Annie Dong
Education
2025- 2027 Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills,
MI.
2020- 2024 Bachelor of Arts in Art and
Psychology, New College of Florida, The
Honors College of Florida, Sarasota, FL.
Professional Experience
2025 - Present: Wood Shop Technician
, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills
, MI
2024 - Present: Freelance Artist/
Anniedartist, Mural & Painting, FL
2023-2025: Teens Fine Art
Specialist/Educator, Boys & Girls Club,
Bradenton, FL
2022-2024: Teaching Assistant, Studio Art,
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
2024: Art Educator, 6th Street Art Studio,
Gilroy, CA
2024: Art Studio Assistant, Gimson Studios
LLC, Sarasota, FL
2023: Art Educator, Art Center Sarasota,
Sarasota, FL
2022: Art Therapy Internship, Sarasota
Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL
Artist Residency
2024 Fall Artist Residency: 6th Street Art
Studio, Gilroy, CA
Awards & Grants
2025 Cranbrook Academy of Art Merit
Scholarship, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2025 Selected Muralist, Florida State Fair,
Tampa, FL
2024 Florida Alliance Council, Arts &
Education Program of the Year Award,
Manatee County, FL
2024 Margaret L. Bates Award for
Exceptional Thesis, New College of Florida,
Sarasota, FL
2024 Florida Public Art Mural Alliance
Grant, Palmetto, FL
2024 City of Bradenton Community Mural
Grant, Bradenton, FL
2024 Selected International Chalk Mural
Festival, Sarasota, FL
2024 Selected Muralist for Community Mural,
Lakeland, FL
2024 Selected Gasparilla Art Festival
Carmada Artist Winner, Tampa, FL 2024
Planned Parenthood Naked Truths Selected
Artist, Sarasota, FL
2024 Women’s Contemporary Artist Painting
Merit Award, Sarasota, FL 2023 Student
Research & Travel Grant, Sarasota,
FL
2023 Walmart Community Mural Grant,
Bradenton, FL
2023 Old Navy Mural Grant, Boys & Girls
Club, Bradenton, FL
2023 City of Sarasota Public Art Winner,
Sarasota FL
2023 Women’s Contemporary Artists
Scholarship Winner, Sarasota, FL
2022 NCSA Hamilton Art Mural Grant,
Sarasota, FL
2022 First Generation Scholarship, Sarasota,
FL
2020 Regional Scholastic Art Honorable
Award Winner, Tampa, FL 2020 Surrealism
Art Winner: Dali Museum, St.
Petersburg, FL
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Group Exhibition, Wool & Wood Show
, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2025 Group Exhibition, Two Moths, Views Art
Center, Old Forge, NY
2025 Group Exhibition, Who Am I?, State
College of Florida, Manatee County, FL
2025 Group Exhibition, Two Parrots,
Emerald Bar, St. Petersburg, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Where is Home?, Las
Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2024 Solo Exhibition, Where is Home?, 1202
Contemporary Gallery, Gilroy, CA
2024 Solo Exhibition, Florida Waterlife,
Clearwater Aquarium, Clearwater, FL
2024 Solo Exhibition, Finding Home, El
Encanto Tattoo & Gallery, Ybor City, Tampa
, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Vitality, Exhibizone
International Exhibition Show, Online
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Moths, Flora &
Fauna, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Parrots, Rhode
Island Watercolor Gallery, RI.
2024 Group Exhibition, Kiara, Exhibizone
International Exhibition Show, Online.
2024 Solo Exhibition, Finding Home, Senior
Friendship Center, Sarasota, FL.
