Wesley Stuckey is a designer, printmaker, and educator originally from Mississippi, now living and working in “The Greatest City in America”—Baltimore, Maryland.
Wesley Stuckey is a designer, printmaker, and educator originally from Mississippi, now living and working in “The Greatest City in America”—Baltimore, Maryland.
Wesley’s career spans various facets of the design world, from integrated marketing and paid media to experiential design and traditional printing techniques to environmental branding—and much much more. He has a knack for turning traditional print design on its head while dabbling in branding, illustration, and interactive experiences. His body of work has been celebrated in esteemed publications such as HOW Magazine, PRINT, Focal Press, Princeton Architectural Press, Communication Arts, and Tattly.com, a project by Swissmiss. His work has also been featured in exhibitions across the Southeast to the Midwest in places like Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and even the windy city of Chicago!
In 2011, Wesley achieved his Master of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, learning the ropes from the renowned designers Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips. Post-graduation, he has imparted his knowledge in branding, typography, hand-lettering, web design, and basic design at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and his alma mater, the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). His academic contributions continued as a Visiting Professor of Art at Mississippi State University (MSU) from 2020 to 2021. Wesley has also contributed as a portfolio reviewer for Stevenson University’s School of Design.
Today, he runs his own design studio where he gets to dabble with all things creative and design. He loves chatting about branding, color theory, and design, delivering talks for AIGA, Creative Mornings, Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) Carey Business School, and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), the University of South Florida in Saint Petersburg (USFSP), and many other cool spots across the globe, including The University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia (UniSC)— yes, all the way in Australia!
In addition to his lecturing roles, Wesley has also been a judge for some seriously awesome student art competitions, making sure only the best of the best get the spotlight, at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Student Art & Design Competition, the 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition for the Mississippi State University College of Architecture Art + Design’s Art Department, MSU AIGA’s Glitch Design Competition, as well as for the Annual MSU Student Art Competition in 2022. His keen eye for design excellence has made a lasting impact on aspiring artists and designers alike.