Photograph by Shaun Lucas.

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