Marissa Martonyi

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Marissa
Martonyi

Marissa Martonyi is Design Director at the Museum of the City of New York and freelance creative director. She designs for the visitor—crafting narratives and enhancing them with media and technology. She has designed and directed over thirty exhibitions including Urban Stomp: Dreams & Defiance on the Dance Floor (2025); Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection (2024), New York, New Music: 1980-1986 (2021); and Food in New York: Bigger than the Plate (2023).
She was previously art director and graphic design at the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo where she designed International exhibitions and publications. She has taught courses in spatial graphics at Parsons School of Design and guest lectured at NYU and FIT. With her science background, she aims to research and use sustainable materials as much as possible. This branched into a self-named sustainable clothing line in 2017.