Personal Information
Name: Milka Marinov-Vlahovic
Date and place of birth: September 13, 1972, Antofagasta, Chile
Citizenship: Chilean
Languages: Spanish and English
E. mail: milkamarinov@yahoo.com

Education
-Master of Arts in Exhibition Design. California State University-Fullerton, USA (Fulbright Scholar) 2003-2005.
-University of Antofagasta. Bachelor Degree. Graphic Design. Antofagasta, Chile. 1991-1997.
-Course New Advances in Museum Exhibits. Center of Conservation and Restoration (CNCR), ICOM, Chile, 2001.
-Course Organization and Development of Resources for Cultural Heritage Institutions. Latin American Institute of Museums (ILAM), 2007.

Work Experience
-Graphic designer, Exhibition Design Department, DIBAM, Chile, 2010.
-Regional Coordinator for the Government Program: Creating Chile in my Neighborhood. A project that works in vulnerable and critical communities creating hope and actions to improve people's life through the arts. Antofagasta, Chile, 2008-2009.
-Research, management and graphics for catalog and exhibition: Documenting a Lost Generation in Antofagasta´s Visual Arts during the 60´s. FONDART project (Fondart is a National fund for the Arts, prestigious grant offered by the Chilean government to support the arts), Chile, 2007.
-Exhibit and graphic designer. Photographic exhibit on Greek immigrants Donde Hay Tierra, Hay Patria, Greek Society, Antofagasta, Chile, 2007.
-Graphic designer for group project: Management Guidelines for the Cultural Site Ex Oficina Salitrera Chacabuco, FNDR (National Fund for Regional Development, Chilean Government), UCN (Northern Catholic University), Antofagasta, Chile.
-Graphics Assistant. Exhibition Design Department, Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, Santa Ana, CA, USA. 2005-2006.
-Art instructor and graphic design teacher. Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA, USA. 2004-2005.
-Graphic designer on art exhibitions (catalogs, announcements, labels, signs, banners, didactic panels). California State University, Fullerton, Art Department, California, USA, 2004-2006.
-Graphic designer on several FONDART projects from 1999 to 2002.

Professional Skills
-Graphic design: concept development, trademarks, typography, page lay out, design for publications, pre-press preparation. Digital photo-retouching, traditional and digital photography, mix-media (markers, tempera, engraving), vinyl design. Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Free Hand, Corel Draw, Page Maker, QuarkXpress, Indesign, Dreamweaver, basic XHTML language. PC and Macintosh environments.
-Exhibition Design: graphics applied to gallery and museum exhibits.

extended curriculum vitae upon request