Maria Pimenova

Maria Pimenova is an Assistant Professor at Northwest Missouri State University's School of Fine and Performing Arts, Department of Visual Arts and Art History. She joined in 2024 and teaches courses in 2D-design, typography, brand identity, digital art studio, and advertising design.

• Education: MFA in Graphic Design (Florida Atlantic University, 2024), BA in Graphics Design (Moscow Pedagogical State University, 2019)

Her research focuses on blending traditional paper art with modern digital tools like AI, and she specializes in brand identification systems. Pimenova has exhibited internationally, including at Florida Atlantic University's Metro Lab Gallery and Moscow's ROSUPACK packaging exhibition.

She has served as a Teaching Assistant at Florida Atlantic University (2021-2024) and worked as a freelance graphic designer since 2017, creating promotional materials, web designs, and packaging solutions for clients including Nouvelle Etoile (Novaya Zarya) cosmetics factory.