Aaron Lee

 Aaron Lee

Aaron Z. Lee

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Biography

SUNY Oswego - Art

Art Educator and Graphic Artist
Graphic Design
Aaron Z.
Lee
Syracuse, New York Area
Hello! I am an Art Educator and Graphic Artist from Central New York. I’ve worked with clients like The United Way, Oswego County Children’s Fund, SUNY Oswego, Zink Screenprinting, Ethernauts, Vince Markowsky, The Oswego Comic Shop and more. My style is influenced by comic books and current design trends. I take on commissions for album covers, gig posters, t-shirt designs, beer bottle designs and illustrating people as superheroes. I am currently working on my first full-length comic book set to debut this year.

I am available for freelance work as well as consultation and am a NYS Certified Art Educator K-12 and instructor in the areas of graphic novels and illustration.

Specialties: Art Education, Graphic Design, Illustration, Blogging

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Experience

  • Oswego City School District

    Visual Art Teacher

    Aaron worked at Oswego City School District as a Visual Art Teacher

  • The State University of New York at Oswego

    Graphic Artist

    Raised the profile of the Lifestyles Center, Health Center and Counseling Center by creating and implementing branding, and promoting events with social media strategy, print materials, multimedia, t-shirts, videos, websites, etc. Planned and staffed events and led award-winning student groups.

    Won SUNY CUAD Award with OZ Quits! Campaign. Won Outreach Award with Counseling Web Series.

    Began work in this position as a Graduate Assistant. After graduation, I was brought on part-time and then full-time due to the quality of my work which was recognized by the SUNY Chancellor, Colgate University, and the BACCHUS network.

    Worked with United Way, Diversity, Tobacco Free, Suicide Prevention committees on campus as a consultant and designer.

  • SUNY Oswego

    Adjunct Faculty Instructor

    Taught a cross section of traditional and digital illustration with the chair of the art department at SUNY Oswego. Developed syllabus, projects, presentations, and facilitated the success of undergraduate and graduate illustration students in their areas of interest.

    I also crafted the curriculum for a college level graphic novel course in which students would learn about the history of the art form as well as create their own graphic novels and comics. Class discussions about comics and their techniques were also facilitated.

  • SUNY Oswego

    Publications Associate

    Worked with publications staff to produce print documents for the use of the wider campus community.

  • Pens & Pedals Creative

    Artist, Designer, Publisher

    Created original works for sale, created custom comic book pages and portraits, created freelance materials and designs for various entities, promoted music and art through articles, cartoons, graphics, podcasts and other media. Also sold t-shirts, self-published comic books and screen prints of original artwork at art shows and craft fairs.

  • SUNY Oswego Graduate Studies

    Graphic Designer

    Worked with a team of graphic designers to brand and produce promotional materials for the graduate programs available at SUNY Oswego. Worked to update and customize templates provided by the team.

Education

  • State University of New York at Oswego

    MAT

    Art Education
    Studied fine arts, graphic design, illustration, multimedia and art education.

  • Alfred State College - SUNY College of Technology

    Associates

    Liberal Arts
    DJ at WETD radio station

  • State University of New York College at Oswego

    BFA

    Graphic Design, Fine Arts
    AIGA student chapter, Oswegonian student newspaper, Swim Lesson Instructor, Lifeguard, WNYO Radio DJ

Publications

  • Pens and Pedals Podcast

    pensandpedals.com

    I interview creative people about their lives, art and music.

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