- Working towards a Masters of Landscape Architecture
- Began program in January of 2023
2017 - 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Certificate in Advertising
- Minor in Art History
JOBS+INTERNSHIPS//
2023 - Current
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTTHE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
- Paid assistant for the Landscape Architecture Division of the Gibbs College of Architecture
- Working alongside OU professors and staff to ensure the Division successfully communicates its brand and all visual media helps push this message
- Creating a variety of print and web design collateral
CLR DESIGN
- Design intern
- Assisted with work for various zoo design projects, including digital (Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, etc.) and traditional illustrations (watercolor, pencils, etc.) 2024
2023
ABOUT ME
My name is Monte Dunham and I am currently a graduate student at The University of Oklahoma, pursuing a Masters of Landscape Architecture. Additionally, I also have multiple years of experience working in Visual Design, with a strong emphasis on Advertising and Graphic Design. In my free time, if I’m not caught up in a new artistic hobby or playing Planet Zoo (my guilty pleasure), I’m probably hiking with my dog, Hallow.
2021 - 2023
LAUD STUDIO - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
- Design intern
- Assisted in design work for various landscape architecture projects, including digital (Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, etc.) and on-site photography
FREELANCE ARTIST
- Working in a variety of art principles and mediums, including forms of drawing, painting, graphic design, and photography
- Directly communicating with clients
THIRD FLOOR DESIGN
- Graphic design intern
- Worked one-on-one with numerous non-profit organizations and designed for them a variety of collateral 2021
SCRAMBLER CREATIVE
- Assisted in book illustrations and wall murals 2019
- Graphic design intern and illustration assistant
- Created a variety of print and web design collateral
INVOLVEMENT//
2023 - Current AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
- Active student member involved in voting, activities, and conferences
REFERENCES//
GREGG LEICESTER , RLA, ASLA , LEED GA
Principal at CLR Design
T. +1 (609) 254-6244
E. gleicester@clrdesign.com
KELSEY WEBER , AIA
Associate at CLR Design
T. +1 (714) 767-0749
E. kweber@clrdesign.com
DR. SARAH LITTLE , PhD, PLA
L andscape Architecture Advisor & Instructor at The University of Oklahoma
T. +1 (980) 721-0420
E. sarah.little@ou.edu
BRENT WALL , PLA, ASLA
Studio Director at LAUD Studio
T. +1 (405) 420-8800
E. bwall@laudstudio.com
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION//
PERSONAL
D. O. B. 10/31/1998
CONTACT
+1 (918) 625-0142
HIGHLIGHTS
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE INDESIGN
AUTOCAD
SKETCHUP
ARCGIS
ADOBE LIGHTROOM
ADOBE ACROBAT
MICROSOFT SUITE WACOM
SKILLS
DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION
CONCEPT ART BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY PAINTING
DRAWING / SKETCHING SCULPTING
Location
Nationality American Norman, OK
monte.dunham@ou.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/monte-dunham
EPA RAINWORKS CHALLENGE
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
As an on-going collaboration with The University of Oklahoma, this project is being designed with both the college’s needs and EPA’s RainWorks Challenge qualifications in mind. Currently, the project site is largely covered by an impervious parking lot and provides minimal filtration of campus runoff water, which enters directly into the neighboring Bishop Creek. To address these issues, an eco-minded, multi-story parking garage is proposed, allowing for removal of the existing parking lot. The open areas consequentially occuring would be transformed into multi-use spaces, with nature and education as primary focuses.
BELOW: Section view of the irrigation arch and planting tiers that adorn the garage.
ABOVE: Covered in native grasses that can handle foot-traffic, the roof of the parking garage would provide optimal views of the football stadium.
* NOT TO SCALE
Ecoregion Tiers
Riparian Zone
Bishop Creek
As seen in the Master Plan above, a number of campus-focused features are included, such as the educational ecoregion tiers. With one for each of Oklahoma’s ecoregions, the twelve tiers will feature a variety of regionally-specific flora species.
SUTTON WILDERNESS PARK
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Project done in collaboration with the City of Norman. The primary intentions were to analysis the wilderness park’s current state so a better understanding of the site’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats could be attained. Not only was a SWOT analysis conducted, but design recommendations were proposed for the park, with a focus on re-establishing native species that were extirpated from the area.
