Nikki Juen is an artist, designer and educator interested in the spaces where these practices overlap. In addition to teaching at RISD, she serves as faculty chair of the MFA in Graphic Design program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her research focuses on the body as media and the ways humans share a collective social body. Her classes, workshops and mentorships explore the development of the individual through the culture-producing roles of art and design in society. She helps non-profits, institutions, and individuals develop attentive and holistic understanding of their intention, function and efficacy. Juen recently spoke in Chicago on International Women’s Day as part of the American Institute of Graphic Arts initiative, Women in Design: Leading with Intent and Integrity.

Juen’s collective, Public Displays of Affection (PDA), is a collective of artists, designers, educators and organizers who engage in nonviolent direct art action. Their actions start with hope and aim to build communities that thrive on intersecting relationships. To resist misogyny, sexism and exclusion, they practice re-matriation and believe interconnectivity is essential in honoring the earth and all living beings. PDA collective stands in solidarity with a chorus of voices from all socio-economic, geographic, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including indigenous communities, people of color, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Fall 2018 Courses

• FOUND-1003-22 Studio: Design
• FOUND-1003-23 Studio: Design

Spring 2019 Courses

• FOUND-1004-02 Studio: Design
• FOUND-1004-23 Studio: Design