Resume

Hello! My name is Mikayla Henry and I am a college student pursuing a bachelors in Studio Art, while running my business. I love being involved in the arts and am so excited to be pursuing it as a career. 

Education

University of the Pacific — Degree Expected May 2027
  • Bachelors in Studio Art
  • Minor in Art History
Las Positas College — May 2025
  • Associate in Arts Transfer: Studio Art
  • Associate in Arts Transfer: English
  • Associate in Arts Transfer: Art History
  • Associate in Arts: Studio Art, Emphasis in Painting
  • Associate in Arts: Liberal Arts, Arts and Humanities
  • Associate in Arts: Liberal Arts, Language Arts and Communication
  • Associate in Arts: Liberal Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Certificate: Creative Writing 

Awards

  • ‘Children’s Book Illustration’ Undergraduate Research Grant — University of the Pacific 2026
  • AMPD Student Visual Voices Award — University of the Pacific 2026
  • ‘Operation School Bell Mural’ Undergraduate Research Grant — University of the Pacific 2026 
  • First Place in Plays–Havik Literary Journal 2025
  • Honorable Mention–LPC Spring Fine Art Festival 2025
  • Pleasanton Art League Merit Award– LPC Spring Fine Art Festival 2024
  • Honorable Mention in Prose–Havik Literary Journal 2024

Exhibits

  • Solo Exhibit ‘Whimsy and Wonder in Technicolor’ Featured Artist for Double Dip Gallery, August 2026

  • Echoes in Creation Exhibit at Reynolds Gallery, UOP

  • Stockton Art League’s Women’s Show at Goodwin Gallery

  • ‘Knock, Knock: The Art of Whit and Whimsy’ Juried Exhibit at Uncle Credit Union Art Gallery

    • Lookin’ Fly

    • You’re Feeling Sheepy

  • (Re)Purpose: A Student Review of the Permanent Collection in the Reynolds Gallery at University of the Pacific

  • Livermore Artwalk 2025
  • ‘8×8’ Juried Art Show at Tamper Room Cafe and Gallery
  • ‘Fragile Earth’ Juried Exhibition at Uncle Credit Union Art Gallery
    • Contradictions of Creation
  • ‘Saddle, Brush, and Art’ Juried Exhibition at Uncle Credit Union Art Gallery and Livermore Civic Center
    • Modern Cowboy
    • Into the Sunset
  • Las Positas Spring Fine Art Festival 2025
  • Las Positas Spring 2025 Watercolor Class Online Exhibition
  • Las Positas LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit 2025
  • ‘The Essential Figure Art Show’ at Bothwell Arts Center
  • ‘The Future is Now’ Art Exhibit at Livermore Civic Center
  • ‘Identity’ Juried Art Exhibit at Uncle Credit Union Art Gallery
    • Tractor Mechanic (Dedicated to my Cousin)
    • Reflections in Machinery
  • Livermore ArtWalk, Solo Booth, 2024
  • Las Positas Fall 2024 Watercolor Class Online Exhibition
  • Las Positas Spring Fine Art Festival 2024
  • Livermore ArtWalk, Part of Las Positas Booth, 2023

Experience

  • Assistance League Thrift Store Mural, Stockton, CA, 2026
    • Solo interior mural, measuring 8ft x 16ft, for nonprofit thrift store
    • Incorporated themes of diversity and charity into design
  • Student Curator for Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific
    • On team for student-led curation of UOP’s permanent collection
    • Included two of my own pieces in gallery that matched overarching theme
  • Livermore Municipal Airport Mural
    • Worked as team to create mural celebrating diversity and green engineering
  • Student Curator for Las Positas Gallery
    • Curating first LGBTQ+ themed and student-run exhibit at Las Positas
    • Came up with gallery idea, advertised for art from student body, hung art, advertised for show by creating fliers and sending out emails to professors, and helped put on gallery reception
  • Live Painter at San Jose Pride 2024
    • Created painting based off event’s theme and painted large piece in front of crowd
  • Business owner of For Aesthetic Value
    • Advertising and creating an online presence
    • Creating handmade art and jewelry
    • Public presence at vendor events around the Bay Area
    • Communicating with clients for commissions

Publications

Published Works

  • “Saddle, Brush, and Art: A Cowboy’s Poetic Canvas”
    • Into the Sunset
  • Havik Literary Journal 2025
    • Artwork:
      • Bi Bi Birdie
      • Sunset Journey
    • Plays:
      • Taking the Mask Off the Devil
      • Power Couples
    • Poem:
      • It’s Too Much
  • Havik Literary Journal 2024
    • Artwork:
      • We Bleed Pink, White, and Blue
      • Overarching Love
      • Echo
      • In the Garden
      • On The Fence
    • Poems:
      • Why
      • Your Leering Eyes
      • The Relentless Cycle
    • Fiction:
      • A Fate You Can’t Escape