iachelle Hill
Rachelle
Hill
Instructor, Printmaking
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
r-hill4@neiu.edu
Courses Taught
Printmaking I
Research Interests
Rachelle Hill is Chicago-based artist with a background in printmaking and textiles. Her current work explores mapping as a way to investigate land and identity, creating a dialogue through the use of abstraction to contemplate how home and landscape condition the way we approach the world utilizing both print and installation.
Education

Master of Fine Arts, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, 天天吃瓜, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Exhibitions

30 artists - 30 years Exhibition, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL Four 

Rivers Print Biennial, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL

3rd Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

The Lure of the Local, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL

In Residence, Lillstreet Art Center Gallery, Chicago, IL

Locality and Change, Bancroft Street Market Gallery, Omaha, NE Trace (Mapping Space), 

University of North Texas, Denton, TX En Route: Natasha Kohli and Rachelle Hill 

Exhibition, North Park University, Carlson Tower Gallery, Chicago, IL

MAPC Member Exhibition, University of Wyoming, Visual Arts Building Gallery, Laramie, Wyoming

Chicago Printers Guild Publishers Fair, Constellation, Chicago, IL

nitty-gritty (MFA group show), ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Paean to Place (MFA Thesis Exhibition), Annette and Jerry Johns Student Gallery, DeKalb, IL

9th International Printmaking Biennial, Miguel Torga Cultural Space, Douro, Portugal Exposed Strata, Bronze Grand Salon, Bally鈥檚 Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

Existential Credit, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL

Four Rivers Print Biennial, Gallery 304, Carbondale, IL

r-hill4@neiu.edu
Office Hours
11:30 a.m.-noon Tuesday and Thursday
Main Campus
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Sal
Moreno
Instructor, Art + Tech
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
s-moreno5@neiu.edu
Expertise
Sal (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer experimenting with emerging technologies through new media, sound, creative coding, and extended reality (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality).
Courses Taught
Art + Tech I
Interactive Arts: Web I
Interactive Arts: Web II
Research Interests
My practice focuses on engaging with the performative body in various extended reality (XR) spaces. My works are about the way that different aspects of the body can be utilized, modified, and extended to engage with our evolving relationship with technology. Motion-capture has become a core anchor that weaves together elements of performance, sound, and computer-generated visuals. By integrating motion-capture into live performance, I am able to play and interact with visuals and sounds generated by the body in real-time, creating an exchange that further bridges the physical and the digital realms.
Education

Master of Fine Arts in Art and Technology Studies - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts - University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Selected Exhibitions

BOLT Preview Show, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL.

Midway Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL.

Relay Freedom, Co Prosperity, Chicago, IL.

FILE: Electronic Language International Festival, S茫o Paulo, Brazil.

A New Digital Deal, Ars Electronica, Chicago, IL.

Additional Information

BOLT Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Artist Coalition.

Individual Artist Program Grantee, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago.

The Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award, New Media Caucus.

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship Nominee

s-moreno5@neiu.edu
Office Hours
By appointment.
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D Josh Cook
D Josh
Cook
Instructor, Graphic Design
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
djcook6@neiu.edu
Courses Taught
Typography 1
Research Interests
Josh's research is based in design inquiry and exploration with an eye towards craft, ephemerality, distortion, chance operation, and the interplay of analog and digital modes of production. Recently Josh's research has been aimed at design pedagogy and the ways in which design education can extend beyond the classroom into liminal spaces wherein unforeseen opportunities for teaching and learning can take place. He hopes that through this research spaces, created through inquiry and community outreach, can be made wherein formal experiments can create unknown publics, all voices and designed works can be seen as valid, and a more authentic sense of communication can come into focus.
Education

Master of Design, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

djcook6@neiu.edu
Office Hours
By appointment
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Leslie
K.
Brown
Instructor
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
l-brown26@neiu.edu
Expertise
History of Photography, 19th-Century Art, American Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, and Visual and
Material Culture, Landscape Studies
Courses Taught
History of Photography
Research Interests
Visual and material culture surrounding landscape experiences, how we are taught to see and photograph the landscape, corporate and vernacular photography, locative media and the landscape, text and image interactions, spiritualist and scientific allusions in art, history of exhibitions, curatorial work and museum education.
Education

Ph.D., History of Art & Architecture, Boston University, Boston, MA

M.A., Art History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

B.A., Art History major, Philosophy minor, Honors Program, SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY

Selected Publications

Dissertation:  "The Kodak Picture Spot Sign: American Photographic Viewing and Twentieth-Century Corporate Visual Culture."

Contributor: "FotoFika's All Stars," 2020allstars.org, MFA and undergraduate photography students, presented as homage to Mike Mandel鈥檚 iconic 1975 Baseball Photographic Trading Cards.      

