I am a professional artist and carpenter, adaptable in museum and theater environments and their pace. I solve creative problems with attention to detail and clear cross-department communication. I work well both independently and as part of a team. I bring hands-on experience in building large-scale sets, painting murals, fabricating props and furniture, and preparing exhibitions. I am committed to quality and collaboration, delivering reliable results on time.

Adam Clay

I am a professional artist and carpenter, adaptable in museum and theater environments and their pace. I solve creative problems with attention to detail and clear cross-department communication. I work well both independently and as part of a team. I bring hands-on experience in building large-scale sets, painting murals, fabricating props and furniture, and preparing exhibitions. I am committed to quality and collaboration, delivering reliable results on time.

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I am a professional artist and carpenter, adaptable in museum and theater environments and their pace. I solve creative problems with attention to detail and clear cross-department communication. I work well both independently and as part of a team.

I bring hands-on experience in building large-scale sets, painting murals, fabricating props and furniture, and preparing exhibitions. I am committed to quality and collaboration, delivering reliable results on time.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Scenic Carpenter at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
January 1, 2024 - September 12, 2025
Interpreted designs to build large-scale set elements, installed and deinstalled, and prepared and packed sets for future shows. Loaded and unloaded trucks. Certified to operate scissor lift, aerial work platforms, and forklifts.
Props Artisan at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
January 1, 2024 - September 12, 2025
Interpreted designs to fabricate hand props, built soft and hardwood furniture, performed artistic painting, and installed/deinstalled props. Managed props inventory, repairs and storage. Transported rental props as needed.
Furniture & Cabinetry Assembler and Installer at Medak Center
January 1, 2021 - September 12, 2025
Assembled chairs, desks, tables, mounted televisions, prepared beds and installed kitchen cabinets for a new 45-apartment Berkeley Repertory Theatre building. Maintained inventory checklists and communicated inconsistencies to supervisors.
Museum Exhibit Installer at CREO Industrial Arts
January 1, 2020 - September 12, 2025
Installed permanent exhibit elements in a raw construction zone for the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum (Colorado Springs). Custom fitting and installing large-scale grid walls.
Props Artisan at Guthrie Theater
January 1, 2019 - September 12, 2025
The Glass Menagerie: props and electrics fabrication and set dressing of lit globes on ceiling. Coordinated cross-department communication between props, electrics and scenic for installation.
Muralist at Namaste Indian Cuisine
January 1, 2021 - September 12, 2025
Designed layouts and painted interior murals and outdoor signage for the venue.
Museum Preparator at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
January 1, 2021 - September 12, 2025
DaVinci - Inventions: Fabricated and installed all platforms and stages. American Democracy: Fabricated display tables, platforms and interactive display units. Seattle Style and Beyond Bollywood: Fabrication, construction and installation of stages and mock runways. Set dressing.
Scenic Carpenter at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
January 1, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Interpreted designs to build large-scale set elements, install and deinstall. Prepared and packed sets for future shows. Loading and unloading trucks. Scissor lift, aerial work platform, forklift certified.
Props Artisan at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
January 1, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Interpreted designs to fabricate hand props, build soft and hardwood furniture, implemented artistic painting skills, install and deinstall. Props inventory, repairs and storage maintenance. Transported, picked up and dropped off rental props.
Museum Exhibit Installer and Deinstaller at Show Concept (Germany-based) / Griffin Museum of Science + Industry
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Followed Marvel: Universe of Superheroes exhibit as deinstaller at Griffin Museum of Science + Industry (Chicago, IL) to installer The Center of Science and Industry (COSI, Columbus, OH). Assembled walls, set elements, display cases and vitrines. Artifact costumes handling with mannequins; installed and stabilized into display cases. Improved brackets inside artifact crates for Spiderman. Prepared, packed, palletized and crated exhibit for shipping. Loaded and unloaded trucks.
Exhibit Deinstaller at Liberty Science Center
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Deinstalled 'Sue: The T-Rex Experience'; repaired exhibit dinosaur tail. Prepared, packed, palletized and crated exhibit for shipping. Loaded and unloaded trucks.
Museum Preparator at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
DaVinci - Inventions: Fabricated and installed all platforms and stages. American Democracy: Fabricated display tables, platforms and interactive display units. Seattle Style and Beyond Bollywood: Fabrication, construction and installation of all stages and mock runways. Set dressing.
Museum Exhibit Installer at CREO Industrial Arts
