ABOUT
Mia Navarro is a designer and practicing artist living in Arlington, Virginia. Navarro received her BFA in graphic design from Virginia Commonwealth University. Navarro is a Visual Information Specialist for museums in DC, focusing on exhibition, graphic, and accessible design. She drafts 3D renderings for exhibitions, develops accessibility features for in-gallery use, and creates typographic and graphic treatments for exhibitions and educational spaces. Navarro can be found in the fabrication shop or in the gallery, fixing something if she’s not at her desk :)
In tandem with her contract, she runs a freelance design business Mia Navarro Design. Her freelance work focuses on printed matter, event and music photography, environmental experience design, accessibility auditing, logo design, website design, and creating brand systems.
Her art practice is rooted in disability justice, memory, home, and accessibility. Navarro is interested in alternative modes of education and teaching. Her practice revolves around image-making, environmental design, visualizing sound, bookmaking, language, and access as art.
CERTIFICATIONS
2025 Labs for Liberations Summer Institute on Disability and Design // Arts and Culture Lab Participant
CLIENTS & COLLABORATIONS
Smithsonian American Art Museum
International Documentary Association, Nonfiction Access Initiative
Alt-Text Selfies
cripple
sick and tired studio
Press Play
The Filling Station Coffee Shop
Olivia Dreisigner
Emily Sara
Lauren Thorson
Tash King, Bed Zine
EXHIBITIONS I’VE WORKED ON
Fighters for Freedom
Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies
Voices and Visions
Monument Devotion/Monument Demotion
SHOWS
2025 She:DC @ La Cosecha through Shopmade in DC at Union Market in DC
2024 (June - October) Portals, Solo Photo show @ Balance - The Salon in Remmington, Baltimore
2024 PROUD Showcase @ Shopmade in DC’s Georgetown location in DC
2024 She:DC @ La Cosecha through Shopmade in DC at Union Market in DC
2024 Halloween Show & Tell: Bookmaking
2023 Launch Space location in DC
2023 PROUD Showcase @ Shopmade in DC’s Georgetown location in DC
2023 She:DC @ La Cosecha through Shopmade in DC at Union Market in DC
2021 iLoveCreatives Digital Video Showcase
2020 VCUarts Graphic Design Senior Capstone: And We’re Not Dead Yet
2019 VCUarts CMD ALT DLT
2019 SIRISA @ Florence, Italy
2018 VCUarts Junior Showcase
2017 Photography Show @ Hereford Library
2017 VisArts Next Gen 4.0 Show @ Rockville
AWARDS
Contact
mianavarrodesign@gmail.com
instagram @mia___navarro