Eva Lee studied painting at Bard College (BA) where she first learned to see from an interdisciplinary perspective. While attending Hunter College (MFA) she was awarded the William Graf Travel Grant to conduct research for her thesis with scientists at the University of California in Davis, CA. The artist's studies there in methods and visual systems of science culminated in a signature series of large-scale drawings made with white ink on black paper.  Using a simple vocabulary of dots and lines which connect into biomorphic imagery, these works depict nature imagined as varieties of elaborate wireframes. These drawings have been described by The New York Times as "striking works[of] ovoid spaces shaped from deep black ground by thready white lines that pattern themselves into showy networks, suggest[ing] cellular and body structures, as well as the vast abstractions of the universe.”1 

From there her work developed into digital animations, abstract experimental shorts that continue to be inspired by science.  She is currently collaborating with neuroscientist Dr. James Coan of the University of Virginia, to create 3D animations based on his data from studies on the brain basis of emotions.  In addition to original drawings, her repertoire now also includes archival prints of animation stills, limited DVD editions, and installations.

Among other venues, Eva Lee's work has been on view at The Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY.  Recent awards include fellowships from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and The MacDowell Colony.