@egavzy_art
ericagavzy@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design
-Master’s of Fine Arts in Painting 2024- Present
The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ
-Bachelors in Art Education, Psychology Minor, December 2020
-Summa Cum Laude
-Inducted into Kappa Pi Art Honors Society, Fall 2019
The Florence Academy of Art, Jersey City NJ
- Certificate in Fine Art, Painting January 2018
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NJ
- Bachelors in Fine Art; Painting, attended from Fall 2012-December 2014
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES
- Fall 2025, Certification of Tenure by Hillsborough BOE
- Fall 2025, HIB Certification
- Fall 2023, Standard Certificate in Art Education
- Fall 2020, Substitute Certification
- Summer 2020, Google Certified Educator Level 1
- Spring 2020, Praxis II Art Content and Knowledge
- Winter 2018, Certification of Completion from The Florence Academy of Fine Art
EXPERIENCE
Art Educator at Hillsborough High School
-September 2021 to Present
-Grades 9-10 and Adaptive Art students; Grades 9-Post Graduate
Faculty Advisor for the Art and Mixed Media Club
-September 2021 to present
Curriculum Writing for the 2026-2027 School Year at Hillsborough High School
-Adaptive Art Program, Studio Art III, Digital Art Design, Drawing I, Drawing II
Art program Director for RISE Youth Program
-Summer 2021
Group Counselor at Hackensack Meridian Carrier Clinic, Skillman, NJ
- May 2019 to December 2020
Presenter at Art Educators of New Jersey Conference
- October, 2019
Presenter at Eco Teachers Art Night at TCNJ
-Fall 2019
EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS
- 2025, Pearview Gallery Halloween Exhibition
- 2025, Pearview Gallery 2nd Anniversary Exhibition
- 2025, Hillsborough District Art Gala, Hillsborough NJ
- 2024, Pearview Gallery Summer Exhibition
- 2024, Hillsborough District Art Gala, Hillsborough NJ
- 2020, Thomas Sweets, Montgomery NJ
- 2017, Thomas Sweets, Montgomery NJ
- 2017, D21 Gallery, Newark NJ
- 2017, Salmagundi Club, Manhattan NY
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 2025, Accepted into the National Association of Women Artists
- 2025, Recognition of Tenure from Hillsborough High School
- 2024, Awarded Teacher Scholarship from Savannah College of Art and Design
- 2020, TCNJ Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- 2019, Inducted into Kappa Pi Art Honors society
- 2018, John K Lloyd Portrait Unveiling
- 2017, Accepted into the Salmagundi Club
- 2015, Drawing demonstration for Beaux Arts Ball
- 2015, Mikey’s Way Gala Portrait Unveiling
- 2012, Presidential Scholarship from Pratt Institute
- 2012, Unveiling of Hillsborough Committeeman Robert Wagner Portrait
COMMISSIONED WORKS
-Portrait of Dr Bonita Stanton MD
Founding Dean Memorial Portrait By Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Oil Paint on Linen, 2025
28 in x 34 in
- Portrait of the Fry Boys
Micron Pen on Bristol, 2024
6 in x 9 in
- Portrait of James
Graphite, 2022
5 in x 7 in
-Portrait of John Lloyd
Retired CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, hanging in the HOPE Tower, Jersey City
Medical Center.
Oil on linen, 2018
32 in x 40 in
-Portrait of Levi
Oil on Panel, 2016
24 in x 26 in
-Portrait of Evan
Oil on Panel, 2016
24 in x 26 in
-Portrait of Mikey Friedman
Mikey’s Way foundation founding member
Oil on Panel, 2015
12 in x 24 in
-Double Portrait of Cocozeillo Siblings
Oil on Panel, 2015
24 in x 36 in
- The Mask (Portrait of a Niece)
Oil on Panel, 2013
24 in x 48 in
- Portrait of Committeeman Robert Wagner
Oil on Panel, 2012
12 in x 24 in