December 31, 2020 - October 2, 2025
Installer of permanent exhibit elements in raw construction zone for new US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. Custom fitting and installing large-scale grid wall build.
Props Artisan at Guthrie Theater
December 31, 2019 - October 2, 2025
The Glass Menagerie: props & electrics fabrication and set dressing of lit globes on ceiling. Cross-departmental communication between props, electrics and scenic for installation.
Museum Fabrication Carpenter at Artifex NW
December 31, 2019 - October 2, 2025
Peacock in the Desert at Seattle Art Museum: fabricated, prepped and installed gallery doorway elements, platforms and temporary walls. Seattle Asian Art Museum renovation: fabricated and installed permanent platforms, display vitrines and temporary walls.
Scenic Carpenter at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
January 1, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Interpreted designs to build large scale set elements, install, deinstall. Prepared and packed sets for future shows. Loading and unloading trucks. Scissor lift, aerial work platform, forklift certified.
Props Artisan at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
January 1, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Interpreted designs to fabricate hand props, build soft and hardwood furniture, implemented artistic painting skills, install, deinstall. Props inventory, repairs and storage maintenance. Transported, picked up and dropped off rental props.
Museum Exhibit Installer and Deinstaller at Show Concept (Marvel: Universe of Superheroes)
January 1, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Followed exhibit as deinstaller at Griffin Museum of Science + Industry, Chicago, IL to installer The Center of Science and Industry (COSI), Columbus, OH. Assembled walls, set elements, display cases and vitrines. Artifact costumes collections handling with mannequins plus installed and stabilized into display cases. Improved brackets inside artifact crates for Spiderman. Prepared, packed, palletized and crated exhibit for shipping. Loaded and unloaded trucks.
Museum Preparator at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
January 1, 2021 - October 2, 2025
DaVinci - Inventions: Fabricated and installed all platforms and stages. American Democracy: Fabricated display tables, platforms and interactive display units. Seattle Style and Beyond Bollywood: Fabrication, construction and installation of all stages and mock runways. Set dressing.
Museum Exhibit Installer at CREO Industrial Arts
January 1, 2020 - October 2, 2025
Installer of permanent exhibit elements in raw construction zone for new US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. Custom fitting and installing Large scale grid wall build.
Props Artisan at Guthrie Theater
January 1, 2019 - October 2, 2025
The Glass Menagerie: props & electrics fabrication and set dressing of lit globes on ceiling. Cross departmental communication between props, electrics and scenic for installation.
Scenic Carpenter at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
December 31, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Interpreted designs to build large-scale set elements, installed and deinstalled. Prepared and packed sets for future shows. Loading and unloading trucks. Scissor lift, aerial work platform, forklift certified.
Props Artisan at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
December 31, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Interpreted designs to fabricate hand props, build soft and hardwood furniture, implemented painting skills, install and deinstall. Managed props inventory, repairs and storage. Transported rental props.
Furniture & Cabinetry Assembler and Installer at Medak Center
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Assembled chairs, desks, tables, mounted televisions, prepared beds and installed kitchen cabinets in a 45-apartment building for Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Maintained inventory checklist and communicated inconsistencies with supervisors.
Museum Exhibit Installer and Deinstaller at Gr Griffin Museum of Science & Industry
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Assembled walls, set elements, display cases and vitrines; handled artifact costumes on mannequins and installed/stabilized into display cases. Improved brackets inside artifact crates for Spiderman. Prepared, packed, palletized and crated exhibits for shipping. Loaded/unloaded trucks.
Museum Exhibit Deinstaller at Liberty Science Center
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Deinstalled Sue: The T-Rex Experience; repaired exhibit dinosaur tail; prepared, packed, palletized and crated exhibit for shipping. Loaded/unloaded trucks.
Muralist at Namaste Indian Cuisine
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
Designed layout and painted interior murals and outdoor signage.
Museum Preparator at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
December 31, 2021 - October 2, 2025
DaVinci - Inventions: fabricated and installed platforms and stages. American Democracy: fabricated display tables, platforms and interactive display units. Seattle Style and Beyond Bollywood: fabrication, construction and installation of all stages and mock runways. Set dressing.
Museum Exhibit Installer at CREO Industrial Arts
December 31, 2020 - October 2, 2025
Installer of permanent exhibit elements in raw construction zone for new US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. Custom fitting and installing Large scale grid wall build.
