About

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