Halara
Cider
Illustration
Hi! I’m Yubin Lee, a Designer and Illustrator based in New York City, specializing in digital marketing design, visual branding, and illustration. I hold a degree in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts and have since expanded into design, bringing my illustration background into a wide range of creative work. Currently, I’m a Brand Designer at Halara. Connect with me via email, Instagram, or LinkedIn!
Experience
Halara — Brand Designer, 2023 - Present
Cider — 2D Designer, 2022 - 2023
Baturu Cultural Festival — Illustrator, 2020 - 2021
Awards
3x3 Magazine Illustration Show — Merit Award, 2025
Creative Quarterly 75-1 — Runner Up, 2024
Creative Quarterly 75-2 — Runner Up, 2024
Hiii Illustration — Merit Award, 2023
Baturu Cartoon Superheroine International Competition Award, 2022
World Illustration Awards — Longlist, 2021
Communication Arts — Shortlist, 2021
Creative Quarterly 61-1 — Runner Up, 2020
Creative Quarterly 61-2 — Runner Up, 2020
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — Silver Key, 2016
Press & Features
“Drawing the Journey as It Unfolds, NY-Based Illustrator and Designer Yubin Lee” — Li Tang, 2025
“Where Whimsy Meets the Gothic: Meet Yubin Lee” — Digital Arts Blog, 2025
“Life & Work with Yubin Lee” — VoyageLA, 2024
“10 Questions with Yubin Lee” — Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, 2024
“Meet Yubin Lee : Illustrator and Designer” — Shoutout LA, 2023
“Meet Yubin Lee” — Canvas Rebel, 2023
“Illustrator Yubin Lee” — JaamZIN, 2023
“Illustrator Yubin Lee” — JaamZIN, 2020
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in China, 2020
Instituto Cervantes, 2020
Exhibitions
Fifteen Hours in the Sun — Summer Solstice Group Exhibition, 2023
Tales of the City — Junior Thesis Show, 2022
Artphil Collaborative Project Exhibition — Award of Creativity, 2017
Education
School of Visual Arts BFA Illustration — High Term Honors (Dean’s List)
Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship — Annual Merit Award