Props Artisan at Guthrie Theater
December 31, 2019 - October 2, 2025
The Glass Menagerie: props & electrics fabrication and set dressing of lit globes on ceiling. Cross departmental communication between props, electrics and scenic for installation.
Museum Fabrication Carpenter at Artifex NW
December 31, 2019 - October 2, 2025
Peacock in the Desert at Seattle Art Museum: fabricated, prepped and installed gallery doorway elements, platforms and temporary walls. Seattle Asian Art Museum renovation: fabricated and installed permanent platforms, display vitrines and temporary walls.
Marvel Universe of Superheroes Premiere – Preparator at Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
December 31, 2024 - October 2, 2025
Assembled and installed walls, set elements, display cases and vitrines. Artifact costumes handling on mannequins; installed and stabilized into display cases. Readjusted braces inside traveling crates to improve artifact protection.
Scenic Carpenter at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
December 31, 2024 - October 3, 2025
Interpreted designs to build large scale set elements, install, deinstall. Prepared and packed sets for future shows. Loading and unloading trucks. Scissor lift, aerial work platform, forklift certified.
Props Artisan at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
December 31, 2024 - October 3, 2025
Far Country, Galileo, Mother Road: Interpreted designs to fabricate hand props, build soft and hardwood furniture, implemented artistic painting skills, install, deinstall. Props inventory, repairs and storage maintenance. Transported, picked up and dropped off rental props.
Furniture & Cabinetry Assembler and Installer at Medak Center
December 31, 2021 - October 3, 2025
Assembled all chairs, desks, tables, mounted televisions, prepared beds and installed kitchen cabinets in new 45 apartment building for Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Maintained consistent inventory checklist for each apartment’s contents. Communicated inconsistencies with supervisors.
Museum Exhibit Installer and Deinstaller at Show Concept
December 31, 2021 - October 3, 2025
Marvel: Universe of Superheroes: followed exhibit as deinstaller at Griffin Museum of Science + Industry, Chicago, IL to installer The Center of Science and Industry (COSI), Columbus, OH. Assembled walls, set elements, display cases and vitrines. Artifact costumes collections handling with mannequins plus installed and stabilized into display cases. Improved brackets inside artifact crates for Spiderman. Prepared, packed, palletized and crated exhibit for shipping. Loaded and unloaded trucks.
Muralist at Namaste Indian Cuisine
December 31, 2021 - October 3, 2025
Designed layout and painted interior murals and outdoor signage.
Museum Preparator at Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
December 31, 2021 - October 3, 2025
DaVinci - Inventions: Fabricated and installed all platforms and stages. American Democracy: Fabricated display tables, platforms and interactive display units. Seattle Style and Beyond Bollywood: Fabrication, construction and installation of all stages and mock runways. Set dressing.
Museum Exhibit Installer at CREO Industrial Arts
December 31, 2020 - October 3, 2025
Installer of permanent exhibit elements in raw construction zone for new US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. Custom fitting and installing Large scale grid wall build.
Props Artisan at Guthrie Theater
December 31, 2019 - October 3, 2025
The Glass Menagerie: props & electrics fabrication and set dressing of lit globes on ceiling. Cross departmental communication between props, electrics and scenic for installation.
Museum Fabrication Carpenter at Artifex NW
December 31, 2019 - October 3, 2025
Peacock in the Desert at Seattle Art Museum: fabricated, prepped and installed gallery doorway elements, platforms and temporary walls. Seattle Asian Art Museum renovation: fabricated and installed permanent platforms, display vitrines and temporary walls.
Museum Preparator at Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
December 31, 2019 - October 3, 2025
Marvel: Universe of Superheroes Premiere: Assembled and installed walls, set elements, display cases and vitrines. Artifact costumes collection handling on mannequins plus installed and stabilized into display cases. Readjusted braces inside traveling crates to improve protection of artifacts.

Education

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Qualifications

Forklift Certification
January 1, 2022 - September 12, 2025
Scissor Lift Certification
January 1, 2022 - September 12, 2025
Aerial Work Platform Certification
January 1, 2022 - September 12, 2025
Forklift Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Scissor Lift Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Aerial Work Platform Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Forklift Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Scissor Lift Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Aerial Work Platform Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Scissor lift certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Aerial work platform certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Forklift certification
January 11, 2030 - October 2, 2025
Forklift Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 3, 2025
Scissor Lift Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 3, 2025
Aerial Work Platform Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 3, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Real Estate & Construction