Isabel Himmelvo
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
2024–PresentStevenson High School, Pebble Beach, California
2022–2024The International School of Paris, 16th Arrondissement, Paris, France
Work Experience
2020–2025
Tunnel Vision Productions, Marfa, Texas
Actor
- Starring role of “Sam” in the television limited-series pilot Fault Line
- Winner of numerous film festival acting awards, including “Best Actor” and “Best Emerging Actor”
- Workshopped the script for one year, including one-on-one training and rehearsals with Academy Award–winning actress Lindsay Crouse and rehearsals with the acting troupe at Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, MA
- Filming and production took place in June 2021 in Marfa, Texas
- Attended film screenings with cast and crew and gave press interviews with the creative team
- Winner of “Best Short” at the 2025 Carmel International Film Festival
Fall 2025
Central Medical Practice, Los Angeles, California
Assistant to Office Manager (Part-Time, Weekends and Holidays)
- Gaining comprehensive insight into the delivery of healthcare to an underserved community
- Training in the operations of a clinical practice and exploring areas for improvement
- Engaging with professionals across various departments to understand diverse roles and career paths
- Liaising with payors to understand reimbursements for patients
Spring Semester 2024
Littleton Road Productions
Online Externship, International School of Paris
Intern
- Attended development meetings and observed the creation of the Peacock limited series Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy with showrunner and creator Patrick Macmanus in Paris and Littleton Road President Kelly Funke in New York
Volunteer Work Experience
Summer 2025 & 2026
Classroom to the Streets Program, Beyond Walls, Lynn, MA
Alumni Junior Fellow (2026)
- Working alongside world-renowned French artist Bryan Beyung to design and paint large-scale public murals in summer 2026
- Fellows take on a leadership role with peers and work side by side with professional muralists to conceptualize, sketch and spray-paint massive public murals across the city, gaining hands-on experience in public art
Youth Artist/Painter (2025)
- Worked with inner-city students in collaboration with world-renowned artists to design full-scale wall murals
- Focused on the design theme of social media and the impact it has on teenagers
- Created the “chosen section” drawing concept for the first mural
- Worked in concert with award-winning American street artist Gaia (born Andrew Pisacane of Brooklyn, NY) to develop and paint a public mural
- Worked from spring concept meetings through summer site work, including site preparation, painting and final cleanup, giving back to the city not only a summer youth experience but also large-scale art pieces that transform inner-city concrete walls into something “Beyond Walls”
August 2025–Present
Stevenson High School Community Service, Pebble Beach, CA
Volunteer
- Community cleanup, Monterey, CA
- Reader to elementary classes for storytime, Martin Luther King School of the Arts, Seaside, CA
September 2023–2024
Petit Dej Solidaire, Paris, France
Volunteer
- Worked in a satellite kitchen to prepare hot meals and delivered them to homeless people throughout Paris
Extracurricular Activities
August 2025–Present
Tusitala, Stevenson School Newspaper, Pebble Beach, CA
Staff Writer & Editor in Chief (2026–2027)
- Leading the redesign of the school newspaper to add original artwork and thoughtful articles that reflect the look and feel of The New Yorker
- Wrote articles on a wide variety of topics within the “Life Style” section:
- “Introducing Grandpa to the Algorithm”
- “Convenience at a Cost”
- “My Favorite Books I Read in 2025”
- “More Than Just a Class: Why Art Shapes Who We Are”
- “Bee Gone: Why Are the Bees Disappearing?”
- “From Middle School to High School”
- “How to Successfully Approach the Spring Finals This Year” – Art Contributor
- “Summer Job Market Is Getting Harder for Highschoolers”
Summer 2024
Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program, Providence, RI
Student
- Five weeks of intensive immersion in studio art, led by renowned artists and faculty at RISD
- Began building my portfolio
- Taught using strictly oil paint
Summer 2025
Sotheby’s Summer Institute Pre-College Program, New York, NY
Student
- Four-week introduction to the business side of art, including gallery ownership, the significance of the primary and secondary art markets, and the challenges of securing sponsorships
- Toured art galleries around the city and met with their owners to learn from their experience in the business
- Designed my own art gallery with artists and sponsors
- Worked on my portfolio and spoke with featured artists from around the world
August 2025–May 2026
Varsity Cross Country and Track, Pebble Beach, CA
Student Athlete
- Ran and competed in 5K cross country events
- Ran and competed in the 1600 meters in track and field events
August 2016–2025
Carmel, CA
Cellist
- Started playing cello at age 7
- Second chair cello in the school orchestra for 5 years
- Fellow at the American Conservatory of Paris for 2 years
- Completed and passed the prestigious UK Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music exams (ABRSM recorded exam for cello), 2023–2024 academic year in Paris
2018–Present
Guitarist
- Self-taught, with three lessons
- Guitar band member at Rock U., a premier junior rock band program in Paris offering performance-based rock band classes and public performances
- Composed guitar music to the poem “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop for the limited series Fault Line
- Performed the song “One Art” in Fault Line, on both vocals and guitar
2023–2024
Annie the Musical, International School of Paris
Theater
- Auditioned and was cast in the iconic role of Grace Farrell
- Performed the song “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here”
- Performed at the Théâtre du Ranelagh in Paris
2022
“What’s Going on That Tiny Blue Planet,” Spotify podcast
Podcast/Radio
- Interviewed people of different ages, from 6 to 70 years old, on what they can do in their everyday lives to save our planet
- Composed and performed original guitar music for the podcast
August 2026
Pop-Up Art Gallery and Studio, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
- Planning a two-week pop-up featuring an interactive conceptual art piece
- Completing portfolio work
Artist Statement
I am an artist. This has always been a certainty, like how summer naturally follows spring. It began on stage, where I loved making people feel transformed. When COVID-19 kept us apart, visual art became my new way to reach an audience.
Art, for me, is all of my senses coming together: the warm light in my kitchen, the smell of my mother’s cooking, cold terracotta underfoot. Mothers and the feeling of being watched yet alone, run through my work—from my isolation sketch chosen for a Beyond Walls mural in Lynn, Massachusetts, to my “Isolation II” installation in west Texas, to a 20-foot mural called “Community”, a work-in-progress in a medical clinic for patients who speak many languages.
I keep asking what else can art do? I am rooted in the ideology of a Renaissance person, “a man can do all things if he will.” My art reflects the multitudes of me.
