Hello, I'm Kina Lee.

Kina Lee is a Los Angeles based artist and freelance illustrator whose work explores the emotional terrain we often leave unspoken. The terrain of grief​,​ tension​,​ resilience​,​ and the quiet hope of repair. Drawing from both Western and Japanese visual influences​,​ she creates illustrations​,​ comics​,​ and conceptual pieces that sit at the intersection of narrative design and surrealist atmosphere. After working in media for years​,​ Kina returned to her original artistic path​,​ one that challenges the boundaries of what’s considered “contemporary art.” Through a fusion of manga influenced aesthetics​,​ visual development​,​ and storytelling​,​ she pushes back against long standing stigma and genre gatekeeping​,​ creating hybrid works that feel both intimate and expansive. Her work invites contradiction: soft yet sharp​,​ comforting yet unsettling​,​ delicate yet confrontational. She believes vulnerability is not weakness but material. Her goal is to help others feel what words have failed to say.