HISTORY
I was born in Israel, 1979.
A self-taught artist, I have been illustrating
professionally since age 12. My first job was illustrating songs for
sing-along slides. I did illustrations for family, friends, was the sole
comics writer for my junior high-school newsletter, and did by-demand paid artwork
for the school.
During the first years of high school, I volunteered
at an institution for mentally disabled, where I did
one-on-one “art therapy” with one of the women there, and
instructed a group drama and arts weekly workshop with a friend.
At 21, I decided to apply to art schools in the U.S.
I got
accepted to the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. I
spent two years at CCAD, a year of which I studied the required general
arts, and a year of which I majored in Industrial Design. Simultaneously,
I volunteered with a local non-profit organization called Mad Lab as
their publicity director, and did most of
their advertisement design as well.
At the end of Spring 2002 I moved to Cleveland after
being accepted to the Cleveland Institute of Art. During the summer I
started my career as a freelancer, doing paintings and murals. I got hired
to paint murals in a couple of children’s rooms, and started a
series of illustrations that would turn into a children’s story
and an exhibit.
For the past three and a half years I have painted and Illustrated numerous rooms and businesses. In 2005 I completed a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree at Cleveland State University.
I am currently looking for public and non-public venues through which I can get my work known around the Cleveland area. I enjoy working with different people and designing ideas for the people I am working with, and I am highly capable of catering to different needs.
This is my first mural - at the age of 13. It was the first time I ever drew such a large image, and I liked it so much I sketched all over the rest of my walls and the door as well...
© 2003 Tally Fruchtman Murals