ALI MIKI

About Me

Greetings and thank you for visiting my page.
I am an artist. I've been doing photography, concept , make-up , special effect , painting(traditional to airbrush) , hair styling, all kind of ART.
The art of creation and problem solving is a vital part of my life. Seeing life as a puzzle challenges me to always search for the most elegant & efficient solution. Art & creativity is my passion. My greatest joy is blending both old school techniques & cutting edge technology to achieve the perfect look.

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Skills
Make-up Artist (beauty & prosthetic (non-union), painter (airbrush / traditional), sculptor, lab technician, mold maker (stone / silicone / fiber glass), machinist, photographer, photo retoucher & fluent in Japanese.

Educational Accomplishments

2006 MUD Make-Up Academy
Journeyman Artistry Program - Graduated
Fashion Make-Up Artistry Program – Graduated
• Studio Hairstyling - Graduated
• Airbrush – Graduated
• Master Make-Up Artistry Program – Graduated

1998-2001 Woodbury University
ESL Studies - Graduated Department of Graphic Design - Minor

Employment History (list of more project titles available upon request)

2001 thru Present – AliMiki STUDIO: Art Director, Photographer, Photo Retoucher, Make-up Artist & Hair
Responsible for the overall visual concepts as well as application of make-up & hair for the fashion industry, Primary photographers.

2007 thru Present – MIKI&MO: Art Director, Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist.
Corroborate with Photographer Michael R. Moore. Creating photography fine arts.

2007 thru Present – LWP: Body painting artist, Airbrush painter.
Airbrushing T-shirt, Hats for events and party. Body painting for events and party.
• FOX Super Bowl after party 2009 : Arizona House of Blues Event for PENTHOUSE magazine.
• Absent vodka 2009 : San Francisco Events body painting.
• American Express 2010: Santa Monica Airport, body painting.
• Macy’s 2010: Santa Monica Airport, body painting.


2007 thru 2012/4 - Creature Effects Inc: Art Department
Lab technician, hair (flocking, transfer & punch), mold maker, foam fabricator, sculptor, painter & machinist.
• Beringer Wine (commercial) 2007 : assistant for Art Director Len Burge.
• Big Lots (commercial) 2007 : assist fabrication and mold making.
• Nathan Studio (Fine Arts work) : Repainting Banksy art wall for museum.
• The Fly (Opera) 2008 : Painting foam latex suit and mask.
• Meet the Spartans 2008 : assist painting and fabrication.
• Mariah Carey “Touch My Body” music video 2008 : Sculpting and painting unicorn horn.
• Dance Flick 2009 : assist fabrication for making fat suit.
• Target (commercial) 2010 : painting plastic suit.
• Carls Jr (commercial) 2011 : painting props Blue cheese man.
• Jessie (Disney Channel) 2011: assist sculpting, mold making and painting.
• Absolut Vodka (ad) 2011: Painting and assist for fabrication.
• Wizards of Waverly Place 2011 : painting dinosaur props.
• Volkswagen Super Bowl (commercial) 2012 : assist for fabrication and painting.
• Skittles (commercial) 2012 : assist life casting, painting silicon props.
• Grey's Anatomy 2012 : foam seaming and painting rats hearts.
• Criminal minds 2012 : painting props.
• Lone Ranger 2012 : foam seaming, punching hair, flocking and painting. SAG Fabricator,Puppeteer on set.

2007 thru 2012/4 – Jean Horihata Design: Faux Painter & Artist
Lead artist for JHD creating custom furniture & interior designs. Specializing in faux painting, aging, texturing & guilding.

2009/8 thru 2011/4 – SKYAVY INC: Web design assistant
Web designing. Translating Japanese to English for client and company. Basic XHTML.CSS.

2009/4 thru 2009/6 – Film Illusions inc: Fabrication Department
For TR2N (Disney film) electronic lights build in costume.

2007/4 thru 2007/7 – Nathan Fine Arts Studio: Airbrush Painter
Repainting work for Banksy ART wall for museum, repainting work for 1860’s Orange County College graduation painting.

References

Len Burge : lenburge@yahoo.com (818) 259-5207
Michael R. Moore : michaelmoore616@gmail.com (213) 623-3374
Bob Newton : bob@creatureeffectinc.com (323) 850-3228