Erica Lee was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, England in 1888. By 1911 she had moved to London where she trained as a sculptor with Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952) and William Reid Dick (1878-1961). She subsequently embarked on a career as a professional sculptor.

Lee began exhibiting it the Royal Academy in London in 1920 and continued to do so frequently until 1960. She also exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh from 1922 to 1934, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts from 1924 to 1959, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and at the Paris Salon, where she was awarded an Honourable Mention in 1930. Her work was also shown at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition in Scotland in 1938. She was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (ARBS.) in 1938 and a Fellow of the Society (RBS) in 1948. She was also elected to the Société des Artistes Français.

A bronze sculpture by Lee entitled "Nymph" is illustrated in Colour vol. 14, no. 4, May 1921 (p.76). It was acquired by Newport Museum and Art Gallery in Newport, Wales in 1930.

Lee had studios at 3 St. John's Wood, Queen's Terrace, London from 1925 to 1938, and at 3 Acacia Road, St. John's Wood, London from 1939 to at least 1960. She died in Westminster, London in 1981.

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