Illustration

Department Chair of Illustration

John F. Malta

John F. Malta is the Chair of the undergraduate Illustration Department where he teaches courses at all levels. John's professional practice as an artist explores the convergence of illustration, comic art, installation, and design. For over a decade he has operated a professional studio working with clients such as The New York Times, Magic the…

Adjunct Faculty

Rachelle Chuang

Adjunct Faculty

Jason Dowd

Jason Dowd has been a professional freelance illustrator and fine artist for over thirty years. His clients include Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, UCI, Anheuser-Busch, and Chase Bank, among others. Most recently, he has completed sixty full color illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which will appear in 2025 for the 125th anniversary. In 2019,…

Adjunct Faculty

Josh Freydkis

Josh Freydkis is an award winning illustrator and creative director based in Los Angeles. Select clients include Apple, Google, Liquid Death, Adult Swim, MTV, GIPHY, MillerCoors, Fools Gold Records, Interscope Records, Bloomberg Businessweek, Ford, The New York Times, Vans, Rebel 8, and Facebook.

Adjunct Faculty

Matthew James-Wilson

Matthew James-Wilson is the founder of Heavy Manners Library, an art space in Los Angeles’ Echo Park. From 2012 to 2018, he ran the online art magazine FORGE. James-Wilson has curated art exhibits, worked for various independent record labels, and written for publications including Pitchfork and VICE. Matthew James-Wilson was born in Toronto, CA and…

Adjunct Faculty

Quinne Larsen

Quinne Larsen is a Chinook cartoonist living in Los Angeles. They've worked as a storyboard artist for Sony Pictures, Cartoon Network, and Netflix, among others. They were a 2023 Sundance Native Labs fellow. They're currently completing an original graphic novel for First Second Publishing.

Adjunct Faculty

Kristen Liu-Wong

Born and raised in San Francisco, Kristen Liu-Wong attended Pratt Institute where she graduated with a BFA in Illustration. She has shown extensively in numerous galleries both domestically and abroad and in addition to her gallery practice, she has worked with an extensive range of clients on projects ranging from murals to editorial illustrations to…

Adjunct Faculty

Mark Pacella

Mark Pacella has been drawing for the communication arts since the age of 9. Working in publishing as an Editorial illustrator for clients such as The New York Times, The National Law Journal, Notre Dame Magazine etc, he eventually went on to work at Heavy Metal magazine/Marvel comics/DC and Image comics etc. Tired of shoveling…

Adjunct Faculty

Christopher Ramsey

Christopher Ramsey is currently based in Orange County. He works with both Illustration and Fine Art techniques in his professional work. Christopher is passionate about figurative and landscape works and uses these elements in his paintings and illustration. His recent works include a Second Place award for the Tustin Plein-air Competition in October 2023.

Adjunct Faculty

Jamie Stark

Jamie Stark is a design and branding consultant. A native New Yorker, Jamie holds a BA from Fordham University and studied fine art at The Art Students League of NY. Jamie worked at a number of design studios and advertising agencies in NYC. Ultimately, he founded his own firm with offices in NYC and NJ…

Adjunct Faculty

Loveis Wise

Loveis Wise (they/them) is a Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist, lecturer, and land steward from Washington, DC. Much of their work and living practice has a focus on creating worlds that encapsulate what it means to re-imagine our futures through playfulness, liberation, and community building. This exploration of their praxis comes from a goal of…

Adjunct Faculty

Mark Zoeller

Mark Zoeller is a veteran entertainment industry artist who has a long affiliation with film and television, being awarded two Emmy Awards in Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Storyboarding. He's worked for all the major studios, Warner Bros., Disney, DreamWorks SKG, Fox, Marvel, and Technicolor to name a few. During his time at LCAD, Mark has…

Adjunct Faculty

Rachel Nartia

Rachel Nartia is a talent acquisition and program management professional with over a decade of experience at established animation & VFX studios, including Pixar, DreamWorks/PDI, Lucasfilm/ILM, and Netflix Animation. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a Master of Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma,…