Mayet Andreassen

Mayet Andreassen is both an artist and educator whose core philosophy centers on promoting artistic and creative excellence in her students and herself. She earned her M.F.A. in Film and Animation from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and her B.F.A in 2D Animation and Illustration from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Andreassen has over 15 years of teaching experience at the college and university level and is currently working as the Visualization industry relations coordinator. She was previously the associate program director of the B.S. in Visualization for three years. She is a full-time instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. She teaches classes in animation production, virtual production (ICVFX) and game development.

Andreassen has led and served on various committees and boards. She currently serves on two nonprofit boards. She has also served on SXSW EDU’s panel picker review board since 2021, and recently joined the SIGGRAPH Education Committee. Andreassen’s previous work experience is in the games industry, and as a freelance designer and illustrator.