CONTACT
lizlongillustrator@gmail.com
(856) - 630 – 8227
EDUCATION
2017 Received Master of Arts in Teaching degree at the Maine College of Art
2015 September-November Art Residency at the Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2013 Selected for The New York Studio Residency Program
2010-2014 Majored in Illustration at Maine College of Art
2008-2010 The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts
Experience
FREELANCE
2022 Annual Milliman holiday card, NY
2022 Designed podcast cover art for Female Intern
2020 Institutional portraits for Tyler School of Art and Architecture’s Admissions department
2018 Custom mug design for Adam Burk + Co.
2017-2019 Content creation for Beauty Blender LLC including photography and digital art
2017-2019 Poster series for Beatles Night Matinee and Spencer Albee and The Walrus
2017 Book art for People Give to People by Philip Conkling and Robert Demont
2017 Cover Art for The Portland Phoenix newspaper
2016-2017 Mural Commission in Freeport, ME
2015 Designed the October patch for the Portland Patch Project
2014 Created indoor mural in the Maine College of Art's shop
2014 Designed series of illustrations for Portland Trading Co.
SALE & PROMOTION
2021 Vendor at the Feminist Flea Market and Craft Fair, Philadelphia, PA
2020-present Creature Comfort Print series at Gift Horse Nashville, Nashville TN
2017-present Creature Comfort Print sales at Quiet Tide Goods
2017 Featured in The Maker's Post publication
2015 Print commission at Portland Trading Co.
2013-present Pinecone and Chickadee, Portland, ME
SHOWS
2023 Selected for Illustration Institute The Great State of Illustration in Maine show Ticonic Gallery, Waterville, ME
2022 Selected work in MAEA’s annual exhibition NEXUS: The Intersection of Teaching and Learning at MECA&D, Portland, ME
2022 Selected for Illustration Institute The Great State of Illustration in Maine show at The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME
2022 Solo show at Float Harder, Portland, ME
2022 Selected for AIGA ME Poster Show Maine Perspectives at the Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
2020 Selected Philadelphia Chalk Fest mural artist, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Selected works in the group show The Art of Cute, The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME
2016 Solo Show Be There Soon at Pinecone and Chickadee, Portland, ME
2015 Selected work in the WAKE UP ALICE! group show (sponsored by Stephen King), Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
2015 September-October Solo show, Keepsakes, at Vestibule 594, Portland, ME