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PRAISE ETIOSA GODSWILL
Visual Artist & Designer
Versatile and multidisciplinary designer with 5+ years of experience shaping contemporary Black expression through design, branding, art direction, and generative media. Founder of Proxy Proxy Museum, an art research project and clothing brand. Expertise includes generating immersive digital environments and building unique visual identities that challenge traditional boundaries, with a practice rooted at the intersection of culture, technology, and identity.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES Visual Art & Digital Media: Generative art, illustration, art direction Branding: Creation of unique brand identities across print, digital, and merchandise Web Design: UI/UX, e-commerce, and interactive experiences Print & Apparel Design: Fashion graphics, tech pack creation, packaging CAD creation: Technical garment sketching and production-ready flats.
Client Relations: Direct collaboration, creative consultation, and project leadership Technical Stack: Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Procreate, Final Cut Pro, Midjourney Soft Skills: Empathetic, adaptable, organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, creative problem-solver
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024–Present Founder, Creative Director & Curator — Proxy Proxy Museum (Columbus, OH) Lead Designer – FRNK SPLY (Columbus, OH)
2019 – Present Freelance Practice (Global/Remote)
SELECTED CLIENTS Kerwin Frost A$AP Rocky AWGE Babyxsosa Montell Fish JT Body by Raven Tracy Marshall Columbia City Morgue
PRESS & FEATURES
2024 Cargo.site, Design Feature
2023 Deep-image.ai , Editorial Creative Boom, Editorial
EDUCATION Columbus College of Art and Design (2019) Central Ohio Technical College (2015)
TECHNICAL & CREATIVE PROFICINCIES Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects) Figma / Procreate / Blender / Final Cut Pro / Midjourney Microsoft Office Suite / HTML, CSS (basic)