Meet the Team
Prema Baughman
premabaughmanart@gmail.com | premabaughmanart.com | Shepherdstown, WV.
Education
2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts. Concentration: Painting and Drawing. Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV.
Summa Cum Laude.
2020 Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Washington High School.
2020 - 2024 Shepherd University Dean's List.
Professional Experience
2025 Co-Designer & Painter. Winchester, VA.
2025 Co-Designer & Painter. Shepherdstown, WV.
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Collaborated with small painter team to design and paint mural for an exterior wall at a public park.
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Worked with park management to acquire funding through a federal grant.
2025 Lead Designer & Painter. Shannondale, WV.
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Created mural for an interior wall at an Airbnb that represented the surrounding nature and wildlife.
2024 - 2025 Specialty Mounter. Framebridge. Winchester, VA.
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Execute complex mounting tasks on the production floor.
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Perform efficiently under strict deadlines in a high volume environment.
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Demonstrate strong art handling and problem solving skills.
2022 - 2024 Studio Assistant. Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV.
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Aid students with tasks while in the painting, drawing, or printmaking studios.
2023 Mural Designer & Painter. Tabler Farms, Shepherd University.
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Created mural that was inspired by the operations performed in aquaponics.
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Mural was one of six at this location. The project aimed to connect buildings visually across the farm.
2019 Art Camp Counselor. Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Center. Harpers Ferry, WV.
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Managed and created art camp activities for the youth.
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Organized and maintained studio cleanliness.
Exhibitions
2024 The Light You Cast. Group Show. War Memorial Building, Shepherdstown, WV.
2023 Being Seen Exhibition. Juror: Craig Subler. TAG Gallery, Frederick, MD.
2023 Sugar Swept Exhibition. Sugar Whipped Cupcake Shop. Shepherdstown, WV.
2022 Everything Blue. Juried. Modern Visual Arts Gallery. Bethlehem, PA.
2022 Visual Arts Collective Exhibition. Student Center. Shepherdstown, WV.
2021 Annual Student Honors Exhibition. Juror: Jackson Hackett. Phaze 2 Gallery. Shepherdstown, WV. Second Place Winner.
Publications
2024 Sans Merci Volume 48. Art and Literary Publication. Shepherd University. Art Editor.
2022 Sans Merci Volume 46. Art and Literary Publication. Shepherd University. First Place Winner.
Memberships
2024 Art Editor. Sans Merci Arts and Literary Magazine.
2022 Secretary. Visual Arts Collective.
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Help other leadership members with organizing and leading workshops for students.
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Record keeping of notes and information discussed in club meetings.
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Aid with install of student gallery shows.
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Aid in curating exhibitions.
2022 - 2024 Member of Visual Arts Collective. Shepherd University.
Proficiencies
Traditional Painting Processes
Basic Woodworking
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Basic Welding
Microsoft Word & Excel
Framing Processes (Sewing, Matting)
Color Expert
Art Handling
CHARLOTTE A. PUTTOCK
Charles Town, WV 25414
charlotteautumn.com
EDUCATION Dual Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Concentration in Painting) Bachelor of English (Concentration in Literature) Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV. 2024.
