Marie Anna Lee is a Czech-American artist, designer, and educator whose work bridges visual arts, communication design, documentary filmmaking, and cultural preservation. Her interdisciplinary practice explores relationships between materials, cultural memory, and visual storytelling, drawing on both contemporary and traditional artistic processes.

Since 2007, she has collaborated with Kam indigenous communities in southwestern China to document and preserve their cultural heritage through research, design, publications, and film. Her creative work spans photography, printmaking, textiles, and experimental media, reflecting an ongoing interest in craftsmanship, cultural identity, and the connections between art and everyday life.

Lee is a Professor of Art and Graphic Design at the University of the Pacific in California.