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About The Artist Mia Bosna 345 JUG HOLLOW ROAD |
PHOENIXVILLE, PA 19460Education
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts 1974.............Printmaking & Ceramics
Philadelphia College of Art 1975 - 1978.............................Illustration Major
Tyler School of Art in Rome 1978 - 1979...........................Printmaking & Drawing
Chester Springs Studio 1985 - 1990 (evening classes).......Figure Drawing
University of the Arts 1993 - 1995 (evening classes)..........BA (Illustration)
Spiritual Workshops & Training
Foundation for Shamanic Studies
Dana Robinson - Basic course in Core Shamanism
Sandra Harner - Shamanic Counseling
Sandra Ingerman - Soul Retrieval
Carol Proudfoot-Edgar - Ancestral Shamanism
Jim Frank - 8 Month Training in Shamanism
Hank Wesselman - Working with Ancestral Spirits
Joseph Rael - Native American Mystery School
Tom Cowan - Celtic Shamanism
Geo Cameron - Celtic Shamanism
Angela Rapalyea - Shamanism
Margot Adler - Modern Ceremonies
Layne Redmond - Healing Properties of the Frame Drum
Ted Andrews - How to Work with Spirit Guides
Ayala Guy - Shamanism Work for Daily Practice
Christina Chang - Teachings of Huna
Linda Rose Hallowell - Introduction to Shamanic Journeying
Woman Wisdom Mystery School (9 month program)
Transformational Breath Workshop
Reiki 1 Certification
Light Activation Workshop
+ 20 years of Catholicism!
Work Experience
I started out working as a full time designer and art director for several advertising agencies. In 1985 I began freelancing as a designer and illustrator working for the advertising, and publishing industries while finishing up my undergraduates degree at night.
In over fifteen years of freelancing as an illustrator, I've found it a necessity to change styles as the markets fluctuated in order to work as an artist. This has allowed me to explore several mediums and techniques and to work in several different markets. My commercial work has been used for printed materials such as: book jackets, magazine covers, feature and editorial work, packaging, CD and cassette covers, advertisements, promotional materials, Institutional and Corporate collateral materials.
My fine art has been shown in galleries and is collected privately.
Awards
Society Of Illustrators
- Student Scholarship Grant
- Reader's Digest Association Award
Philadelphia Art Director's Club
- Award of Excellence
- Rx Club - Award of Excellence
University of the Arts
- Lorraine & Ben Alexander Award
- Roger T. Hane Memorial Award
- Mary Margavitch Hankin Memorial Award
- Ronald Bieganski Award for Outstanding Achievement in Illustration Award
Artist's Guild of Delaware Valley
- Most Valuable Woman Illustrator in Delaware Valley
Strathmore Paper Company
- Poster Series Award
I feel strongly that
the work I am doing
now is what I came
here to do in this lifetime.
The making of the art,
the spiritual practice, and
helping others are
some of the gifts that
I have come to explore.