Bio

Marty Alexeenko is a multidisciplinary graphic designer crafting thoughtful visual storytelling for publication, brand, and institutional identities. 
She is currently with Envelope Services as their Studio Design Intern.

In her free time, she researches and designs for her independent publishing practice translating media, new technology, and collective memory in the post-Soviet diaspora.

Currently reading:
A *New* Program for Graphic Design, David Reinfurt
A Plague on All Our Houses, Bruce J. Hillman MD

Let’s chat...
martyalexeenko@gmail.com
LinkedIn
Are.na

Selected clients 
& collaborators
VCU Student Media Center
VCU College of Humanities & Sciences
1708 Gallery
Taylor Moorman
Mimi Luse
Caleb Goss

Curriculum Vitae

Education
Virginia Commonwealth University, 
School of the Arts, Richmond VA
B.F.A. 2026, Summa cum laude


ExperienceStudio Design Intern
Envelope Services, Richmond VA
Aug 2026 – Present

Freelance Graphic Designer
Richmond VA
Aug 2025 – Present

Design/Gallery Intern
1708 Gallery, Richmond VA
Jan 2026 – May 2026

Director
The Experimental Print Club at VCU,
Richmond VA
Nov 2025 – May 2026

Graphic Designer
The Commonwealth Times, Richmond VA
Aug 2025 – May 2026

Graphic Design Intern
VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, Richmond VA
Aug 2025 – Dec 2025

Design Editor
Ink Magazine, Richmond VA
May 2024 – May 2025

Graphic Designer
Ink Magazine
Oct 2023 – May 2024


Exhibition2026
Assembly Required, Studio Two Three
Richmond VA

LASTING IMPRESSION, 822 W. Broad
Richmond VA

2025
Hello my name is..., Gallery 5
Richmond VA

RAW, Hanbury Design
Richmond VA

Coalesce, Joseph Seipel Gallery
Richmond VA

Queer in Act, Anderson Gallery
Richmond VA

2024
Scales of Indifference, Anderson Gallery
Richmond VA

SEX, Field
Richmond VA

Virginia Stories: Underground Art, Library of Virginia
Richmond VA

Creatures of the Night, The Camel
Richmond VA

Nonagon Affinity, Black Iris
Richmond VA

Zagreb Street Art Festival, Pri Nami
Zagreb HR

Stopped at a Red Light, Hanbury Design
Richmond VA

2023
Featured Artist, Supply
Richmond VA

Storm the Gates, Art 180
Richmond VA


Awards VCUarts Dean’s List
Aug 2022 – May 2026

VCUarts Undergraduate Research Grant
Dec 2025

Associated Collegiate Press Clips & Clicks – Magazine Cover, 2nd Place
Feb 2025

VCU Merit-based Renewable Scholarship
Aug 2022


Press2025
You’re Not Seeing Things
Wheeling WV

Scales of Indifference, The Catalog
Richmond VA

RAW, Ink Magazine
Richmond VA

2024
Transcendence, Ink Magazine
Richmond VA

The Sex Issue, Ink Magazine
Richmond VA


Last Updated 6.21.26
Selected Works
Print & Digital MediaIndustry WorkArchive


My Screen is Sovereign, 2025 Print publication, archival research, visual identity, illustration, writing

Research prospectus simulating a general discussion forum on the Russian internet. Emphasizing how the forum remains a dominant form of communication on the Runet, three conversations, each carrying varying levels of plausible deniability for dissent are illustrated.


Can I be Coherent, 2025 Print publication, archival research, visual identity, writing

Annotated bibliography covering post-Soviet artifacts pertaining to conflicts in national identity and collective memory.


VCU Student Media Center, Open House Promotion, 2025 Illustration, digital, social media

VCU Student Media Center “Open House” print and digital flyers developed for ongoing recruiting.


Ink Magazine, SEX issue release event, 2024 Illustration, print

T-shirt/poster design created for live screen printing at Ink Magazine’s spring 2024 SEX issue release event. 

Ink Magazine, Online article graphics 2023 – 2025 Digital, illustation, visual identity

Various web graphics designed for Ink Magazines rolling stream of online music and opinion articles.