Brief Summary
Born and raised in Honolulu Hawaii, at an early age, Salah Khudari had a special talent and a passion to draw and make pictures. He moved to California to study Illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. While in school, Salah started his professional art career drawing live caricatures at the San Francisco Zoo as well as Pier 39 at Fisherman’s Wharf. Currently, Salah Khudari is a resident artist and freelance illustrator at the Art Explosion Studios where he attempts to capture the spectrum of human emotions in his portrait paintings and humorous illustrations.
Professional Experience
Education:
• 2002-2009
Academy Of Art University, San Francisco CA
Illustration BFA Program
Technical Qualifications:
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 [Expert]
• Adobe Illustrator CS5 [Experienced]
• Coral Painter 11 [Experienced]
• Freehand drawing [Expert]
• Oil painting [Expert]
Skills:
• Willingness and ability to work continuously for long periods of time
• Service minded [ability to see solutions where others see problems]
• Ability to take direction
• Ability to adapt to any visual style
• Excellent communication skills
• Great working with people
Work Experience:
2009-2010 Caricature Entertainment Co. & Art Enterprises Inc. San Francisco, CA
Caricature and portrait Artist
• Responsibilities include drawing and coloring likenesses, figures and environments, quickly and accurately in a high paced, high-pressure environment.
Reference
Mrs. Judy Atkin, President
Caricature Entertainment Co. & Art Enterprises Inc. (702) 202-8872
