SASHA BACKHAUS Foley

slb012@morningside.edu

Education

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD                                                          Jul. 2018

Master of Fine Arts: Studio Art

Morningside College, Sioux City, IA                                                                               Dec. 2010

Bachelor of Arts: Double Major: Studio Art and English; GPA: 3.656

Ar-We-Va High School, Westside, IA                                                                              May 2007

High School Diploma

Completed 16 dual credit courses for general studies/transfer

Awarded several academic and athletic awards

Graphic Design Experience

14 Years of Graphic Designer Experience

Performance Food Group/Core-Mark Iowa/Farner-Bocken Company - Graphic Design Coordinator / Marketing Assistant Feb. 2020 - Present

Carroll Times Herald - Production Manager/Senior Graphic Designer Oct. 2018 - Jan. 2020

Carroll Times Herald - Graphic Designer Apr. 2017 - Oct. 2018

Stone Printing - Sales & Print Order Entry Nov. 2015 - Mar. 2017

The Graphic Edge, Carroll, IA - Graphic Designer Mar. 2011 - Jun. 2015

Teaching Experience

4 Years of Teaching Experience

Spring Adjunct Professor for Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Jan. 2020 - Present

  • Teach ART 101 Art Appreciation

Exhibition Experience

  • “HORIZON: Contemporary Landscape Exhibition” - Art Center of the Bluegrass, Danville, KY - September 2019

  • “Touchy-Feely” - Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK, October 2018 - November 2018

  • MICA Graduate MFA Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD, Summer 2018

  • Morningside Alumni Art Show, Eppley Art Gallery, Sioux City, IA, October 2017

  • MICA 2nd & 3rd Year Show, Baltimore, MD, Summer 2017

  • MICA Second Winter Group Critique, Baltimore, MD, Winter 2017

  • MICA Second Summer Group Critique, Baltimore, MD, Summer 2016

  • MICA 2nd & 3rd Year Show, Baltimore, MD, Summer 2016

  • MICA First Winter Group Critique, Baltimore, MD, Winter 2016

  • MICA First Summer Group Critique, Baltimore, MD, Summer 2015

  • Senior Art Show (Mechanically Inclined), Eppley Art Gallery, Sioux City, IA, Fall 2010

  • Art Walk, Downtown Partners, Sioux City, IA, Fall 2009

  • Sophomore Review, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, Fall 2008

  • Student Art Show, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, 2008, 2009

Publications

  • Awarded 3rd Place: Best Ad Designer, Dailies Class 1 Category at the Iowa Newspaper Association Convention, February 2019

  • o  Published Ad Design statewide in Iowa for Presidential Candidate John Delaney

  • Artwork Shown in “Touchy-Feely” Exhibit mentioned in The Oklahoma Gazette - Article written by Jousha Blanco

  • Published Ad Design Statewide in Iowa: JD Scholten, Peter Leo, Cyndi Hanson, May 2018; Brian Best – Aug 2018

  • Award Winning Artwork: 1st place in Advertising: Best Ad featuring Grocery, Food or Entertainment from Iowa Newspaper Association, February 2018

  • Published Ad Designs in 6 papers: Carroll Times Herald (previously Daily Times Herald), Guthrie Center Times Vedette (previously Guthrie Center Times & Guthrie County Vedette), Lake Panorama Times, Adair County Free Press, The Fontanelle Observer

  • “Fingers and Toes” (Drawing), The Kiosk, Morningside College Literary Magazine, Spring 2009

  • “Allstate” (Oil Painting), The Kiosk, Morningside College Literary Magazine, Spring 2010 - Publication was awarded the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medal, 2009

Online Presence

Website: http://sasha-backhaus.squarespace.com/   

Online Résumé Available: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sasha-backhaus/29/352/347   

Community Involvement

Carroll Area Softball Association January 2022-Present

• Carroll Open Committee Commissioner

• Co. Director of the Carroll 14” Softball

Coach & Participate in Carroll Recreation Leagues Aug. 2007-Present

• Coed Indoor Volleyball & Coed 14” Slowpitch

Participate in Charity Softball Tournaments Aug. 2007-Present

• Carroll Hospice and Carroll Super Draft

Coach for Play4Him Academy Softball August 2019-2020

AAU Volleyball Coaching Jan. 2017-Mar.2017

• Coaching IKM-Manning AAU Volleyball Team

Internship at the Sioux City Art Center                                                                       Spring 2010

  • Successfully completed an English oriented internship in an artistic environment

  • Participated in an internship video for Morningside campus including video interviewing and onsite video

  • Experience writing a professional Art Grant for work collaborated on by local artists