Adam M. Pessah is highly driven to help people. He is a strong believer that it costs nothing for a candle to light another candle and pay it forward. He puts tremendous value in the spirit of altruism and the practice of compassion. He holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in Illustration from The School of Visual Arts he received in 2005. He also earned Masters of Fine Art degree in Studio Fine Art from The New York Academy Of Art in 2007. In 2019 Adam M. Pessah completed a dual Masters degree program in Clinical Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling at LIU Post. He is currently licensed to practice Art Therapy with the ATR-P credential. Helping one person might not change the world, but it could change the world for one person.”
Selected CV
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
ATR-P credential from ATCB
Valid NYS Driver's License
Paul Ekman Group Expert Level Certification in the Identification of Micro Expressions 4/13/2018
Paul Ekman Group Expert Level Certification in the Identification of Subtle Expressions 7/22/2018
EDUCATION
MA in Clinical Art Therapy & Mental Health Counseling
Long Island University Post - Brookville, New York 2017 to 2019 GPA: 3.720
MFA in Fine Art
The New York Academy of Art - New York, NY 2005 to 2007 GPA: 3.5
BFA in Illustration
School of Visual Arts - New York, NY 2005 GPA: 3.567
EXHIBITIONS
START Creative Arts Therapy Services (Online Featured Artist Exhibition), “It” Takes a Village (2021)
Altitude Coffee (Brooklyn, NY), Bushwick We Are Here (2020)
START Creative Arts Therapy Services (Online Featured Artist Exhibition), Leave IT (2020)
Altitude Coffee (Brooklyn, NY), Bushwick We Are One (2020)
START Creative Arts Therapy Services (Online Featured Artist Exhibition), Deconstruct IT (2020)
Altitude Coffee (Brooklyn, NY), Bushwick Kindness (2020)
The Skinny Bar (Manhattan, NY), Be Yourself (2016)
The New York Academy of Art (Manhattan, NY), Deck the Walls (2012)
Medialia Gallery (Manhattan, NY), Expressing Anatomy: (2008)
Lucky Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Indian Summer (2008)
BRIK Gallery (Catskill, NY), Portrait Now: (2007)
New York Academy of Art MFA Show (Manhattan, NY), Diploma Project Exhibition (2007)
Portfolio 26 (School of Visual Arts, NY), Published by the School of Visual Arts Illustration Department: (2005)
Participant in World of Dreem events (2007-2016)
