Kimberly Varella is an artist, graphic designer, and founder of the award-winning bi-coastal+ design studio Content Object (founded in 2012). Her work has been recognized by Kraszna-Krausz, AIGA & Design Observer, American Alliance of Museums (AAM), Book Industry Guild of New York, among others. Varella has been highlighted in the New York Times, Cooper Hewitt Design Quarterly, KCET’s Artbound, and AIGA’s Eye On Design. Varella earned an MFA in art from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1999 and a BFA in printmaking and new genres from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996.