Jennie Jieun Lee (b. 1973 Seoul, South Korea) is a ceramist who has spent more than ten years defying the conventional limitations of her chosen media. The experimental approach to her practice sees her capitalize on the natural fragility of her medium, and use a unique abstract gestural method towards glazing. Her works range in scale from domestic size vessels to wall based compositions, to large scale structural installations. Conceptually her work is driven by ideas which speak towards representation, art and societal histories, as well as form. By challenging the historical perception of ceramics as symbols of controlled domesticity, Lee crafts busts, vessels, and paintings that blur the line between intention and chance, beauty and distortion.
Lee earned her MFA from California State University Long Beach and a studio diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is the recipient of several grants including Tisch Faculty Fellowship (2022), Art Matters Foundation Grant (2019), The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2017), and the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (2016). She has collaborated with fashion designer Alexander McQueen and her work can be found in permanent collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Recent exhibitions include Cooper Cole, Toronto; Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown; AF Projects, Los Angeles; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton; Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles; Martos Gallery, New York; The Pit, Glendale; and Marlborough Chelsea Viewing Room, New York. Lee currently teaches ceramics at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and lives and works in Sullivan County, New York, USA.
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Jennie Jieun Lee
Luteal Elements and Grooves, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Luteal Elements and Grooves, 2026
Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Jennie Jieun Lee
Marie, Martos Gallery
Marie, 2022
Martos Gallery, New York, USA
Jennie Jieun Lee
SMFA CLAY
SMFA CLAY, 2024
Glazed stoneware, porcelain, wood, acrylic paint
J.JL0043
Jennie Jieun Lee
Stage 1
Stage 1, 2024
Slip-cast porcelain, glaze
16 pieces, Dimensions variable
J.JL0047
Jennie Jieun Lee
Stage 2
Stage 2, 2024
Slip-cast porcelain, glaze
13 pieces, Dimensions variable
J.JL0048
Jennie Jieun Lee
Stage 3
Stage 3, 2024
Slip-cast porcelain, glaze
11 pieces, Dimensions variable
J.JL0049
Jennie Jieun Lee
Stage 4
Stage 4, 2024
Slip-cast porcelain, glaze
13 pieces, Dimensions variable
J.JL0050
Jennie Jieun Lee
Strawberry Nose
Strawberry Nose, 2024
Slip cast porcelain, glaze, oil, wood
J.JL0044
Jennie Jieun Lee
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, 2017
Slipcast stoneware, glaze
J.Lee0024
Jennie Jieun Lee
Stretch
Stretch, 2016
Slipcast porcelain, glaze
J.Lee0019
Jennie Jieun Lee
Untitled No. 16
Untitled No. 16, 2016
Porcelain slipcast, glaze, underglaze pencil
J.Lee0025
Jennie Jieun Lee
Hell on Earth
Hell on Earth, 2021
Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin
J.Lee0010
Jennie Jieun Lee
Transplants
Transplants, 2021
Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin
J.Lee0012
Jennie Jieun Lee
Some Velvet Zoom Room
Some Velvet Zoom Room, 2021
Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin
J.Lee0009
Jennie Jieun Lee
Signs
Signs, 2021
Glazed porcelain, stoneware, flashé, oil, wood, resin
J.Lee0011
Jennie Jieun Lee
Sleighing into Tree
Sleighing into Tree, 2015
Glazed stoneware, glass, underglaze pencils
J.Lee0026
Jennie Jieun Lee
Candyland 1981
Candyland 1981, 2015
Glazed stoneware, underglaze pencils
J.Lee0027
Jennie Jieun Lee
Ice Cream in Bed
Ice Cream in Bed, 2015
Glazed stoneware, glass, underglaze pencils
J.Lee0030
Jennie Jieun Lee
Lost at Sea
Lost at Sea, 2015
Glazed stoneware, glass, underglaze pencils
J.Lee0028
Jennie Jieun Lee
Oil-T-zones
Oil-T-Zones, 2015
Glazed stoneware, glass
J.Lee0029
Jennie Jieun Lee
Anenomes and Sweetpeas
Anenomes and Sweetpeas, 2021
Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin
J.Lee0006
Jennie Jieun Lee
Rocket 8pm
Rocket 8pm, 2021
Glazed porcelain, pencils, wood, resin
J.Lee0007
Jennie Jieun Lee
Low and high static
Low and high static, 2021
Glazed porcelain, pencils, wood, resin
J.Lee0008
Jennie Jieun Lee
Cut Flower Farm
Cut Flower Farm, 2021
Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin
J.Lee0005
Jennie Jieun Lee
Vessel 1
Vessel 1, 2021
Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil
J.Lee0013
Jennie Jieun Lee
Vessel 2
Vessel 2, 2021
Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil
J.Lee0014
Jennie Jieun Lee
Vessel 3
Vessel 3, 2021
Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil
J.Lee0015
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