Who am I?
Aiden Lee is an abstract painter and a sixteen year old student. He was born in Oakville, Ontario in Canada. He uses different styles and mediums to create bright, bold colours, with a blend of different textures which inspires the mind to be imaginative. Aiden was born with multiple diagnosis; Autism, ADHD, Anxiety.
AU .TISM - a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts
He is an art advocate - an awareness magnet that believes in inspiring students all over Ontario with colour, design, shape and texture. So far he has taught art in 15 schools - over 3000 students with a program called, ‘Art From The Heart’
AU .TISM - a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts
He is an art advocate - an awareness magnet that believes in inspiring students all over Ontario with colour, design, shape and texture. So far he has taught art in 15 schools - over 3000 students with a program called, ‘Art From The Heart’
“I teach kids to take their emotions and throw them onto a canvas. It's the first way I was able to communicate and I see how much it can change peoples lives. - Aiden Lee
- Aiden Lee’s artwork hangs all over the world. Every art piece is an original and reflects his emotions, and colourful world.
- Special Olympics Sweden hosts a piece that he did in collaboration with Dr. Frank Hayden, the Founder of Special Olympics.
- Ontario parliament hosts a mixed media - entitled ‘Leaf in Canada’.
- Aiden Lee’s paintings also hang at the ‘WE organization in Toronto. The piece is a all about overcoming obstacles, ‘The Mountain.and hangs in the office of Mark Kielburger, co-founder of WE Movement Charity and ME2WE’
- In Oakville - Iroquois Ridge Library there is a special piece adorning the walls. A 6 ft. canvas, entitled, ‘Story time’, combining recycled library books and mixed media.
- Created the ‘2019 Community Spirit Awards’ for the town of Oakville.
- Created the ‘Inclusive Employment Awards’ for Autism Job Club.
- The Art from the Heart painting created for the 2019 WE Day was donated and auctioned off to raise money to support those in need and purchased by the Pinball Clemons Foundation.
- The painting, ‘Evolution’ resides in Temple Grandin's home in Boston,Massachusetts.
