Tara Cooper
Austin, Texas
sunshadows@hotmail.com
(469)583-3138
Education
BA in Theatre and Dance concentrating in Art/Art History,
University of Texas at Austin, 3.8 GPA
Professional Credits
Clients
Disney, Dell Inc.(wardrobe stylist/makeup/hair), JC Penney,
Wells Fargo, AMD, USAA, Giadda Rocco, Under the Canopy Clothing, Toni and Guy Hairdressing, Hugo Boss, Miss Teen Texas 2008, United America Pageant, Austin Independent School District,
Betty Buckley (Tony award-winner), John Gries (Napoleon Dynamite), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Tombstone, Fletch),
Cheri Lomonte (author), REEL Women, Colt McCoy, Sergio Kindle, Jordan Shipley, Voxtrot, Dizzee Rascal, Bun B
Photographers
Fabrizio Photography, Esther Havens, Raychel Deppe, Kevin Gourley,
Ed Lallo, John Langford, Bard Wrisley, Karin Dreyer, Don Couch, Brio, Craig Washburn, Steve Noreyko, O Photo Studio, Tom Maday,
Jim Purdum, Sarah Wilson, Dave Mead, Dawn Snow
Commercial (Print)
Covers/Features: TIME, Forbes, Business Weekly, The Economist, USA Today, Psychology Today, Texas Monthly, LOOK magazine (UK), First Magazine, VegNEWS, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, Christian Single Magazine, SNS UK magazine, Austin Woman Magazine, Austin Monthly Magazine, Tribeza
Commercial (Television/Web/Music videos)
Disney, Dell Inc., USAA, JC Penney, AMD, Dizzee Rascal featuring Bun B, Voxtrot, Black Nasty, Lee Leffingwell, Chris Riley, REEL women, AISD, ME television, Livescribe
Film (makeup/hair/wigs/special effects/wardrobe)
Features: Five Time Champion (key), The Billy Bates Project
Shorts: he Funeral Singer, Red Wednesday, Mnemonsyne Rising, Martha, The Aviatrix, Remains, Fatakra, The Answering Machine, Hung Up, Decapitated Chicken, Smoke Break, Snake Pit, That Girl Griot, Entre Lineas, Tracy, Just Us Chickens, Gliders, Bad Dad, 8 Bit Bros.
Theatre
Responsible for makeup designs, facial plots, training actors and makeup/wig crews, wig/facial hair styling/construction, makeup/wig crew supervisor, building/applying prosthetics and extensions
• Disney’s The Lion King, crew - Cheetah Tour
• Mamma Mia! crew – Broadway touring show
• The Gappers of Frip, Flesh in the Desert, Hylas and the Nymphs,
House of the Sun for The University of Texas at Austin
• The Way of the World, Antigone (wigs only), Durang/Durang, Parade, Ah, Wilderness!, Full Circle, Death and the King’s Horseman, On the Town, Cloud 9, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pajama Game, bobraushchenbergamerica, Peer Gynt, City of Angels, Imaginary Invalid, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, on the Verge, Carousel, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler for St. Edward’s University, Makeup and Hair/Wig Designer and/or student mentor
• Ring, Rip, Rent for the Vortex theatre,
Makeup and Hair/Wig Designer
• Carousel, CATS presented by Tex-ARTS,
Makeup and Wardrobe Supervisor
• Tuesdays with Morrie for San Angelo Civic Center,
Makeup Designer
• Metamorphoses and The Book of Grace for Zachary Scott Theatre, Wig/Makeup Designer
Classes/Workshops
• Makeup Design, Design for Film, Theatre, and Televsion, Basic Makeup Skills 2007-Current – adjunct faculty – St. Edward’s University
• Responsible for designing classes on various topics, such as Children’s Theatrical Makeup, Historical Makeup, Theatrical and Character Makeup, Wig Care and Facial Hair Ventilation, Wig Styling
• Wig Maintenance and Basic Ventilating Technique - St. Edward’s University Theatre Dept. (guest lecturer 2006/07)
• Period Makeup - Baldwin Beauty Schools, StyleCup 2006
• Summer Intensive Makeup Workshops – TexARTS
• Basic Special Effects and Performance Makeup Parts I, II -
The University of Texas Informal Classes
• Private lessons/classes – UT Opera Department, UT Theatre and Dance Department, various clients
Miscellaneous Experience
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
Texas (prosthetic scars for breast cancer research)
• Co-author Towards Quantifying the Aesthetic Outcomes of Breast Cancer Treatment: Comparison of Clinical Photography and Colorimetry – Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ISSN 1356-1294
• StyleCup 2006 key makeup artist
• Freelance artist for Bourjois cosmetics, Tony and Tina Cosmetics, and Studio Gear Cosmetics
• Key makeup artist and runway/presentation model
for Toni & Guy hairdressers and Hugo Boss
• Makeup Analyst for Prescriptives, Noode skincare,
and Tony and Tina cosmetics
Special Skills
Wardrobe styling, special effect makeup, mask making, body painting, wig styling, ventilating, period makeup, airbrush makeup, period hairstyling, prosthetic creation and application, storyboards, comic book, classic, and tattoo illustration, painting, sculpting, crafts, basic sewing skills, felting, and good creative problem solving
download resume (pdf)
