SFX and Makeup Artist


Angela Ruiz
Makeup and SFX Artist
Born in Bilbao (Spain),
Angela is a lover of drawing and art since she was a child.
She started her career in makeup studying Aesthetic. When she finished, the following year, she started a Master Makeup course to get better technique.
After been teaching on herself new skills, she was the winner of the contest "FACE AWARDS 2017" in Spain.
She met one of the Jugdes of the face awards (Sylvie Imbert) and she started working like assistant makeup artist in a film call "The tree of Blood" of Julio Medem.
Eager to acquire new knowledge, she moved to Los Angeles to attend one of the best schools of the world, Cinema Makeup School.
Here, she made team with Ve Neil for the Metropolitan Fashion week project. Also she did some live demos at SFX conventions like Monsterpalooza LA and she has worked in a few short films and tv shows too.
After that, she started a new project at Hong Kong Ocean Park Halloween Event, one of the most important Halloween Events in Asia. Making team with 10 international Artist like Josh Counsel. Every Halloween makeup was made by airbrush.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Leonard Engelman Fellowship at Cinema makeup School (2018)
- Nyx Spain Face Awards WINNER (2017)
EDUCATION
2018 Master Makeup Program at Cinema Makeup School LA
Graduated in Character, Prosthetics, SFX, Airbrush, Hairstylist, Beauty.
2018 Leonard Engelman Fellowship: Beauty and Character (CMS)
2017 Certificate of Higher Education in Special Effects at CT (Bilbao)
2016 Airbrush course at ALLMAKEUP (San Sebastian)
2015 Master of makeup at ALLMAKEUP (San Sebastian)
2012 Vocational Education and Training in Aesthetic at Hnos. Larrinaga
EXPERIENCE
- Hong Kong Ocean Park Halloween Event ( 3 months)
Airbrush Makeup for the actors and prostheric application
- Makeup Artist at TV Channel EITB 2019
- Metropolitan Fashion Week LA: Team with VE NEIL 2018
- Live SFX Demo for Telemundo TV (LA) 2018
- Hair/Makeup Artist For the Film " Commonality" (LA) 2018
- Live SFX Demo for Monsterpalooza LA 2018
- Makeup Artist for LAKERS Players Short Halloween Film (LA) 2018
- Live SFX Demo for Comic-Con LA 2018
- Intern at Cinema Makeup School (LA) 2018
- Makeup Artist at TV Channel EITB (Bilbao) 2018
- Assistant Makeup Artist for the Film "El Árbol de la Sangre" Key Artist Sylvie Imbert (Spain) 2017
- Makeup Artist for Nyx Cosmetics Commercial (Paris) 2017
- Bobbi Brown Beauty Assistant (Bilbao) 2017
- MacCosmetics Beauty Assistant (San Sebastian) 2016