MCKENNA QUANDT
FINE ARITST/GRAPHIC DESIGNER/DANCER
EDUCATION
BA in Studio Arts & Graphic Design
Grand View University
Des Moines, IA 2016-2020
Presidents List 2017-2020
Alpha Chi Honor Society
Grand View Honor Society 2019
2022 Cranbrook Academy of Art
MFA Sculpture / Elective 3D Design
EXPERIENCE
Summer Intern
bluespace Creative May - June 2019
Creative Director
View Finder Magazine Fall Editorial Staff 2019
JFK Summer Staff
Dance instructor
June 2016 - June 2021
Teacher & Choreographer
Fusion Dance
Aug 2013 - May 2016
Front Desk Assistant
Work Study Cranbrook Academy of Art Admissions Oct
2020 - May 2021
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Fall 2021
Teaching Assistant,
Beginning Sculpture, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
AWARDS
2020 - NAIA Scholar Athlete
2018 - Art Director’s Association
of Iowa Award
2017 - Viaduct Gallery
Honorable Mention
2016 - Grand View University
Art Scholarship
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2022 - GDE Exhibition ; Cranbrook Art
Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 - Speculative Histories ; Saarinen House, Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 - Undecided; Forum Gallery
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 - Placeholder: Words
and Pictures; Prairie
Meadows Gallery
Des Moines, IA
2020 - Iowa Exhibited XXXV Digital;
Polk County Heritage
Gallery Des Moines, IA
2020 - Major Stereotypes
Graphic Design Senior
Exhibition; Prarie Meadows
Gallery Des Moines, IA
2020 - A Normal Conversation
Senior show;
The Water House
Des Moines, IA
2019 - Grand View Student Art
Competition; Prairie Meadows Gallery Des Moines, IA
2017 - Grand View Student Art
Competition; Viaduct Gallery
Des Moines, IA
SKILLS
Research / Ideation
Adobe Creative Suite
Blender / UX Design
Bookbinding
Choreography / Dance Background
www.mckennaquandt.com 712 830 3824 mckennaquandt@gmail.com @mckennaquandtart