PRE-COLONIAL TIMES:
Park representative of the ecoregion’s characteristics, The Cross Timbers Transition of the Central Great Plains.
1920’s:
Park was a farm ran by and for the patients of Central State Hospital.
1950’s:
No longer a farm, Dr. Sutton Miksch Sutton began using the grounds as a living classroom for students.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
GRASSlands
TERRITORY RANGES: SPACE FOR
ALL
A coterie, or family unit, of Prairie Dogs typically occupies about 1 acre. Coteries are made up of 1 male, 3-4 females, & offspring under 2 years old.
Horned Lizards occupy an area of around 2 acres. Although they can occasionally be territorial, often their ranges are slightly overlapping.
1978:
Department of Mental Health decided to sell the land to developers, causing concerned citizens to pushback. This resulted in State Legislature requiring the area to be leased to Norman strictly as a wilderness park.
2006:
The cemetery on the western border of the park was bought by developers with plans to build on it. A protest was launched by the Advisory Committee and citizens.
During nesting season, a pair of burrowing owls will need at least 6.5 acres of contiguous grassland near their burrow to hunt for prey.
2008:
The cemetery was purchased by the City of Norman to be incorporated into the park.
Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Little Bluestem (Schizarchyrium scoparium)
Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia hypugea)
Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
TAHLEQUAH’S CULTURAL CENTER & TIERED PONDS
Location: Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Project done in collaboration with the City of Tahlequah. The primary intentions were to create better connection points to their already existing trail system and implement new, multi-use destinations. Stormwater management, recreational opportunities, wildlife conservation, as well as cultural education and representation of the Cherokee Nation were other elements considered throughout the design process.
BELOW: Section view of Cultural Center & adjacent tiered pond.
ABOVE: Docks are strategically placed, allowing for optimal fishing locations and wildlife viewing.
Tiers
ABOVE: Plan view of proposed park and new trail system connection points.
cultural center road Lawn Lawn
Directly south of Downtown Tahlequah, the park allows citizens and visitors of the city to be immerse within Northeastern Oklahoma’s great outdoors in a short walk on the Tahlequah Trail.
Additionally, for those more interested in driving, there are two parking opportunities to the west and east of Tahlequah Creek.
TAHLEQUAH’S
CULTURAL CENTER
& TIERED PONDS
Location: Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Creating a cushion-like barrier to the project’s central site, are a collection of native-based meadows. The meadows would act as harboring points for local threatened wildlife. Comprised of native grassland flora species, they also assist a habitat-type that is rapidly decreasing within Oklahoma. Other endangered, local habitat varieties that are included within the project’s scope include wetland zones, such as the canebrakes. Running alongside a largely undisturbed Tahlequah Creek, are a closely monitored collection of River Cane canebrakes. The River Cane is a regionally endangered, Oklahomanative plant species that once sustained whole ecosystems but is now almost entirely absent from the state.
In the northeast quadrant of the overall site design, there is the Cultural Center. Located in close proximity to both Tahlequah Creek and its proposed surrounding canebrakes, the center’s focus would primarily revolve around the relationships that the Cherokee Peoples share with Giant River Cane and the impacts it has not only for their culture, but also the native Oklahoma landscape. For millennia, Cherokees have used the cane in a variety of practices, such as hunting, traditional instrument making, structure building, and basket weaving.
BEAVERS BROOK
Habitat design exploring North America’s riparian corridors, highlighting both the North American River Otter and North American Beaver. Visitors are taken below water-level and into the world of these iconic species. Not only are you eye-to-eye with the lake’s inhabitants, but also welcomed into the beaver family’s dam.
COUGAR CANYON
Inspired by the deserts of Southwest America, Cougar Canyon is an exploration of the region’s unique biodiversity and geology. Journey through the exhibit’s gorges and corridors to encounter a variety of heat-loving flora and possibly catch a glimpse of the elusive “cat of the mountain”, the North American Cougar.
CONCEPT & SKETCHWORK
A selection of work ranging from quick, personal sketches to finalized drawings done for real-world zoo design projects.
ILLUSTRATION & ARTWORK
A sample of works done in various mediums. Working materials I often use include, colored pencil, charcoal, oil, and acrylic paint.
From left across spread:
Rolling Thunder & Fields (oil painting), God Of The Harvest (water color and colored pencil), Bend In The Creek (charcoal), The Cycle (water color and ink), Adobe Desert (water color and colored pencil)
