MIA WRIGHT-ROSS
BASED IN MANHATTAN, NY
804.248.4753
MWRIGHTROSS@GMAIL.COM WWW.MIAWRIGHTROSS.COM
Education
ECCO TANNERY HOLLAND, Dongen, Netherlands, June 2018
ARS SUTORIA INSTITUTE, Milan, Italy | Waltham, MA, January 2014
PARSONS NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY, May 2011
Residencies & Fellowships
Artist Fellow, Museum of Art & Design, New York, 2020
Work Experience
Adjunct Professor, Parsons New School of Design, New York, January 2019 to present
Senior Footwear & Accessories Designer, Tibi, New York, May 2015 to March 2019
Creative Director & Founder, MWR Collection, New York, January 2014
Associate Footwear Designer, 3.1 Phillip Lim, New York, March 2014 to May 2015
Associate Footwear Designer, Calvin Klein, New York, June 2011 to December 2014
Publications
WWD, "Mia Wright-Ross Wants Museum Visitors to Really Breathe", March 2021.
This Week In New York, Interview, March 2021
Soundcloud, Interview, Museum of Art & Design, April 2020.
"Abundance", All The Pretty Birds, 20 June 2019.
"Tibi Previews Unisex Milo Sneaker For Pre-Fall 2019", Snobette, 6 January 2019.
"MWR Collection Expands With Debut Of Home And Travel Collection", Snobette, 27 November 2017.
"MWR Collection’s Bags Are A Soulful Celebration Of The Human Touch", Snobette, 7 February 2017.
Grind Magazine Japan, March 2017
Safari Japan, June 2014
Skills
Leather Crafting (Handmade & Industrialized Process), Footwear Construction, Hardware Development Footwear & Handbag Illustration, Technical Specs, Industrial Sewing Machine skills, Hand Sketching, Sewing (Fabric & Leather), Computer Sketching & Coloring (CADs), International Product Development (Italy, Brazil, China)
Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud & Microsoft Office
Strong Communication, Leadership, and Organizational qualities
Fluent: English | Factory Communication Level: Italian
References available upon request.