Essay in book: "Of Mind and Matter: John Chervinsky鈥檚 Photographic Still Lifes," in John Chervinsky: An Experiment in Perspective, self-published with support from Lightwork/Syracuse University.

Exhibition catalog: "'Siting the Specific': Greg Heins, Timothy O鈥橲ullivan, Carrie Mae Weems, and Abelardo Morell," A Generous Medium: Photography at Wellesley, edited by Lisa Fischman, Lucy Flint, and Hannah Townsend, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Essay in monograph: "Lingering in the In-Between," In Between Planting and Picking, photographs by Sandi Haber Fifield, Milano, Italy.

Essay and interview: "Witness: A Psychic Collaboration, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman," Exposure: Journal of the Society for Photographic Education.

Selected Exhibitions

Curated exhibitions:

Cultivated: New Photography from New England, co-curated with Michelle Lamuni猫re, Flash Forward Festival by Magenta Foundation, Boston, MA

Traces: Daniel Ranalli, Cape Work 1987-2007, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Out of the Box: Photography Portfolios from the Permanent Collection, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA

Various exhibitions at the Photographic Resource Center: Syntax, Keeping Time, New England Survey (traveled to Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA), AD|AGENCY, Picture Show (AICA award), DOCUMENT, Group Portrait, Land/Mark: Locative

l-brown26@neiu.edu
Office Hours
By appointment
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Nancy Rosenheim
Nancy Lu
Rosenheim
Instructor, Graphic Design and Foundations
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
n-rosenheim@neiu.edu
Expertise
Rosenheim鈥檚 projects span sculpture, works on paper, painting and printmaking. Her fictional landscapes and hybrid beasts explore themes of environmental degradation, aging and the flesh.
Courses Taught
Image
Drawing III
Drawing IV
Two-Dimensional Design
Research Interests
My fictions reside where the grotesque meets the flamboyant, where beasts express human emotions and roam an earth in the throes of environmental collapse. My vision is decidedly imagist and steeped in material exploration.

I fashion beasts out of features borrowed from animal, human and mythological beings, to personify psychological and emotional attributes. I am drawn to the homeliest creatures 鈥 rodents, pigeons, and worms 鈥 for they embody the messy feelings, vulnerabilities and unleashed instincts that connect and humanize us.
Education

Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions
  • Harpy路 Human路 Hybrid路 Beast, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
  • Gender Fluid: Evolving Identities, Studio 88 Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • CSI x ALMA, Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Do Ostriches Really Bury their Heads in the Sand?, Dickson Window Project Space, Sugar Grove, IL
  • Mystical, Mythical, Magical, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, IL
  • Vivarium, Slow Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Painting at Night, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
  • Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
  • Collectively Shifting, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
Additional Information
  • Studio 88 Artists Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
  • Center Program, Hyde park Art Center, Chicago, IL
  • Founding Director of The Bike Room and TBR@, an artist-run project space and popup gallery. Over 50 artists exhibited.
n-rosenheim@neiu.edu

天天吃瓜
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours
11:00 a.m.-Noon, M/W and by appointment
FA 106A (right next to the A+D office)
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Todd Irwin
Todd
Irwin
Assistant Professor, Art + Technology
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
t-irwin@neiu.edu
Expertise
Todd Irwin is a multidisciplinary artist with a strong background in fine art and commercial printmaking. His research is centered around printmaking as social practice.
Courses Taught
Digital Foundations
Art + Tech I
Form + Motion
Research Interests
Irwin鈥檚 projects range from object based inquiries, installation and performance based works, to publishing imprints, and long term collaborations. His practice is rooted in his experience working as a commercial printer for almost 20 years. Over time, Irwin has developed an art practice that utilizes printmaking as a method for artistic inquiry, with an interest in cultural anthropology and the role of artistic production in the service economy. Irwin has printed alongside notable artists in Chicago and New York as well as spent time working in community printshops such as Bushwick Print Lab (Brooklyn) and Chicago Printmakers Collaborative. Currently Irwin engages in both personal and client based projects though his studio Bitmap Press.
Education

Master of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, 天天吃瓜, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Exhibitions

International Print Center, New York, NY

Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH

Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA

Amy Li Projects, New York, NY

Deconstrukt, Brooklyn, NY

Library Exhibitions, Fayetteville, AR

Robert Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, New York, NY

Additional Information

Resident Designer, Chicago Printers Guild, Chicago, IL

How To Print Lunch, Southern Graphics Council International, Dallas, TX

Installation, The Other Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

An Ode to Cottage Cheese, 4th Annual Sandwich Summit, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

Chicago Artist Coalition Guest Panel, Sonnenzimmer + Bitmap Press, Chicago, IL

t-irwin@neiu.edu
Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
Damian Loma
Damian
Loma
Instructor, Graphic Design
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
d-loma@neiu.edu
Expertise
Damian Loma has taught Graphic Design at UIC and NEIU. He works on community driven design projects with institutions. He has worked with museums, schools, non-profits, and neighborhood organizations.
Courses Taught
Graphic Design I
Graphic Design Survey
Research Interests
Damian is a graphic designer who explores community focused design, primarily by studying gentrification of neighborhoods in Chicago and abroad. After witnessing changes in his neighborhood of Andersonville he began an ongoing exploration of what builds community and the socio-economic forces that drive gentrification. This has resulted in the publication of books, pamphlets, exhibits and other experimental design projects. He is continuing to explore this topic through game design, video/sound montage, and human-centered research.
Education

Master of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (Graphic Design), 天天吃瓜, Chicago, IL

d-loma@neiu.edu
Office Hours
By appointment.
Main Campus
Lauren Meranda looks into the camera in a black and white image.
Lauren
Meranda
Associate Professor, Graphic Design
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
l-meranda@neiu.edu
Expertise
Lauren Meranda is a multi-disciplinary designer specializing in work for cultural institutions, social activism, civic engagement, and public memory through experimental media, collaborative storytelling, and interactive design for physical spaces.
Courses Taught
Graphic Design 1
Typography 1
Interactive Design: Web 1
Contemporary Design
Special Topics in Graphic Design
Print Production
Senior Exhibition in Graphic Design
Design in Nature
Research Interests
As a designer and producer of visual culture, Lauren Meranda strives to find means by which to let public memory emerge from the stories of the people it is bound to define. The projects and exhibits she works on seek to empower the individual to participate in the storytelling process and expand public memory to include previously unheard voices. Her exhibits utilize site for the interpretation and continuation of historical narratives by linking research, education, and social engagement into an interactive designed experience. Lauren currently runs Studio Brazen and collaborates with the National Public Housing Museum.
Education

MDes, Graphic Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Fine Art, Visual Communication, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Selected Publications

/ Columbia College Career Center 鈦 April 2018

/ Featured Interview 鈦 April 2017

Selected Exhibitions

Chicago Design Through the Decades, Art on theMart, Chicago, Illinois

At Home: Ephemeral Monuments to Public Housing Residents, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Looking Back: Chicago Design Milestones, Chicago Design Archive, Chicago, Illinois

History Lessons: Everyday Objects from Chicago, Public Housing National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Housing as a Human Right: Social Construction, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Women鈥檚 Rights Are Human Rights: International Poster Exhibition, National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Public School: A Stockyard Institute Exhibition, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois

Back to the Sandbox: Art and Radical Pedagogy, Reykjavi虂k Art Museum, Iceland

Unfinished Business: 21st Century Home Economics, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords, Art In These Times, Chicago, Illinois

Unfinished Business: Art Education, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Redefining Democracy: Jane Addams and the Hull-House Settlement, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, Illinois

l-meranda@neiu.edu

Room FA 252B
天天吃瓜
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

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Juan Pablo Ruiz wearing a black shirt standing in front of works of art
Juan
Pablo
Ruiz
Instructor, Drawing and Painting
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
jp-altamirano@neiu.edu
Expertise
Juan Pablo Ruiz is a draftsman and painter born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in Chicago. He has an almost obsessive interest in the materials and techniques in traditional representational drawing and painting.
Courses Taught
Studio Experiences: Painting
Drawing II
Research Interests
Juan Pablo鈥檚 paintings are informed by his interest in narrative archetypes; the portrayal of violence and politics in the visual arts; Ancient history and philosophy; Renaissance and Enlightenment political thought; and the Uncanny & Absurd in contemporary society.
Education

Master of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Art, 天天吃瓜, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of History, 天天吃瓜, Chicago, IL

Selected Exhibitions

City on Fire: Chicago 1871, permanent exhibition, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL

Bridgeport Art Center鈥檚 9th Annual Juried Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

The Journey, solo exhibition, The Gallery @ A+C Architects, Skokie, IL

Bridgeport Art Center鈥檚 Sixth Annual Juried Art Competition, Chicago, IL

2018 National Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhao B Art Center, Chicago, IL

The Persistence of Memory, group show, 33 Orchard Gallery, New York, NY

Additional Information

The Burning City, painting commissioned by the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL

Fine Arts Venture Fund Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Justine Cretella Memorial Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Grad Grant Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

International Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

MFA Merit Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

jp-altamirano@neiu.edu

Room FA 252
天天吃瓜
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours
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Main Campus
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