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elisabeth Martin
Principal, MDA designgroup international
educAtion: BA, University of Pennsylvania; M.Arch., Yale University
former clients include: Court Square Branch Library; Goddard
Riverside Community Center; Harlem Park Development; New
Canaan Library, CT; Westport Public Library, CT; John Jermain
Memorial Library Planning Study, Sag Harbor, NY; Darien Library,
CT
puBlicAtions include: Metropolitan Home; Planning the Modern
Public Library Building; Library Journal; New Library World;
editor, The Brooklyn Public Library Design Guidelines
AwArds And honors include: Public Architect Award, American
Institute of Architects, New York; president, Center for Architecture
Foundation
weBsite: www.mda-designgroup.com
Frank Martinez
Trademark attorney, The Martinez Group
educAtion: BFA, Pratt Institute; JD, Hofstra University
professionAl experience includes: Design patent examiner,
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; design production director, Landor
Associates; design production director, The Schechter Group
puBlicAtions include: Regular contributor, I.D., Print
Stanley Martucci
Illustrator
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
clients include: The Village Voice, Williams-Sonoma, Avon
Books, Atlantic Monthly, Penthouse, St. Martin’s Press, Berkley-
Penguin Publishing, HarperCollins, Pocket Books, Condé Nast
AwArds include: Society of Illustrators, Graphis, AIGA,
Spectrum, Society of Publication Designers
Paul J. Mason
Co-owner, operator, Gotham FX
educAtion: New York University
film projects include: Across the Universe; Pretty Bird;
Personal Veolocity: Three Portraits
television projects include: Moment of Death, How to
Build a Beating Heart, National Geographic Channel; Clash of
the Cavemen; 30 Rock; Black & Decker; FedEx; MTV; Heineken
music video projects include: Circa Survive, Trent Reznor,
David Bowie, Dave Navarro, Fallout Boy
theAter projects include: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, King
Hedley II, The Goat
elaine Matczak
Fine art photographer
educAtion: BA, Colgate University; MFA, Rochester Institute
of Technology
one-person exhiBitions include: Soho Photo Gallery;
Photographics Unlimited; Photoworks, Richmond, VA; Exposure,
Orleans, MA
group exhiBitions include: Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester,
NY; Museum of Art, São Paulo; Rice/Pollack, Provincetown, MA;
Albuquerque United Artists; Art on Main Street, Yonkers, NY;
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver
puBlicAtions include: Photography Annual, Popular
Photography
AwArds And honors include: Westchester Arts Council; artist
residency, Chatauqua Institute
Michele Matt
Computer graphics artist; motion capture animator, Curious Pictures
educAtion: BFA, summa cum laude, Rocky Mountain College of
Art + Design
clients include: MTV, Harmonix, Mattel, Kraft,
General Foods, America Online
Marvin Mattelson
Portrait artist
educAtion: BFA, Philadelphia College of Art
clients include: New York Archdiocese, ITT Corporation, CBS,
MBNA, MetLife, Time Warner, DreamWorks, IBM, MTV, Fedex,
Disney, Newsweek, Warner Publishing, Putnam, A&E, ABC, Geffen
Films, Nynex, National Geographic, Scientific American, U.S. Postal
Service, Angel Records, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Redbook,
Look, Psychology Today, New York magazine, Grey & Grey
exhiBitions include: Richard C. von Hess Gallery, University
of the Arts, Philadelphia; American Society of Portrait Artists;
Society of Illustrators; Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists; Long
Island Professional Artists’ Showcase; New York Society of Portrait
Artists
puBlicAtions include: Communication Arts, Idea, Print, Folio,
Graphics, Step-by-Step Graphis Annual
AwArds include: First Place, Best Portfolio, Portrait Society of
America; American Society of Portrait Artists; Society of Illustrators
David B. Mattingly
Matte artist, illustrator
educAtion: Colorado State University, Ft. Collins; Art Center
College of Design; Art Institute of Colorado
clients include: Business Week, American Express, Weta Digital,
Motown Records, Lucasfilm Ltd., Disney Studios, Universal Studios,
Galoob Toys, R/Greenberg Associates
group exhiBitions include: New York Society of Illustrators;
Delaware Museum of Art; Canton Museum
of Art, OH
projects include: Senior matte artist, The Black Hole; Dick
Tracy; I, Robot
puBlicAtions include: Alternate Views, Alternate Universes: The
Art of David B. Mattingly; The Digital Matte Painting Handbook.
More than 1,500 books covers for publishing houses, including Baen,
Ballantine, Bantam, Berkley, Dell, Alfred A. Knopf, Marvel Comics,
Omni, Playboy, Ace, Penguin, Scholastic, Signet, Tor
christopher Wolfgang Mauch
Director, storyboard artist, lead designer, Humble
educAtion: BFA, School of Visual Arts
clients include: ESPN, Motorola, Powerade, Captain Morgan,
Muse, Passion Pit
film storyBoArds include: Black Swan; The Lucky Ones;
Across the Universe; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Ice Age: The Meltdown;
Garden State
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