Lee Matney

John Lee Matney, born in Richmond VA, is the owner and curator of Linda Matney Fine Art Gallery in Williamsburg, VA, a contemporary art gallery, which opened in October 2010. Lee named the gallery after his mother, Linda, who passed away in 2001 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Lee is also a practicing fine art photographer and multimedia artist who has exhibited his work in the United States and Europe. He began as a street photographer and became associated with experimental art spaces in Athens, GA while attending UGA in the 1980s. Assisting and collaborating with other contemporary artists, writers, and musicologists, he immersed himself in the art and culture of North Georgia which continues to figure prominently in projects at the gallery.