ALEXA DRUYANOFF
EDUCATION
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Expected Graduation May 2026
Art Major with a Concentration in Painting/Printmaking & Graphic Design
Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA
Graduated June 2022
Unweighted GPA: 3.97 (Cum Laude)
Extracurricular Activities
Assistant Set Designer for Fiddler on the Roof (Yale DRAMAT) 2023-present
Artist at Artellect (working with the Seattle Seahawks) 2023-present
Print Intern at Ignition Creative 2023
-Designed and pitched ideas for television and movie campaigns for Paramount, Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix, ABC, HBO, etc.
Design Editor for Yale Herald 2022-present
Staff Illustrator for the Yale Record 2022-present
Staff Illustrator for the Yale Daily News 2022-present
Design for Yale Undergraduate Journal of Art and Art History 2022-present
Art Director for Fresh Ink for Teens 2019-2022
Art Director for Harvard-Westlake Newspaper, The Chronicle 2019-2022
Visual Head for Harvard-Westlake’s literary/visual arts magazine, Stone-Cutters 2019-2022
Panorama Art Director (student-run literary magazine with features/opinions) 2021-2022
Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) Critique Group Member 2019-present
- Participated in artists talk and exhibition with LA Weekly Arts Editor Shana Nys Dambrot and Shoe Box Projects LA
Editor for Harvard-Westlake middle school creative arts magazine, The Tenth Muse 2018-2019
Designed Cover Art for Musician Danny Belgrad, Section 2016-2017
Wizard of Art (Art Institution) Student 2007-present
Kline Academy (Art Institution) Student 2018-present
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Summer Advanced Drawing and Painting (w/ Megan Euker, Rebecca Walz) 2020
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization Program 2020-2021
Brown University Pre-College Summer Drawing Intensive (w/ Anna McNeary) 2021
Intern at Holocaust Museum LA (wrote a 22-page paper) 2021
Distinctions
SAG-AFTRA member (sang in Super Bowl Commercial for “The Voice”)
Published Artist 2020-current
- Published in House and Garden Magazine May and June 2020 issues (2020), Jgirls Magazine website (2020-2022),
Jgirls book Salt and Honey with Behrman House (2022), Los Angeles Art Association Volume 3 Art Survey Book (2021)
National Merit Finalist 2022
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2020-2022
- 7 Honorable Mentions, 2 Silver Keys, and 2 Gold Keys
Scored a 5 on AP Studio Art: Drawing 2021
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) High School Exhibition 2021
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (240+ service hours) 2017-2022
- Teen Volunteer (2017-2019), Teen Advisory Board member (2019-2022), Tele-Comfort Program (2021-2022)
Animator/Director for Stop Motion Animation “A Ship Called Lili: The Lillian Trilling Story” (Righteous Conversations Project) 2020
- Indie Memphis Film Fest, Westflix (Lizzie Award for best overall out of 150+ films submitted and 14 selected), New Optics Film Festival, Archer Film Fest, Emerging Filmmaker’s Showcase, and the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival