Dong Mural Project displayed in City Hall, The Catalyst, April 20, 2024.
Carolina Drake, Ron DeSantis’s War on Woke’ goes to college, The Art Newspaper, December 2023.
Alex Wagner, New College Student Art Mural of Caples, MSNBC, September 2023. Old Navy Teen Center Mural, ABC7 News, November 2023.
Patricia Mazzei, Sports are in, Gender Students are out at College, New York Times, September 2023.
Sophia Brown, New College Paints over Student Mural to “Beautify” Campus, 96.5 WSLR Podcast, July 2023.
Devon Geary, Annie Dong creates a Mural for Art Center Sarasota, NCF News, February 2023.
Community Mural Project, ABC7 News, January 2023.
ACS Selected Muralist, SRQ Magazine, December 2022.
Sarasota Community Comes together for a beautiful community mural Project, My Suncoast News, January 2023.
The Mural Project, Art Center Sarasota News, September 2022.