Middy Vella is an artist and designer based in Pittsburgh, PA, graduating with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2025.


As a designer, Vella’s focus is in print and publications for clients engaged in culture-making and creativity.
Her work is characterized by innovative, efficient and playful problem-solving.  


Vella is also a printmaker and illustrator using global aesthetics of cuteness to represent the strange, comical and often dystopian relationships between nature
and capital. Read the full artist statement.


CMU School of Art
Senior Spotlight


Currently looking for full time opportunities at independent
design studios. Open to relocation.  
Available to work starting July 2025.



Upcoming Events


Rapid Eye Movement
Carnegie Mellon
BFA Thesis Show
@ The Tomayko Foundation
May 2 - 9, 2025




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