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NADEESHA GODAMUNNE

Experience

8/12 – 12/12
FASHION ILLUSTRATION INSTRUCTOR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Academy of Art University

• Facilitated lessons in life drawing skills/techniques for fashion interns and students.
• Informed students about body proportions and fashion figure drawing.
• Organized field trips for student’s portfolios.
• Exposed students to various fabric rendering techniques, utilizing Prisma markers, ink, charcoal and watercolour.

8/12- 9/12 INTERNSHIP/ MARKET RESEARCHER, NEW YORK CITY, NY
SG Cooperation

• Identified key fashion market trends.
• Researched emerging brands.
• Created storyboard illustrations and PowerPoint presentations for clients.

3/10 – 06/12
FASHION ILLUSTRATION INSTRUCTOR/ TEXTILES LECTURER, AUCKLAND, NZ
Auckland University of Technology

• Lectured for the Fashion & Textiles Design program.
• Educated students in fabrication, garment detail, technical drawing, garment terminology, body proportions, colour theory, storyboards and trend forecasting.
• Awarded the university’s teaching scholarship grant program for fashion illustration.
• Selected as Auckland University’s marketing spokesperson.

7/09 – 11/09 INTERNSHIP/ TEXTILE DESIGN ARTIST- GRAPHIC DESIGNER, AUCKLAND, NZ
Long Beach Holdings Ltd

• Developed technical/working drawings of garments utilizing Adobe Illustrator.
• Created illustrations for print ideas (hand drawn and computer generated methods).
• Utilized Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In-design and Corel to create story-boards, colour stories, and repeat prints for final presentations for buyers.

1/08 – 5/08 INTERNSHIP/ WORKROOM ASSISTANT, AUCKLAND, NZ
Karen Walker

• Developed, cut, checked and walked patterns.
• Utilized Adobe Suite to create inspiration/mood boards and color-ways for garments.
• Prepared garments for New York fashion week (pressing, hand-sewing, etc).

Education

8/10
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUCKLAND, NZ

• Awarded Masters in Art and Design – Graphic Design/Illustration.
• Awarded Bachelors in Art and Design – Fashion Design.
• Graduated Summa cum Laude (First Class) – Valedictorian.

Awards

• Best Design Award: “Illustration as Inquiry” (Masters Illustration publication).
• Awarded Style Pasifika’s Fashion Collection Design Award; nominated Emerging Designer; and showcased, in Gorizia, Italy, for Mittel Moda.
• Designed the Rugby World Cup Mascot Clothing.
• Awarded the Textile Design Laboratory Grant.

Skills

Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator; specifically, fashion illustration, textile design, technical drawing, sketching, trend research/development and concept boards.

Exhibitions

• Modern Showroom Exhibition (Hong Kong Fashion Week- 2012)
• Dash Magazine Launch (London, UK- 2012)
• Fashion and Textiles Exhibition (Rostov-on-Don, Russia- 2011)
• Femme Exhibition (Wellington, New Zealand- 2011)
• Anew Menswear (Auckland, New Zealand- 2011)
• HP Future Designers (Auckland, New Zealand- 2010)

Publications

• Remix, Pulp, The New Zealand Herald & Prodesign - NZ
• The Australian Creative & Curvy Magazine - Australia
• The Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration (by Martin Dawber), Fashion Designer (by Sandra Burke), and Dash Magazine - UK
• The Explorator - Luxembourg

Referees

• Available on request