BIOGRAPHY

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      Eric Alexander Santoli (b.1991) is a full time artist and teacher.  He's a 2014 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a 2013 graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  In addition to working on studio pieces and commissions, he is proud to be an Adjunct Professor at Bergen Community College and a teacher at the Ridgewood Community School.  Commissions are currently: OPEN

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  EDUCATION

• University of Pennsylvania - (August 2010 - May 2014).

BFA Received 2014.

• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - (August 2009 - May 2013).

Certificate Received 2013: Painting Major and Drawing Minor.

• Ridgewood High School - (2009 Graduate).​​

  WORK EXPERIENCE

• Teacher, the Ridgewood Community School, Ridgewood, NJ - (October 2019 - Present)

Watercolor for Beginners levels I and II.

• Adjunct Professor, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ - (September 2015 - Present)

​Art 101: Introduction to Art and Visual Culture, Art History and Art Technique. esantoli@bergen.edu.

• Provisional Teacher of Art, Tenure Track,  Ridgewood High School - (September 2018 – June 2019)

​Studio art teacher, drawing, painting and fine art.​
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• New Jersey Substitute Teaching Certificate Received - (March 5th, 2018)

 Substitute Teacher at Ridgewood High School (April – May 2018): Taught Studio Art AP I and II, Fundamental Drawing, Acrylic Painting, Intermediate Art and Advertising Art.

• Instructor, the Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ - (September 2017 - September 2018)

 Oil Painting for Young People - Portraits, Pets and Figures.

• Instructor, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ - (September 2015 - December 2016)

 Drawing, painting and comic/cartooning classes for young people.

• Assistant Artist, Anne Harris Studio, New York, NY - (June 2014 - June 2015)

 Painting fine art murals, color mixing, large canvas stretching and preparation, drawing, cartoon transferring.

• Sotheby’s Summer 2013 Internship Program - (Summer 2013)

​ Intern in the Fine Arts Department: Research, client visits, appraisals, phone valuations and client information organization.