Aaron Bjork

Associate Professor
Graduate Graphic Design / Graphic Dsgn
aaronbjork.com

Biography

Aaron Björk’s research-based practice serves as a test lab for generating critical ideas that interrogate and provoke visual culture, genealogies of design methodologies, and the cross-cultural implications related to technical artifacts.

His work has been exhibited at Gallery 151, New York, Ny; Fisk Gallery, Portland, Or; SOIL Gallery, Seattle, Wa.; Ditch Projects, Springfield, Or. His work has been recognized by: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Communication Arts, Art of the Title, and SXSW.

Björk was the 2020–2021 Designer-In-Residence at the Center for Art Research at the University of Oregon. Between 2016 and 2019, he was a curating member at Ditch Projects, helping to organize experimental exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest. From 2006–2009, Björk was a co-founder of the Los Angeles-based motion design collective BORN. He holds an MFA from the University of Oregon and a BFA from ArtCenter College of Design.

Classes

GMOT-203-01: Sequential Design 1
GMOT-152A-01: Motion Design 1
GMOT-252-01: Motion Design 2
ILL-211A-01: Motion Design 1
GMGX-642-01: Graduate Motion Design 2
ILL-266-01: Sequential Design 1
ILL-265-01: Motion Design 2
CRDR-152A-01: Motion Design 1
GRFX-456-01: Portfolio & Career Preparation
GMOT-203-02: Sequential Design 1
GMOT-152A-02: Motion Design 1