Nikki Armstrong – Media Make-up Artist | |
14a Rowan Avenue, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8AP 07799 263 618 / 0161 860 0857 misstukatz@yahoo.co.uk
Personal Profile As an industry professional I have15 years of freelance experience in visual arts, contemporary crafts, TV, film and animation art departments, media make up and museum exhibitions. High profile companies I have worked for include: The Natural History Museum and Science Museum in London, Tussauds Group, Owen and King ( feature film wigs and make up ) Aardmans Animation, HTV, Channel 4, BBC, Cockpit Arts Workshops, Battersea Arts Centre, Trafford College and Manchester College. I have experience of working on both studio and outdoor locations. Currently teaching the casualty / SFX module of the Media make up course at Trafford College, as well as beginning to teach a private course in taster sessions for theatrical effects at Afflecks Palace, Manchester. Looking to work more in film/ TV in the Manchester area from 2011 onwards A professional, friendly and adaptable crew member, with own kit, insured ( BECTU) and based locally ( central Manchester )
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE 2006 –present (Manchester) · Freelance make-up artist ( photographic and media ) – Fusion studios, Ressurect Studios- Afflecks Palace, Dan Tyack ( photographic make up) · Trafford College ( tutor in Media Make up 2010 ongoing) · Blue Robot Films – Nokia Shorts 2011 (film make up -sfx) · Manchester College – tutor in visual arts · Bolton Community College – trainee tutor in further education art & design subjects 1998 – 2005 (Bristol) · Animation modelmaking – Aardman Features (Chicken Run), Bolex Brothers Films, Codsteaks, Jeff Cliffs Models, (models and sets for various animation and wildlife documentary productions) · Volunteer / resident artist and DJ at Cube Microplex Cinema (artist run multi media arts and film space) · HTV / Brief Encounters/ South West Screen– make up artist and wardrobe assistant for short films · HTV Western Lights – Bhangra Heads ( TV drama /short) · Channel 4 – new directors project – short film ‘Melt’ – make up artist ( DOP Brian Tufano) · IPC media – make up artist for magazine shoots · Prema Arts, Gloucestershire – 1 week resident artist – multimedia collaboration group. · Studio Artist (mixed media art) at Jamaica Street Studios, Centrespace Bristol, Spike Island Printmakers · Owen,King and Co – Wig dressing for feature film “The Libertine” (2004) · Clifton Photographic Studio –make up artist · Freelance make up artist - independent short films and student productions, weddings, community events 1997 – 98 (London) · Art dept – sets and props – Natural History Museum, Science museum, Tussauds group, independent Theatres. Also studio artist and admin assistant at Cockpit Arts Workshops, Clerkenwell. And Battersea Arts Centre
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