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Middy and Missy, September 2025
Middy Vella is an New Jersey-based artist and graphic designer recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art, where she studied printmaking, graphic design and business administration.
While in school, she had the privilege of interning as a graphic designer at the Center for Book Arts and Gabriele Wilson Design, as well as acting as Editor-in-Chief for Lemon Publication. She is currently a Junior Cover Designer at Penguin Random House.
Her interactions with drawing, design and typography are characterized by thorough research, playful rendering and meticulous detail. She aims to create work that evokes trust, tenderness and delight.
While in school, she had the privilege of interning as a graphic designer at the Center for Book Arts and Gabriele Wilson Design, as well as acting as Editor-in-Chief for Lemon Publication. She is currently a Junior Cover Designer at Penguin Random House.
Her interactions with drawing, design and typography are characterized by thorough research, playful rendering and meticulous detail. She aims to create work that evokes trust, tenderness and delight.
EXHIBITIONS
Rapid Eye Movement
Exhibitor
CMU B.F.A. Senior Exhibition
May 2025 @ The Tomayko Foundation
The Squeeze
Curator
Lemon Publication Issue #03 Release Show
May 2025 @ The Frame Gallery
Raw Material
Exhibitor/Co-Organizer
in collaboration with Tresean Bayu Adji
March 2025 @ The Frame Gallery
Re-Orientation
Exhibitor
October 2024 @ The Frame Gallery
The Frame Grand Re-Opening
Exhibitor
November 2023 @ The Frame Gallery
Sketchbook Show
Exhibitor
February 2023 @ The Frame Gallery
Rapid Eye Movement
Exhibitor
CMU B.F.A. Senior Exhibition
May 2025 @ The Tomayko Foundation
The Squeeze
Curator
Lemon Publication Issue #03 Release Show
May 2025 @ The Frame Gallery
Raw Material
Exhibitor/Co-Organizer
in collaboration with Tresean Bayu Adji
March 2025 @ The Frame Gallery
Re-Orientation
Exhibitor
October 2024 @ The Frame Gallery
The Frame Grand Re-Opening
Exhibitor
November 2023 @ The Frame Gallery
Sketchbook Show
Exhibitor
February 2023 @ The Frame Gallery
EXPERIENCE
2025 - Current ⮞ Penguin Random House
Developing cover designs for titles within the Dutton, Tiny Reparations, and Plume imprints.
2025 - Current ⮞ LITA
Freelance Graphic Designer designing customer-facing materials and branded merchandise.
2024 - 2025 ⮞ Lemon Publication
Editor-in-Chief overseeing the curation, production and public outreach of a university-wide publication.
June - Feb 2025 ⮞ Gabriele Wilson Design
Design intern assisting with the production of print & digital assets for clients in publishing and arts.
Jan - April 2024 ⮞ TokyoDex
Video and Design intern producing digital graphics and editing long and short form video content.
June - August 2023 ⮞ Center for Book Arts
2025 - Current ⮞ Penguin Random House
Developing cover designs for titles within the Dutton, Tiny Reparations, and Plume imprints.
2025 - Current ⮞ LITA
Freelance Graphic Designer designing customer-facing materials and branded merchandise.
2024 - 2025 ⮞ Lemon Publication
Editor-in-Chief overseeing the curation, production and public outreach of a university-wide publication.
June - Feb 2025 ⮞ Gabriele Wilson Design
Design intern assisting with the production of print & digital assets for clients in publishing and arts.
Jan - April 2024 ⮞ TokyoDex
Video and Design intern producing digital graphics and editing long and short form video content.
June - August 2023 ⮞ Center for Book Arts
Graphic Design Intern developing exhibition identities, printed ephemera and social media graphics.
Resume upon request.
Resume upon request.