PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JWALK Agency / Shiseido Americas, Director, Post Production; New York, NY - May 2019 - present
Industrial Color Senior Print Production Manager; New York, NY - Jan 2018 - May 2019
Freelance Retouching/Post Production/Photography; New York, NY - 2008 - present
Box Services, Fine Art Print Director; New York, NY - 2012 - 2015
Box Services, Laboratory Technician; New York, NY - 2008 - 2012
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Technical Advisor; Cleveland, OH - 2006 - 2007
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Extended Studies Instructor; Cleveland, OH - 2006 - 2007

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ORGANIZATIONS

Shiseido Americas Beauty of Helping Others, ChangeMaker; New York, NY - July 2023 - pres.

MNSTR CYCLE, Indoor Cycling Instructor; New York, NY - Aug 2015 - March 2020

Team Nuun, Legacy Athlete; New York, NY - 2016 - 2019

Double Dutch Will Take You Higher, Team Member; Cleveland, OH - 2006 - 2007

Front Room Gallery, Co-Founder; Cleveland, OH - 2005 - 2006

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EDUCATION
The Cleveland Institute of Art: BFA Photography; Cleveland, OH - 2002 - 2005
The AICAD New York Studio Program: Fine Art Seminar & Internship; New York, NY - 2003

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AWARDS
2004: Ralph Marshall Memorial Award; Albert K. Murray Scholarship
2003: Larry Havre Kline Scholarship for Excellence in Photography
2002: Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art

 

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PUBLICATIONS

Neola, E. Interviewee. "Metal Monday II - The Monster Cycle". The Six Most Metal Breweries. 2018 Apr 18. https://youtu.be/IfXoIg9PDQE

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Colby, Christine. "Meet The Satanic Feminists Who Are Fighting For Social Justice." BUST Magazine. 25th Anniversary Issue (June/July 2018): p. 64-69.

 

Oster, Lauren. "I Tried The Goth Answer to Soul Cycle and Learned to Love Exercise". Health Magazine Online. October 14, 2015.

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Neola, E. Interviewee. "Erika Neola - Gothrunners". That Indie Runner Blog. 2015 Aug 19.

http://www.thatindierunner.com/2015/08/erika-neola.html

 

Gill, Michael. “BIG BANG: Recent CIA alumni make some noise at SPACES.” The Cleveland Free Times. Volume 15, Issue 21 (Sept 12-18, 2007): p. 35.

 

Stenina, Maria. “In the Front Room”. ar’te-fakt. Volume V, Issue V (Dec 2005): p 4-17.

 

Tranberg, Dan. “Breaking the Mold: Gallery owners strive for the edgy and new.” The Plain Dealer. Friday, Sept 23, 2005: Friday Magazine p. 44-45.

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SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2010: Soapbox 2, Collette Blanchard Gallery; New York, NY
2010: Not a House A Home, Homestead Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
2008: Fjord, Meet Waradise Space; New York, NY
2007: Group Show No. 19, Humble Arts Foundation Online Gallery
2007: The Big Bang, SPACES Gallery; Cleveland, OH
2007: FOCUS 2007, Solon Center for the Arts; Solon, OH
2006: Image OHIO 7, ROY G BIV Gallery; Columbus, OH
2006: Recent Works - Solo Show, Michael Stefan Salon; Willoughby, OH
2006: Witness, Front Room Gallery; Cleveland, OH
2005: Pandemonium III, The Cleveland Public Theater; Cleveland, OH
2005: BFA Thesis Exhibition, The Cleveland Institute of Art; Cleveland, OH
2005: EMIT Film Festival 2005, Aitken Auditorium; Cleveland, OH
2004: ID.ENTITY, River Heights Gallery; Rocky River, OH
2004: S.I.E. 58, Reinberger Galleries; Cleveland, OH

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SELECT PERFORMANCES*

 *DOUBLE DUTCH WILL TAKE YOU HIGHER [Double Dutch Performance Troupe]
2007: SpaceLab Installation and Performance, SPACES Gallery; Cleveland, OH
2007: Shrinking Cities: Cities Growing Smaller. Hyacinth Park, Cleveland, OH
2007: DDWTYH with The Lisps. Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
2007: DDWTYH with The Lisps. Art + Antics Festival, Cleveland, OH
2007: DDWTYH with The Lisps. The Banana Tina, Ypsilanti, MI
2007: The Diversity Center’s Walk & Rock 2007. Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
2007: Burning River Roller Girl’s Maiden Massacre. North Royalton, OH
2007: Purim Masquerade Double Dutch Extravaganza. The Grog Shop, Cleveland Hts, OH
2007: DDWTYH with Girl Talk. The Grog Shop, Cleveland Hts, OH
2006: Sea Level Lounge, Lakewood, OH