Austin, Texas
sunshadows@hotmail.com
(469)583-3138
Education
BA in Theatre and Dance concentrating in Art/Art History,
University of Texas at Austin, 3.8 GPA
Professional Credits
Clients
Disney, Dell Inc.(wardrobe stylist/makeup/hair), JC Penney,
Wells Fargo, AMD, USAA, Giadda Rocco, Under the Canopy Clothing, Toni and Guy Hairdressing, Hugo Boss, Miss Teen Texas 2008, United America Pageant, Austin Independent School District,
Betty Buckley (Tony award-winner), John Gries (Napoleon Dynamite), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Tombstone, Fletch),
Cheri Lomonte (author), REEL Women, Colt McCoy, Sergio Kindle, Jordan Shipley, Voxtrot, Dizzee Rascal, Bun B
Photographers
Fabrizio Photography, Esther Havens, Raychel Deppe, Kevin Gourley,
Ed Lallo, John Langford, Bard Wrisley, Karin Dreyer, Don Couch, Brio, Craig Washburn, Steve Noreyko, O Photo Studio, Tom Maday,
Jim Purdum, Sarah Wilson, Dave Mead, Dawn Snow
Commercial (Print)
Covers/Features: TIME, Forbes, Business Weekly, The Economist, USA Today, Psychology Today, Texas Monthly, LOOK magazine (UK), First Magazine, VegNEWS, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, Christian Single Magazine, SNS UK magazine, Austin Woman Magazine, Austin Monthly Magazine, Tribeza
Commercial (Television/Web/Music videos)
Disney, Dell Inc., USAA, JC Penney, AMD, Dizzee Rascal featuring Bun B, Voxtrot, Black Nasty, Lee Leffingwell, Chris Riley, REEL women, AISD, ME television, Livescribe
Film (makeup/hair/wigs/special effects/wardrobe)
Features: Five Time Champion (key), The Billy Bates Project
Shorts: he Funeral Singer, Red Wednesday, Mnemonsyne Rising, Martha, The Aviatrix, Remains, Fatakra, The Answering Machine, Hung Up, Decapitated Chicken, Smoke Break, Snake Pit, That Girl Griot, Entre Lineas, Tracy, Just Us Chickens, Gliders, Bad Dad, 8 Bit Bros.
Theatre
Responsible for makeup designs, facial plots, training actors and makeup/wig crews, wig/facial hair styling/construction, makeup/wig crew supervisor, building/applying prosthetics and extensions
• Disney’s The Lion King, crew - Cheetah Tour
• Mamma Mia! crew – Broadway touring show
• The Gappers of Frip, Flesh in the Desert, Hylas and the Nymphs,
House of the Sun for The University of Texas at Austin
• The Way of the World, Antigone (wigs only), Durang/Durang, Parade, Ah, Wilderness!, Full Circle, Death and the King’s Horseman, On the Town, Cloud 9, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pajama Game, bobraushchenbergamerica, Peer Gynt, City of Angels, Imaginary Invalid, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, on the Verge, Carousel, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler for St. Edward’s University, Makeup and Hair/Wig Designer and/or student mentor
• Ring, Rip, Rent for the Vortex theatre,
Makeup and Hair/Wig Designer
• Carousel, CATS presented by Tex-ARTS,
Makeup and Wardrobe Supervisor
• Tuesdays with Morrie for San Angelo Civic Center,
Makeup Designer
• Metamorphoses and The Book of Grace for Zachary Scott Theatre, Wig/Makeup Designer
Classes/Workshops
• Makeup Design, Design for Film, Theatre, and Televsion, Basic Makeup Skills 2007-Current – adjunct faculty – St. Edward’s University
• Responsible for designing classes on various topics, such as Children’s Theatrical Makeup, Historical Makeup, Theatrical and Character Makeup, Wig Care and Facial Hair Ventilation, Wig Styling
• Wig Maintenance and Basic Ventilating Technique - St. Edward’s University Theatre Dept. (guest lecturer 2006/07)
• Period Makeup - Baldwin Beauty Schools, StyleCup 2006
• Summer Intensive Makeup Workshops – TexARTS
• Basic Special Effects and Performance Makeup Parts I, II -
The University of Texas Informal Classes
• Private lessons/classes – UT Opera Department, UT Theatre and Dance Department, various clients
Miscellaneous Experience
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
Texas (prosthetic scars for breast cancer research)
• Co-author Towards Quantifying the Aesthetic Outcomes of Breast Cancer Treatment: Comparison of Clinical Photography and Colorimetry – Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice ISSN 1356-1294
• StyleCup 2006 key makeup artist
• Freelance artist for Bourjois cosmetics, Tony and Tina Cosmetics, and Studio Gear Cosmetics
• Key makeup artist and runway/presentation model
for Toni & Guy hairdressers and Hugo Boss
• Makeup Analyst for Prescriptives, Noode skincare,
and Tony and Tina cosmetics
Special Skills
Wardrobe styling, special effect makeup, mask making, body painting, wig styling, ventilating, period makeup, airbrush makeup, period hairstyling, prosthetic creation and application, storyboards, comic book, classic, and tattoo illustration, painting, sculpting, crafts, basic sewing skills, felting, and good creative problem solving
download resume (pdf)