2024 Group Exhibition, Finding Vitality
Thesis Show Exhibition, New College of
Florida, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Carmanda Parrots,
Downtown Public Art, Tampa, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Moths, The Werk
Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Two Parrots, Body,
Women’s Contemporary Arts, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Vitality, Art Center
Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2024 Group Exhibition, Spider Lily, New
College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
2022 Group Exhibition, You Go, Silly Girl,
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2022 Group Exhibition, Ài, Art Ovation
Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2020-2021 Solo Exhibition, Collection of the
Small Things, Tampa Bay Pop-Up
Gallery, Tampa, FL
2020 Group Exhibition, Trigger Happy,
University of Tampa Gallery Showcase,
Tampa, FL
2020 Group Exhibition, The Blind Leading
the Blind, Dalí Art Museum, St. Petersburg,
FL
Commissions
2025 Public Art Commission, Blossom
, 23x14’, The Market Boutique, Manatee
County, FL
2025 Public Art Commission, Crabs, 8x10’,
The Crab & Seafood Shop, Sarasota, FL
2025 Public Art Commission, Bloom Where
You Are, 17x12’, University Town
Center, Sarasota FL
2025 Public Art Commission, Home-Turkey,
17x15’, Divan Turkish Rest., Sarasota FL
2025 Public Art Commission, Keep Florida
Wild, 8x8’, Florida State Fair, Tampa FL
2025 Private Art Commission, You Look
Gorgeous Mural, Serendipitous Jewelry,
Sarasota FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Move the
Earth, 15x16’, New College of Florida,
Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Harbor of
Fruits, 15x16’, New College of Florida
, Sarasota FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Take Flight,
14x15’, Gilroy, CA
2024 Private Art Commission, SkyWay
Bridge, 18x15’’, Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Two Orchids,
26x30”, City of Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Generations
, 48x13’, Boys & Girls Club, City of Palmetto, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Rays, 50x12’
, Kwall Barack Law Firm, City of Clearwater
Florida
2024 Public Art Commission, One Bird,
12x4’, City of Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Two Blue
Birds, 14x12’, City of Lakeland, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, The
Community Art Mural Project, 9
x12’, Manatee County City Hall, Bradenton,
FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Botany, Salt
Your Soul Shop, 36x18’, Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Carmanda
Parrots, Gasparilla Art Festival, Painting
on a Car, Tampa, FL
2024 Private Art Commission, Frida Kahlo,
14x20’, Sarasota, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Reimagine
Your Future, La Femme Institution,
24x14’, Tampa, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Growing, Boys
& Girls Club of Manatee County,
20x13’, Bradenton, FL
2024 Public Art Commission, Childhood,
Boys & Girls Club of Manatee County,
30x10’, Bradenton, FL
2023 Public Art Commission, Heart of
Manatee County, Walmart, 15x30’,
Bradenton, FL
2023 Public Art Commission, Old Navy
Mural, Boys & Girls Club of Manatee
County, 15x6’, Bradenton, FL
2023 Private Art Commission, Flamingo,
Mural, 9x9’, Sarasota, FL
2022 Public Art Commission, Joy, Mural,
35x8’, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2022 Public Art Commission, Red Crowned
Cranes Mural, 35x14’, New College of
Florida, Sarasota, FL
2022 Corporate Art Commission, Kung Fu Tea
Branding, Mural, 15x15’’, St. Petersburg, FL
2022 Public Art Commission, Hamilton Wall,
Mural, 34x8’’, New College of Florida,
Sarasota, FL
Certifications
2024 OSHA Boom Lift Certification
Selected Press
Dania Hefley, Mural Painter, Discusses
Sarasota Street Art Erasure, 96.5 WSLR
News, November 27th, 2025.
ABC7 News Staff, New College of Florida
unveils New Mural, February 4th, 2025.
Emily Leinfuss, Towles Court Art Center, is
a hidden gem walking distance from
downtown, May 7th, 2025.
University Town Center, UTC Blooms With
New Mural for Spring, April 2nd, 2025.
McKeeley Tara, Specter of China Hovers over
US Colleges, November 11, 2024.
Kwall Barack Nadeu PPLC, Celebrating Art &
Law: Unveils stunning new mural “Rays”,
August 01, 2024.
Courtney Nelson, Inspiring Artist Making
Change, Naked Truth: Planned Parenthood,
July 2024.
David Garcia, Inspiring Creatives & Hidden
Tampa Gems, Voyage Tampa Magazine, July
2024.
Alexandra Levy, Thesis Student Annie Dong
Mural Project displayed in City Hall, The
Catalyst, April 20, 2024.
Carolina Drake, Ron DeSantis’s War on
Woke’ goes to college, The Art Newspaper,
December 2023.
Alex Wagner, New College Student Art Mural
of Caples, MSNBC, September 2023.
Old Navy Teen Center Mural, ABC7 News,
November 2023.
Patricia Mazzei, Sports are in, Gender
Students are out at College, New York
Times, September 2023.
Sophia Brown, New College Paints over
Student Mural to “Beautify” Campus, 96.5
WSLR Podcast, July 2023.
Devon Geary, Annie Dong creates a Mural
for Art Center Sarasota, NCF News,
February 2023.
Community Mural Project, ABC7 News,
January 2023.
ACS Selected Muralist, SRQ Magazine,
December 2022.
Sarasota Community Comes together for a
beautiful community mural Project, My
Suncoast News, January 2023.
The Mural Project, Art Center Sarasota
News, September 2022.