Sky Vega
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
2012 |
Mold-Making & Lifecasting
Film |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson / Sky Vega Special Effects Makeup |
|
2012 |
Special Prosthetic Manufacture
Television |
Anderson Live Talk Show Sky Vega Special Effects Makeup |
|
2012 |
Airbrush & Character Face Painting
Television |
Live On Letterman Sky Vega Special Effects Makeup |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
---|---|---|
2012 | Special Makeup Effects 301 | MUD NYC |
Equipment
My Equipment/Kit:
I can use:
About me
Sky Vega is an award winning Multi-disciplinary Artist and Entrepreneur based out of New York City.Working as a Department Head on many feature films, shorts, music videos and TV shows she's credited with producing molds and life casting for The Hobbit (An Unexpected Journey) and has worked for a slew of celebrities from Dr. Oz to "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Sky's work has been seen in many publications with creative costuming for singer P!nk's red carpet appearances at the Bette Midler annual Hulaween ball and Heidi Klum's party to media coverage of various Issabella Rossalini productions for Green Porno and Animals Distract Me
Sky is a graduate of the South African Academy of Arts, with a four-year intensive and comprehensive arts curriculum. She studied aesthetics and cinematography at the University of Art & Design in Greece, A.K.T.O., majoring in Computer Graphic Animation and Multimedia. She completed the Special FX Makeup course at the School of Visual Arts and fine-tuned her lab skills at the Makeup Designory's Special Makeup-Up Effects 301 course.
As a NYS licensed educator, Sky instructed beauty 101, SFX 201 and Lab 301 at her Alum, The Make-Up Designory, over the period of five years. She also offers occasional special effects makeup workshops at the Abracadabra superstore in Manhattan where her own line of prosthetic makeup products retail.
Sky founded her creative company Pittaway Art in 2010, to house her artistic businesses; Sky Vega Special Effects Makeup, Skymuzic and SkyTots.
Referees:
Upon request.
Art Shop: bit.ly/pittawayart
Sky Vega Official: bit.ly/SkyVega
IG: @TheSkyVega
License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Make-up Artist |
---|---|
Job Titles | Special Effects (SFX) Artist, Concept Artist, Make-up Artist, Costume Designer, Prop Maker |
Years in industry | 6+ years |