Lee Gainer is a visual artist who creates meticulous works that examine how memories are constructed and recalled.

Lee earned her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Her work has been exhibited nationally including solo exhibits at the Arlington Arts Center, GRACE in Reston, Virginia, and Hillyer Art Space in Washington, D.C. Lee's work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect, The Atlantic, Fresh Paint, and YVI Magazine. Online, her work has been presented at DailyServing, Humble Arts Foundation, Murmur DC, The Truth of Beauty, Today and Tomorrow, i like this art, Beautiful Decay, DesignBoom, and many others. She is a semi-finalist for the 2014 and 2013 Bethesda Painting Awards, a 2012 Trawick Prize semi-finalist, and a recipient of a Creative Communities Fund Grant for her work with the 2011 Source Festival.