PERSONAL DETAILS

 Name:                    Tiffany Holmes                                           Address:         Tregoose Mill,

                                                                                                                       Ponsanooth

Telephone:                01872 86402 / 07791 630 667                                            Truro

                Cornwall

Email:                     tiffer47@yahoo.co.uk                                                        TR3 7EY                   

EDUCATION

July - Sep 2005          Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Pafos, Cyprus - Fine Art Summer School course, specialising

                                     in  Sculpture      

 2002 – 2005       Wimbledon School of Art, Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon, London -1^st class B.A HONOURS DEGREE in Technical Arts and Special Effects, for Film and Theatre.

2000 – 2001           Falmouth College of Arts, Wood Lane, Falmouth, Cornwall – ABC FOUNDATION in Art and Design:  Distinction.

1993-2000                            Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro, Cornwall

                                    3 A-Levels: Art (A) English Literature(C) Theatre Studies (B)

                                    9 GCSEs: grade B and above.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dec – Feb 2006       Art Director and Stills Photographer - for short film Help.

Help, written and directed by Danny Spring and starring Pat Kelman and Jackie Kane, has been funded by the Uk Film Council and South West Screen and will be sent on the national and international film festival circuit.

Duties included making and sourcing props for use in the film as well as graphics work on posters, book covers and certificates.  Dressing the set and being responsible for set and prop changes during filming, in addition to taking continuity shots and promotional photographs.

Jan-Feb 2006              Props Maker – for Hall for Cornwall’s Glass Heart

Glass Heart, written by Victoria Field and directed by Anna Coombs, is presented by the Hall for Cornwall and is touring venues throughout Cornwall.

Work involved assisting the set designer Chris Nixon in making props, as well as being a runner for Anna Coombs and buying materials and costume extras.

September /2005 -        General Volunteer  - Falmouth Art Gallery

Falmouth Art Gallery is a Nationally accredited museum and has recently been nominated for 13 major awards including the Gulbenkian Award, Britain's most prestigious arts award.

Duties have included, mounting and hanging works and helping to curate exhibitions, including Matisse Drawing with Scissors, a touring show on loan from the Hayward Gallery.  Writing and editing captions for exhibitions to RNIB classifications.  Providing assistance during workshops and leading drama exercises for children. Organising and implementing practical systems for accessing equipment in the Arts and Education stores, as well as carrying out administration duties.

July – Sep 2005        Sculptor’s Assistant  - for Resident Artist and Tutor, Michael Brimble at Cyprus College of Art.

November 2005         Wedding Photographer – Newport, Cambridge.

Jan – June 2004        Costume maker - Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, London, A Hitch–Hiker’s Guide To The

                                   Galaxy,  (Disney 2005)  Directed by Garth Brooks.

  October 2003              Props maker -  for a short film In Machina at the The National Film School,

                                     London, Directed by Jackob Rorvik

EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

March 2006               Cornwall Film Festival: Best of the Fest. The Acorn, Penzance, Cornwall screening Zoetreope, short film.

Nov-Dec 2005            Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall, Zoetrope shown to groups of students on education workshops.

November 2005          Cornish Film Festival, Falmouth, Cornwall, Showing short Film, Zoetrope

Jan – Feb 2005         Vitreous Contemporary Art Gallery, Truro, Cornwall. NEW (ad)VENTURE -

                                      Group Show, photography.