GPA 3.8 | Magna Cum Laude | Dean’s List 2019-23
Visual Arts Collective President 2021-3
Senator 2021-2
Secretary & Vice President 2019-20
San’s Merci Editing Team Senior Art Editor 2022-3
Editor 2020-1
National Honor’s Society 2023-4
Sigma Tau Delta 2023-4
Ikenberry Award Recipient 2023
Outstanding English Major Award 2023-4
Outstanding Fine Arts Major Award 2022-3
PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
Rites of Passage, (First place winner), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2024
National Juried Exhibition, (Second place winner), The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD 2024
Suboart Magazine Issue #38, International Magazine for Emerging Artists 2025
Inside/Outside Exhibition, Merge Artists Collective, Hagerstown, MD 2025
Imbue Exhibition, Merge Artists Collective, Hagerstown, MD 2024
Ouroboros Solo Exhibition, Blackbox Theater, Shepherdstown, WV 2023
Emerging Artists Exhibition, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD 2022
Sans Merci Exhibition, Art & Literary Publication, Shepherdstown, WV 2021-4
Student Honors Exhibition, Phaze 2 Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV 2021-3
A Long Time – Now, Evolve Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV 2021
EXPERIENCE
Juror. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH 2025
▪ Acted as juror for unspecifiable exhibition at Manifest Gallery, providing insight into quality of submissions
Framer, Specialty Mounter. Framebridge, Winchester, VA 2024-5
▪ Worked in a fast-paced environment; trimmed with blades, sewed, and used archival processes to prepare high priority and/or difficult artworks for presentation
▪ Specialized in delicate, fragile, and aged pieces that required alternate solutions for displaying
Teacher. Blackbox Theater, Shepherdstown, WV 2024
▪ Organized and supervised prop workshop.
▪ Aided, instructed, and managed juvenile and adolescent age groups
Sans Merci Editor. Art & Literary Publication, Shepherdstown, WV 2020-3
▪ Oversaw curation and selection of artworks.
▪ Edited artist biographies and worked with graphic designer in arrangement of works, totaling 35 pages of written content and 64 pages of visual content
▪ Led team meetings and collaborated with other editors
▪ Organized art exhibitions and poetry readings
Live Painter. The Tea Cart, Winchester, VA 2023
▪ Performed live painting session at art exhibition event.
Dramaturg. Rude Mechanicals, Shepherdstown, WV 2022-3
▪ Researched and interpreted Elizabethan era plays to provide cast and crew with insight on their performances.
▪ Wrote analysis of performance for program book to aide public’s understanding
Reliquary Painter. Kunzang Palyul Choling, Poolesville, MD. 2022
▪ Painted religious statue that will last hundreds of years.
▪ Worked alongside lama in the traditional Tibetan method.
Studio Assistant. Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV 2020-3
▪ Cleaned and maintained studio and studio supplies.
▪ Aided professors and acted as a student teacher.
PUBLIC SERVICE & CIVIC ART
Morgan’s Grove Park Mural. Lead Painter and Lead Designer. 2025
▪ Worked on team of three along with one assistant to create mural across from youth park highlighting native wildlife and Appalachian culture to create a more vibrant, welcoming environment for visitors
Celebrate Shepherdstown Mural. Lead Painter. Betty’s Restaurant 2024
▪ Worked on team of two designers and nine painters to create exterior mural that represents and honors the history of Shepherdstown as a gift to the community.
Tabler Farms Mural. Lead Painter and Lead Designer. Shepherd University 2023
▪ Designed and painted two murals for Scientific and Agricultural Innovation Center highlighting wildlife
▪ Worked on team of twelve people to paint seven buildings that thematically represented the purpose of the space
Community Figure Drawing Sessions. Organizer and Instructor.
Visual Arts Collective, Shepherd University 2019-23
▪ Hired models, set up studio space, organized & led figure drawing events.
▪ Taught demos on studying anatomy, light, & form.
Texture Workshop, Mounting and Matting Workshop, Cyanotype Workshop. Organizer, Instructor & Assistant.
Visual Arts Collective, Shepherd University 2022
▪ Organized and taught workshop on the usage of mixed media materials such as encaustic wax, impasto medium, and spray paint as well as processes such as papermaking, screen-printing, wood burning, and airbrushing.
Organized and taught workshops on mounting canvases and panels and matting two dimensional works.
▪ Organized and assisted professor in workshop on the process of cyanotype printmaking.
Visual Arts Collective Group Showcase. Organizer and Curator. ARTtrek, Shepherdstown 2022
▪ Collaborated with other VAC members in the curation and installation of a group showcase.
▪ Worked in collaboration with ARTtrek, a portable art gallery that brings the work of Appalachian artists and merchants to the public.
PROFICIENCIES & SKILLS
▪ Proficient with traditional painting processes & surface preparation
▪ Experienced with Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
▪ Beginner level experience with Storyline 360
