Art Faculty and Staff

  • Paloma Vianey Martinez

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Vianey Martinez Acosta is an interdisciplinary artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico who currently lives and works in Washington D.C. Her work explores the vulnerabilities and violence of her community and narrates her experience crossing the U.S.-Mexico border daily, questioning the political corruptness of this division.
  • Wade McComas

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Wade McComas is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator. When he’s not fulfilling his role as an associate art director at PBS, he also serves as an adjunct professor, teaching Illustration and Typography.
  • Ryan McCoy

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Ryan McCoy is an artist based in the Washington DC area and a resident artist at Arlington Arts Center. He works in various media but his primary body of work, developed over the last 15 years, includes paintings...
  • Michael McDermott

    Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Michael McDermott is an Assistant Professor at George Mason University. He received his MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. He is an educator, designer, and researcher...
  • Juana Medina Rosas

    Assistant Professor, Editorial Design, Illustration, Latinx & LGBTQIA+ Representation in Publishing, Motion Design, Visual Narrative, School of Art, CVPA

    Juana Medina is the author and illustrator of multiple children’s books, including the chapter book series Juana & Lucas, winner of the prestigious Pura Belpré Award and two International Latino Book Awards. The New York Times says of Juana & Lucas “Medina’s beautiful, vivid prose conjures the Colombian setting with tactile language… the story itself is a giant hug.”
  • Anton Murray

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    As the Senior Communications Officer for the Alexandria Library, in Alexandria, Virginia, Anton developed the Library’s new logo and re-branded their entire marketing and outreach materials. As a daily part of his job, he promotes the Library’s programs, services, and events through outreach, social media promotion and web design.
  • Abdulrahman Naanseh

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Syrian artist Abdulrahman Naanseh, known for his mastery of Arabic calligraphy, learned this craft with guidance from his father, a self-taught calligrapher.  His dedication and gift led to notable achievements, including exhibitions at the Arneli Art Gallery during the Beit Misk Festival in Beirut and creating murals at Damascus University.
  • Deane Nettles

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Deane Nettles is an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator and has worked for a variety of ad agencies, newspapers, design firms, magazines, and direct marketers.
  • Mary Neuberger

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Drawing on indigenous and self-created rituals, MJ Neuberger’s photographs, installations, sculptural work and social practice explore reconnection with bodies abandoned in intergenerational trauma and colonialism.
  • Alix Nyden

    Print Technician III, School of Art, CVPA

    Alix Nyden is an alumna of George Mason University, having earned a Bachelor’s in Independent Studies through the School of Integrative Studies, with concentrations in Writing, Art, and Game Design. Alix currently works at the School of Art Print shop located on the first floor of the Art and Design building,