Marta Lee
Marta Lee (b. Moscow, ID) lives and works in Astoria, Queens. She received her BFA from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. She works collaboratively with Anika Steppe under the moniker Frances Brady.
Marta has participated in several residencies including Fire Island Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Hercules Art Studio Program, and the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts. Lee has exhibited nationally and internationally in Chicago, LA, Austin, New York, London, and Shenzhen.
She is a recipient of the 2024 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant.
Marta, Lee, Sill Life, 2023, acrylic, oil, and water-soluble crayon on linen over canvas, 50 x 44 1/2 inches
Marta Lee, Blue Wicker, 2021, acrylic and water-soluble crayon on linen, 20 x 16 inches
Marta Lee, fold out poster, printed in conjunction with group exhibition Affordable Dream House, 2018 MFA Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Austin, TX: Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018, 23 3/4 x 18 inches (open); essay by Gilles Heno-Coe, verso
Marta Lee: Shelf Life, 2021, linocut, 6 x 4 inches, edition of 25 + 5 AP, printed in conjunction with solo show at Side Room Gallery, Brooklyn, March 11 - May 11, 2021