In the last 5 years, Sasha served as Adjunct and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, teaching Drawing and Design Fundamentals, Figure Drawing, as well as Illustration classes. He was born in Azerbaijan at the end of the Soviet Union and grew up in Khabarovsk, on the Chinese border of the Russian Far East. His journey abroad began at 17, attending Pearson College, one of the United World Colleges, in British Columbia, Canada. He holds his bachelors in International Business, and Marketing with Visual Arts Emphasis from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri, 2010); and MFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA, 2017). With an extensive artistic background, he spent the last 25 years expanding his traditional skills into illustration, graphic design, marketing, business, and teaching. His creative passions lie in portraiture, figure drawing, illustration, design, as well as sculpture. Sasha is enthusiastic about working collaboratively. He enjoys helping diverse clients tackle business problems with creative visual solutions rooted in his in-depth understanding of marketing, branding, best industry practices, technical expertise, and superb aesthetic sensibilities.

Sasha Mirzoyan

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In the last 5 years, Sasha served as Adjunct and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, teaching Drawing and Design Fundamentals, Figure Drawing, as well as Illustration classes. He was born in Azerbaijan at the end of the Soviet Union and grew up in Khabarovsk, on the Chinese border of the Russian Far East. His journey abroad began at 17, attending Pearson College, one of the United World Colleges, in British Columbia, Canada. He holds his bachelors in International Business, and Marketing with Visual Arts Emphasis from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri, 2010); and MFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA, 2017). With an extensive artistic background, he spent the last 25 years expanding his traditional skills into illustration, graphic design, marketing, business, and teaching. His creative passions lie in portraiture, figure drawing, illustration, design, as well as sculpture. Sasha is enthusiastic about working collaboratively. He enjoys helping diverse clients tackle business problems with creative visual solutions rooted in his in-depth understanding of marketing, branding, best industry practices, technical expertise, and superb aesthetic sensibilities.

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In the last 5 years, Sasha served as Adjunct and a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, teaching Drawing and Design Fundamentals, Figure Drawing, as well as Illustration classes.

He was born in Azerbaijan at the end of the Soviet Union and grew up in Khabarovsk, on the Chinese border of the Russian Far East. His journey abroad began at 17, attending Pearson College, one of the United World Colleges, in British Columbia, Canada.

He holds his bachelors in International Business, and Marketing with Visual Arts Emphasis from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri, 2010); and MFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA, 2017).

With an extensive artistic background, he spent the last 25 years expanding his traditional skills into illustration, graphic design, marketing, business, and teaching. His creative passions lie in portraiture, figure drawing, illustration, design, as well as sculpture.

Sasha is enthusiastic about working collaboratively. He enjoys helping diverse clients tackle business problems with creative visual solutions rooted in his in-depth understanding of marketing, branding, best industry practices, technical expertise, and superb aesthetic sensibilities.

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Skills

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Surface Pattern Design
Il
Illustration

Experience Level

Surface Pattern Design
Expert
Illustration
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
Russian
Fluent

Education

Masters of Fine Arts in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design
June 13, 2013 - December 1, 2000
Bachelor of Science in International Business, Marketing with. Usual Arts Emphasis at Westminster College
August 14, 2006 - May 10, 2010
Study abroad at Florence University of the Arts
September 1, 2009 - December 10, 2009
International Baccalaureate at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific
August 15, 2004 - May 5, 2006
High School diploma. International Boarding school in British Columbia, Canada.

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