Makeup Artist, Tracy Raffelson, is not only known for her comic relief, but her beautiful artistry skills. Her 18+ year career has led her to places from LA and NYC, to the White House. Tracy works as a personal Makeup Artist and Groomer for Taye Diggs and Joel Kim Booster, as well as an on set artist for films including: If Beal Street Could Talk, Oceans  8, Set It Up, and Not Okay.

Tracy has a large range of talent experience from her work on Television including: Hunters (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Orange is the New Black( Netflix),  Inside Amy Schumer Show, Damn that Michael Che (HBOmax), Instinct (CBS), and Gotham (Fox).

Her motion work expands to music videos for artists including: JAYZ, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Maluma, Miguel, Leon Bridges, The Gaslight Anthem, the Bouncing Souls, Cursive, and Lorde

Tracy currently works between Los Angeles and New York City.

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Born and raised in France, Nelly Recchia is the unique and ethereal Body Art Evolutionist that is all about emotion and putting quality before quantity. Multi award winner in International Makeup and Body Art competitions, she humbly aims to “ be perceived as someone who is contributing to Body Art’s Evolution ”. Recchia lends her fine talent and skills to the renowned Cinema Makeup School in Los Angeles, where she now resides collaborating on all visual art forms including: music videos, editorials, commercials and fine art photography. Some of her clients include: Taylor Swift, Ozuna, Twenty One Pilots, Jason Derulo, Beck, Usher, Katy Perry, Dita Von Teese, Static X, Marilyn Manson, Vogue, and Wired Magazine to name a few.

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Mike Spatola is a makeup and FX artist with over 40 years of experience. Some of his work includes Terminator 2, Iron Man 3, and HBO’s Tales From The Crypt. He’s the author of the celebrated Monstrous Makeup Manual series of instructional books, as well as the textbooks for Cinema Makeup School, where Mike served as Chief Academic Officer for many years. He’s a a 2-time EMMY Award nominee for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup, as well as multiple nominee for Best Makeup at the Cable ACE Awards.

Based in Los Angeles, Liz Rhodes is a creative multi-tasker:  Editor, Creative Director, Writer, DJ and Makeup Artist. As a writer, she primarily focuses on artists and alternative culture. Liz currently serves as Associate Editor for Auxiliary Magazine and Editor of the Lethal Amounts online magazine. A self-taught makeup artist with an education in fine arts (painting, printmaking) Liz has worked in the beauty industry since 2013 and continues to take on projects as Creative Director to produce beauty and fashion editorials as well as portraits of creatives. Her current focus as a Makeup Artist is on commercial advertising for video and still photography in digital and print media. Liz also DJs under the moniker Nuit Noir and plays all manner of dark music, from fuzzed out garage to rock ‘n’ roll, punk, new wave, post-punk and anything in between that suits her predilection for dark and resonant music. Liz’s creativity is strongly linked to music, fashion, design, and the beauty found everywhere from the mundane to the macabre.

KC is an experienced SFX Makeup Artist, trained and improved by the Stellar Cinema Makeup School in L.A. She is now the founder of Nocturnal Designz created in 2013, with her passion and drive to create a place for herself as well as upcoming artists has built itself into an artistic community, of support and growth- taking the makeup industry by storm.

John Mahoney worked as a visual development artist for Disney Feature Animation on films including Atlantis, Treasure Planet and The Emperor’s New Groove. During his time at Disney, he contributed to a total of 10 feature films. He has also worked for Lucasfilm, Miramax, and Heavy Metal Magazine. Since then, he has pursued his passion as an independent filmmaker.

John is currently producing his own Sci-Fi feature film Xentropa, which is in pre-production at the moment. He has also taught such diverse classes as figure drawing, sculpture, film design, storyboards, stop motion animation, and character design in the United States as well as in Singapore and Taiwan. John also did toy sculpting for Jurassic World, Avengers, Frozen, and the new Ghostbusters for Hasbro.

John Mahoney is a graduate of Pratt Institute with a BFA in Illustration. He works in Los Angeles recently doing animation for Netflix while teaching at USC.

Jason Adcock, Los Angeles transplant, is a FX and Beauty Artist who specializes in latex masks, wigs and theatrical makeup. Clientele includes drag race alumni, nightlife icons, musicians, theme parks and print.

JARETT FAJARDO has over 15 years experience in the entertainment arts industry. He is a graduate of Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a major in Illustration and conceptual design for film and television. Under the tutelage of Pixar Art Director and Instructor Anthony Christov, He garnered skills in pre-production art and storytelling. His work encompasses a wide array of artistic mediums to help create characters and visualize worlds that adapt to the needs of complex stories. He is noted as a story artist, art director, graphic artist, makeup/fx artist, costume designer, children’s book and a comic book illustrator. Along with his vast body of work with studios, networks, and industry clientele, he is best recognized for his images of creating other worldly creatures adapted for screen. Fajardo’s years of experience has inspired him to educate and guide the next generation of future artists at both the Academy of Art University and Cinema Makeup School. Between working on set and education he spends his time doing what he loves most, making art.

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