A multi-space installation work by Los Angeles artist Eli Smith, Today Is Your Birthday is an inquiry into the labor of both forgetting and remembering across generations. This series of scripted spaces, closed to the public and presented virtually, is a post-immigration story for a post-Trump real...
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A Los Angeles native, Edgar Arceneaux was named one of the 30 most exciting artists in North America today by Artnet News at the end of 2015.
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Degree:BFAIllustration thehettemagroup.com Phil Hettema, the president and creative director of The Hettema Group (THG), creates stories you can touch. Since 2002 THG has been interweaving compelling narratives with technology to create experiences with emotional resonance. Through close collaborati...
Degree:BS 12 Environmental Design designbyini.com Ini Archibong was studying at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California when his life pivoted. His passion for business was being overtaken by his passion for art, which he had studied at Polytechnic School, a preparat...
Degree:BFA 87Illustration markryden.com Mark Ryden was named the godfather of Pop Surrealism by Interview in 2010. He first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in this new genre of painting with a host of followers in his wake. He has created a singular style that blurs the traditional ...
Ramone Munoz Emeritus Faculty Ramone Muoz earned his BFA in Advertising in 1977 and his MFA in Fine Art in 1990 at ArtCenter College of Design. He taught at ArtCenter in the Graphic Design and Humanities departments since 1984, now retired from teaching. He was the Associate Chair of the Graphic D...
Meet Mia Ferrera Wiesenthal, an Associate Professor and Industrial Design Consultant. Learn how she facilitates connections between students and industry professionals and her perspective on the importance of design in today's world.
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Storyboard: Victor Lee Brown A Father-Son Bond, Forged by Creativity One of the first gifts I ever gave my son Ryan was a book called Diggers. Its a fairly rudimentary book about construction which, given the young mans budding interest in toy trucks, I figured to be an appropriate enough token. ...
Storyboard: Shiro Nakamura Note Perfect: The Harmony of Car Design Though many know me as a man who designs cars, it is also true that I possess a deep and lifelong love for music. Music and design are more similar than many people may realize. The improvisational creation of jazz is akin to the ...
Artist's Statement Dads Hands Are Smaller John Ziqiang Wu Dads Hands Are Smaller is a story of my family, also a story of the gift of art. I had no intention of it becoming an art project. But, through the process of making the works, I became inspired to see art in new ways. I had a family emer...
Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. With a current enrollment of approximately 2,310 students (61% female and 39% male, representing more than 50 countries), the College has a student/faculty ratio of 9 to1....
Degree:BA 80 Graphic Designclementmok.com Clement Mok is many things—digital pioneer, serial entrepreneur, software publisher and developer, author, design patent holder, even restaurateur—but beyond all else, Mok is a designer and his influence on the world is immeasurable. After gradu...
Michael Bay is the award-winning director and producer behind these and other blockbuster films. One of the most bankable feature film directors across generations, Bay has brought the biggest stars in Hollywood together to create electrifying cinema
A 1998 ArtCenter Illustration graduate, Mike Shinoda is best known as a songwriter, producer and co-lead vocalist of the Grammy-nominated alternative metal band Linkin Park.
Degree: MFA 12 Media Design Practices Professionally speaking, alumnus Matthew Manos was precocious. At age 19 in 2008 he founded his own design studio, verynice, a service free to nonprofits seeking to use design as a tool for problem solving. By 2012, with a full-time staff of two, verynice was pr...
Program:ProductDesign alainamickes.com In the end, a leader is only as great as her team, and it has been an honor to be a part of the best team in the world. A self-described thinker, maker and former French baker, Summer 2016 Student Leadership Award-winner Alaina Mickes came to ArtCenter with pr...
Rob ClaytonIllustration, 1988 Christian ClaytonIllustration, 1991 claytonbrothers.com The Clayton brothers are Rob and Christian Clayton, who have been collaborating since 1996 on paintings and installations which entwine their styles and palettes. Rob, born in 1963, and Christian, born in 1967, b...
Storyboard: Yuri Shimizu Abelson Making Everyday Objects Not So Everyday I am lucky enough to share a personal and creative partnership with my fellow ArtCenter grad, Mike Abelson (BS 97 Product Design). Together we are the minds behind Postalco, a brand influenced by the elevated practice of Jap...
A pioneer in online education, alumnus Bruce Heavin (BFA 93) is an artist, strategist and entrepreneur.
It seems as if Frank Nuovo has always been a rock star of the design world.
Degree: BS 90 Transportation Design chipfoose.com Perhaps the world’s top hot-rod designer, Chip Foose and his contributions to the automotive industry have become legendary in a relatively short amount of time. He grew up in California working for his father’s company, Proje...