Angela Bortone
Hi@Angelabortone.com
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Local 927, Atlanta, GA — Scenic Charge Artist
December 2019 - PRESENT
A combination of new builds as well as rental touch ups, painting scenery, decks and scenic drops for Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Opera and City Springs Theatre Company.
C4 Atlanta, Atlanta, GA — Ignite Facilitator
2019 - 2020
An in-person and online facilitator teaching the Ignite program, an 8-week entrepreneurship training for creative individuals aiming to develop a sustainable business plan. I facilitated this 8 week program three times.
Mosaic Art Supply, Decatur, GA — Warehouse Associate
July 2015 - November 2019
Assisted customers with mosaic techniques, packed orders and created marketing content around mosaic art and tile.
EDUCATION
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA — BFA
Aug 2006 - December 2010
Bachelor in Fine Arts in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking.
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Solo Projects
2024 Resonance, mural for Living Walls, 34’ x 13’, Atlanta, GA
2023 Bellair Bohemian, Private Residence murals, 26’ x 7’ & 7.5’ x 7’, Largo, FL
2022 Tierra Ajena, Forward Warrior Mural Festival, 13’ x 16’, Atlanta, GA
2022 Life’s a Beach, Private Residence mural, 7.5’ x 13.5, Marietta, GA
2022 Cloud on High, Private Residence mural, 5.5’ x 7’, Atlanta, GA
2022 Est. 1893, permanent mosaic sculpture created for Knight Park.
2021 Pair of mosaic benches for The Farm: The Apparition Of Our Lady. Conyers, GA
2021 Andrew and Walter Young, At Promise Center, 24’ x 20’, Atlanta, GA
2021 Steel Magnolias II, Atlanta OCA, Bike rack, Atlanta, GA
2020 Donor Wall, At Promise Center on Metropolitan, 25.5’ x 12’, Atlanta, GA
2020 Floral Choral, Coan Park, 24’ x 24’, Atlanta, GA
2020 Pittsburgh Legend Carrie Steele Logan, At Promise Center on Metropolitan, 24’ x 20’
2020 Threads of Heart and History, C4 Atlanta, two story stairwell, Atlanta, GA.
2020 VOTE, mural commissioned by Jon Ossoff Campaign, Atlanta, GA.
2020 Steel Magnolias, Private Residence, 8’ x 8’, Atlanta, GA
2019 Expansion, Forward Warrior Festival, 18’ x 20’, Atlanta, GA
2019 Chasing History, Marietta Museum of History, Marietta, GA
2018 Pizza Toss, Tony's at Brentwood, 8’ x 4’ Stockbridge GA.
2015 Nature Under Construction, temporary installation for the Blue Heron Nature Preserve, As part of the Women's Caucus for Art of Georgia's Art of Nature grant.
Site Management, Collaborative Projects and Assistant Work
2024
Sugarloaf Parkway underpass, assisting Jonesy, Duluth, GA
2023
Liberate, Site managing collaborative mural between Jasmine Nicole Williams and Daniel Villela at Underground Atlanta with Living Walls, Atlanta, GA
Legacy, Site manager for E. L. Chisolm with Living Walls, Aya Tower, East Point, GA
2022
Roe, Assisted Linda McNeil for Living Walls, Atlanta, GA
Living Monuments, Assisted Maremoto for Living Walls, Decatur, GA
Deli Delight, Assisted Zeinab Diomande for Living Walls and Adult Swim, Philadelphia, PA
Fuzzy Slippers, Assisted Branche Coverdale for Living Walls and Adult Swim, Philadelphia, PA
Come on and Find Me, Site manager for Demitri Burke, For Living Walls and Adult Swim, Atlanta, GA
A Mirror of Everyday Life, Site manager for Ariel Dannielle For Living Walls and Adult Swim, Atlanta, GA
Assisted Yuzly Mathurin on mural for ESPN and NFL Films, Dallas, TX
Signs of Solidarity ATL, Was one of nine commissioned artists by Living Walls to create banners displayed for Atlanta, GA
Be Gentle with Me, hand-painted sign on the Atlanta Beltline for Jessica Caldas.
Spread Love, Not Hate, Project Managed mural for Living Walls, lead artist Yuzly Mathurin, Atlanta, GA.
2020
Justice for Jamarion, collaborative mural with Dana Harrison. Atlanta, GA.
MARTA Mobility, site manager for Living Walls with lead artist Chloe Alexander for MARTA, Atlanta, GA.
I AM, Site manager for Living Walls with lead artist Jasmine Williams, Atlanta, GA.
EAV Crosswalk Murals, assisted Krista Jones on five sidewalk murals. Flat Shoals Ave., Atlanta, GA.
Signs of Solidarity ATL Covid-19. Commissioned by Living Walls, a public banner project.
2019
Assisted Nicolas Romero Escalada (Ever) on two murals for the East Lake MARTA Station.
Assisted Jasmine Nicole Williams through Living Walls. 85 Georgia Ave SE, Atlanta, GA.
Great Blue mural, assisted Krista Jones for PATH400, ABV for Livable Buckhead, Atlanta GA.
Summerhill mural, assisted Tellas through Living Walls. 37 Georgia Ave SE, Atlanta, GA.
Assisted Jurell Cayetano through Living Walls 100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA
Assisted Alex Ferror on a basketball court floor mural for the Friends School of Atlanta.
2018
Hope for Georgia Bus, A 36' school bus collaborative mural with Living Melody Collective, lead and designed by me, for Liliana Bakhtiari
Lo Que Hereda No Se Hurta mural, assisted Jessica Caldas. Atlanta GA.
Live the Legacy II a collaborative temporary mural with Living Melody Collective for the Center for Civil and Human Rights.
Drum Major Project a city-wide community engagement led by Rachel Parish commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's death and an re-enactment of his Atlanta funeral procession.
2017
#3Everyday: Where Do We Go From Here?, a daily performance piece lead by Jessica Caldas, and carried out in public spaces in Atlanta by three women for domestic violence awareness month (October).
Signs of Solidarity, a collaborative banner project for Living Walls with Living Melody Collective, Atlanta, GA
2015
#3Everyday, a daily performance piece lead by Jessica Caldas, and carried out in public spaces in Atlanta by three women for domestic violence awareness month (October).