Mia Rassam
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
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2024 BA, Art Studio and Communications, University of California, Davis (Cum Laude)
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Experience:
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​2024- Marketing Specialist, Yolo Federal Credit Union, Woodland, CA
2024 Painting Instructor, Craft Center, UC Davis, CA
2023-24 Lead Director, The Basement Gallery, UC Davis, CA
2023 Digital Artist Intern, Luong Restoration and Ecology, UC Santa Cruz, CA
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Awards, Grants, Scholarships:
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2024 Citation for Outstanding Performance, Art Department, UC Davis, CA
2024 Undergraduate Studio Award, Art Department, UC Davis, CA
2024 Dean’s Honors List, College of Letters and Sciences, UC Davis, CA
2024 Jeffrey Owyang Art Scholarship, UC Davis, CA
2023 Dean’s Honors List, College of Letters and Sciences, UC Davis, CA
2023 Undergraduate Studio Award, Art Department, UC Davis, CA
2022 Dean’s Honors List, College of Letters and Sciences, UC Davis, CA
2021 Dean’s Honors List, College of Letters and Sciences, UC Davis, CA
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Selected Exhibitions:
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2025 Group Exhibition, Realism Revival, Manny's, San Francisco, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, Frog Hop, Sudwerk, Davis, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, Oddities and Curiosities, 3rd Space, Davis, CA
2024 Featured Artists, The Secret Space, Fenestra Winery, Livermore, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, They’re Hysterical, The Basement Gallery, UC Davis, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, Eclectic Collective 8, Davis, CA
2024 Group Exhibition, BG Ball, The Basement Gallery, UC Davis, CA
2023 Group Exhibition, Skeletons in Your Closet, The Basement Gallery, UC Davis, CA
2023 Group Exhibition, Eclectic Collective 6, Davis, CA
2023 Group Exhibition, Eclectic Collective 5, Davis, CA
2022 Group Exhibition, Rebel in The Underground, The Basement Gallery, UC Davis, CA
2022 Group Exhibition, Eclectic Collective 3, Davis, CA
2022 Group Exhibition, Mighty Mycelium, Whole Earth Festival, UC Davis, CA
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Commissions:
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2025 Molly Murphy, Watchdog, ink on paper series, 20 x 24 oil on canvas painting, Seattle, WA
2024 Victoria Partika, 1726 43rd Avenue, 8x10in oil on canvas, San Francisco, CA
2023 Kina Paul, The Time is Now, Digital drawing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023 Justin Luong, Selecting coastal California prairie species for climate-smart grassland restoration, Digital infographic, Luong Restoration and Ecology, Santa Cruz, CA
2023 Justin Luong, Non-periodic grassland restoration management can promote native woody shrub encroachment, Digital infographic, Luong Restoration and Ecology, Santa Cruz CA
2022 Dave Murphy, Portrait of Dave and Jodi, 12x16in oil on canvas, Redwood City, CA
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Selected Press:
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2025 Collision Literary Magazine, 24th Edition, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Savannah Anno, Basement Gallery Senior Shows exhibit graduating artists’ final pieces as students, The California Aggie
2023 Matchbox Magazine, 17th Edition, Santa Cruz, CA