NELLI MOONEY
entrepreneurial projects.
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LUNAR CAFÉ YORK LTD
founder / fundraiser / director / head of marketing and e-commerce
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The vision for the café arose when Nelli noticed that the city lacked a clearly defined space for members of the LGBTQ+ community, especially one that promotes sobriety.
“I used to live in London and spent a lot of time in both Soho and East London areas. I loved it, however, I wasn’t comfortable with how the London LGBTQ+ scene seemed to focus on drinking or taking drugs,” they said.
“I just wanted to meet people like myself and connect – hence the idea of a coffee shop. I wanted to create a safe and cool place I personally wanted to go to, where the floors aren’t sticky, and you don’t have to shout over the music."
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LUX LUCET ZINE
founder / editor-in-chief / head of marketing and e-commerce
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"What made me want to start an art-lit zine was the fact that there simply isn't enough platforms for artists to publish their work. Many artists also feel as though the only way to publish their work is via a major publishing company and/or platform and that way seek validation for the quality of their work. That is something that strongly influenced me to create a boundary-pushing magazine for creatives to publish their work."
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Lux Lucet Zine was created in lockdown and was ran entirely by volunteers. There were three issues published in total.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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I specialise in fashion, editorial fashion and commercial as well as many other types of photography, and work with individuals as well as businesses.
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Creative CV and Resume
EDUCATION
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BA Hons Drama & Theatre 1:1 York St John's University (2021)
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Kallio’s Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts, Helsinki, Finland 2011-2015
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Walsall College, Performing Arts, Walsall, Birmingham (Study Abroad) 2013-2014
From the latter following award received: Student of the Year 2013/2014 in Performing Arts
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PHOTOGRAPHY CLIENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
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Debenhams window: Deborah Hirzel Presents Style with Confidence, York Fashion Week, 2019
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Editorial, Fashion Photography, Items, Advertisement, Social Media Content:
Daisy Ella, Copper and White Clothing, Carolyn Amos, Baba Ganoush Catering, Deborah Hirzel, David McKenzie-James, Linda Vänskä, Meiji Designs, Angel on the Green, Meeri Toivonen, Annamari Eerola, Wenla Reimaluoto, William Azerot
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Exhibition: Flourish of Liberty, work inspired by The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, the Gentleman by Lawrence Sterne, exhibited at Shandy Hall, 2019
Artistic work
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