Christina Lee is a Korean-American illustrator and designer based in Brooklyn, NY by way of San Jose, CA and Pittsburgh, PA. She holds a BFA in Fine Art from Carnegie Mellon University and MFA in Illustration from FIT. She is a co-founder of Pullproof Studio, a community screenprinting studio, and Alright Editions, a small press. Energetic mark making, concise compositions, and colorful subjects define her prints, zines, animations, and comics. Her work has been featured by Hyperallergic, i-D Magazine, The Fader, Public Books, The Comics Journal, and Solrad, and recognized by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration. She has exhibited at LUSTR Festival, Comic Arts Brooklyn, Small Press Expo, and Short Run. Recently, she was a Designer at Vice, producing editorial creative for Refinery29, and currently teaches in the Illustration undergraduate department at FIT.
Select Clients Penguin Books The New York Times Bloomberg Businessweek New York Magazine LA Times NPR The Wall Street Journal American Greetings
Awards and Recognition 2025 MoCCA Award of Excellence 2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards American Illustration 43 Society of Illustrators 63 2018 Artist Opportunity Grant, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council 2016 Printed Matter / Ace Hotel Artist in Residence