Peter J. Hoecherl

Education:	Normandale Community College

		Bloomington, MN

		1991-1993

		- Completed all courses in the Fine Arts Program

		- Received Top Student Award for the Arts

		- 3.8 GPA



		Dakota County Technical College

		Rosemount, MN

		Applied Arts and Design Program (18 months)

		Graduated January 1985

		- Awarded the Post Secondary Commercial Illustration Award 

		   from  the Minnesota Printer's Guild

		- Graduated at Honor Roll Level



		Army Academy of Health Sciences

		Ft. Sam Houston, TX

		1982-1983:  91B20, Emergency Medical Specialist

		1985-1987:  91F20, Psychiatric Specialist



		Lincoln Senior High School

		Bloomington, MN

		Graduated June 1982

		- Gifted Art Student Program

		- Senior - Co-registered as an art student at Normandale 

		  Community College, Bloomington, MN



Experience: August 1996 to Present

		Renaissance Festival, Shakopee, MN

		- Merchant selling original designs in Gargoyle Sculpture



		December 1995 to Present

		Mentol Image'z, Bloomington, MN

		- Sculpture and reproduction of original works (in polyester 

		   resins, urethanes and latex) by Brad Krisko, owner

		- Also, marketing additions "Designed by Hoecherl" (January 1996)



		October 1995 to December 1995

		Erin Taylor Editions, Bloominton, MN

		- Reproduction of synthetic bronze and white bonded sand sculptures for

		   artist Bill Mack



		March 1994 to November 1994

		Display Sales, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN

		- Illustrations of company produced decorations on photographs of city

		   main streets to scale

		- Designed banners to be displayed on city main streets. Produced for

		   cities and townships across the country.



		1995

		Mid America Festivals, Inc.

		Contract

		- Design, fabrication and reproduction of four gargoyle statues (36" tall)

		   for Renaissance Festival (65 hours)



		1995

		All About Face, Minneapolis, MN

		Contract

		- Designed and constructed 7 offices, a photo sweep, stage and

		   runway (380 hours)



		1994 to 1995

		Acropolis Media, Inc., St.Paul, MN

		- Prop design for a project which consisted of a full-size model of a space 

		   shuttle (18' x 23') with an interactive cockpit (1700 hours)



		1993 to 1994

		Utopia Partners, St.Paul, MN

		- Production design in conceptual design for television pilot "Utopia"

		- Designed Production Manual for television pilot "Utopia"

		- Design and construction of a permanent set at Main Street Theater, 

		   Minneapolis, MN (280 hours)



		1989 to Present

		Jefferson Senior High School, Bloomington, MN

		Guest Instructor - Art Department - Jim Pedersen, Art Teacher

		- Periodically volunteer to work with students. Subjects include:

			- Air Brush

			- Ceramic Sculpture Construction

			- Jewelry Casting and Fabrication

			- Bronze Casting (helped start a Bronze Casting Program within

			   the school) and Finishing, Wax Construction

			- Prosthetic Make-Up and Masks

			- Two quarters co-op Art Education as technical advisor to Jim

			   Pedersen - all areas of Art discipline

			- Time commitment total 300+ hours



		1987 to 1989

		Hoecherl Jewelry Concepts

		- Wholesale goldsmithing for retail fine jewelers

		- Approximately 3200 hours of production experience

		March 1983 to December 1984

		Winkly Orthopedics Lab, Golden Valley, MN

		- Prosthetics fabrication with acrylic and polyester resins by vacuum

		   lamination process



		November 1982 to March 1983

		Beaudry Group, Anoka, MN

		Freelance for Special Effects Company

		- Make-up effects

		- Prop Building and Design



Achievements: - Volunteer as an EEG/biofeedback technical assistant at the

		   Neurophysicalogical Institute working with brain injured patients (June

		   1995 to present)

		- Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army Reserves at rank of 

		   Sgt. (E-5) (October 11, 1994)

		- 1993 Minnesota State Body Building Contest - 3rd place

		- 1993 Gopher State Body Building Contest - 2rd place

		- Department of the Army, Certificate of Acheivement in appreciation of

		   exemplary services during Operation Desert Storm (July 24, 1991)

		- Award of the Army Reserve Components Acheivement Medal - Bronze

		   Oak Leaf Cluster for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity (July 

		   14, 1991)

		- Certificate of Merit for outstanding excellence and acheivement in Art -

		   Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN (May 17, 1991)

		- Awarded the Post Secondary Commercial Illustration Award from the 

		   Minnesota Printer's Guild (May 1991)

		- 1989 Gopher State Body Building Contest - 3rd place

		- 1st place award winner for the Commercial Art Category in the Printing

		   Industry of MN Graphic Arts (February 1986)

		- Honorable mention and scholarship winner in the 1982 Northwestern

		   Bank Southwest Scholarships for the Arts competition (June 1982)



References: Available upon request



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