EXPERIENCE
Founder, Principal Artist & Creative Director
Mia DuVall Studios LLC · Washington, DC
2018 – Present
Creative agency and studio practice spanning public murals, portraiture, brand identity, creative direction, illustration, and graphic design.
Creative Lead & Creative Director
Civic Sync DC · UDC Frontier Capstone I
2025 – 2026
Conceived, designed, and launched a free digital civic resource hub for DC youth. Complete brand identity, 12-page live website, full print and digital toolkit.
Lead Artist & Art Director
Various Organizations · Washington, DC
2013 – 2018
Art director and co-lead on major public mural commissions including The Torch, City Winery, and multiple MuralsDC and DCCAH-funded projects.
Art Director
Words Beats & Life · Washington, DC
November 2011 – November 2014
Art direction for DC-based hip-hop education nonprofit. Visual identity, print production, editorial design, and event design.
SELECTED COMMISIONS
The Different Kids · Kwamé Packaging 2024–25
Cloud9 · Something in the Water 2022
The Busboy and the Poet · Columbia 2021
Ain't I A Woman · Women's Suffrage 100 2020
The Muses · Busboys & Poets Anacostia 2018
EDUCATION
BFA, Graphic Design
University of the District of Columbia
Expected May 2026
AWARDS & GRANTS
DCCAH Fellowship Grant
$10,000 · 2021
202 Creates Fellow
Entrepreneurship Residency · 2021
Bohemian Caverns Mural · DCCAH Grant
$50,000 · 2014
Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Art Award
1995
City Winery · Ivy City DC 2018
The Torch · Ben's Chili Bowl 2017
District Accessory Design · Mayor's Office 2015
Wax Lyrical · Bohemian Caverns 2014
The Conjuring · Richmond Mural Project 2013