Hello! I’m Crista.
I am a graphic designer and artist located in Buffalo, NY. If I’m not watching old movies or “I Love Lucy,” you can find me doodling faces on the edge of a notebook or creating something special on my laptop. My first loves have always been drawing and painting, so I enjoy when I can blend it with my design work.
Crista Sukennik
Graphic Designer & Artist
cristasukennik.com
Email: crista@cristasukennik.com
Education
SUNY Buffalo State College
BFA Communication Design
Graduated Spring 2020
Summa Cum Laude
Awards
Winner, Commission for the Erie County Fair Commemorative Poster Design, 2024
AAF Buffalo ADDY Awards, 2021:
• Silver ADDY
Finalist, AdAge Young Creatives Cover Competition, 2020
Winner, AAF Buffalo Portfolio Review, 2020
AAF Buffalo ADDY Awards, 2020:
• Silver ADDY
• Silver ADDY
Muriel A. Howard Honors Program Shirt Design Winner, 2019
Earl Wolfgruber Award, 2018
Muriel A. Howard Honors Program Shirt Design Winner, 2017
Erie County Fair Fine Arts Competition:
• 2023, 1st Place, Consideration for Best in Show, Honorable Mention
• 2022, 1st Place, Consideration for Best in Show, Honorable Mention
• 2021, 1st Place, 1st Place, Consideration for Best in Show, Consideration for Best in Show
• 2019, 1st Place, 1st Place, Special Award, Special Award, Best in Class Award
• 2018, 1st Place, 2nd Place, Special Award
• 2017, 1st Place, 1st Place
• 2016, 1st Place, 1st Place, June Pearl Award, Tri-Colored Best in Class Award
• 2015, 1st Place, 1st Place, June Pearl Award, Special Award
• 2014, 2nd Place, Honorable Mention
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, Senior Thesis: Reel Revivals, Bacon Gallery SUNY Buffalo State, 2019
Student Research and Creativity Conference, SUNY Buffalo State, 2019
Art & Design Department Student Exhibition, SUNY Buffalo State, 2018
Design Foundations Student Art Show, SUNY Buffalo State, 2018
Visual Arts Board Student Exhibition, Bacon Gallery SUNY Buffalo State, 2017
Erie County Fair Fine Arts Competition, 2014 – 2019
Associations
American Advertising Federation of Buffalo Student Member, 2018 – present
Muriel A. Howard Honors Program, 2016 – 2020
Dean’s List, SUNY Buffalo State, 2016 – 2020
Visual Arts Board Member, SUNY Buffalo State, 2016 – 2020
Skills
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe Premiere
Blender
Google Web Designer
HTML5 / CSS
WordPress
Drawing / Painting