Jennie Jieun Lee

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Jennie Jieun Lee (b. 1973 Seoul, South Korea) has challenged the conventions of ceramic sculpture for over a decade. Embracing the inherent vulnerability of the medium that is often tamed by its practitioners, Lee fires her works in various states of uprightness and collapse, and pours copious amounts of glaze on them. Disrupting ceramic’s historical association with controlled domesticity, Lee creates busts, vessels, and paintings that oscillate between the deliberate and accidental, and the decorative and distorted.

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). Her work has been exhibited internationally, and 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 New York University and lives and works in Sullivan County, New York, USA.

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Marie, Martos Gallery

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Marie, Martos Gallery, 2022

Martos Gallery, New York, USA

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Candyland 1981

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Candyland 1981, 2015

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21" X 23" X 2"
53.34cm X 58.42cm X 5.08cm

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Ice Cream in Bed

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Ice Cream in Bed, 2015

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19" X 15" X 2"
48.26cm X 38.1cm X 5.08cm

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Lost at Sea

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Lost at Sea, 2015

Glazed stoneware, glass, underglaze pencils

15.5" X 19" X 1"
39.37cm X 48.26cm X 2.54cm

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Oil-T-zones

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Oil-T-zones, 2015

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14.5" X 19" X 1"
36.83cm X 48.26cm X 2.54cm

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Sleighing into Tree

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Sleighing into Tree, 2015

Glazed stoneware, glass, underglaze pencils

15.5" X 15" X 2"
39.37cm X 38.1cm X 5.08cm

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Untitled No. 16

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Untitled No. 16, 2016

Porcelain slipcast, glaze, underglaze pencil

6.5" X 10" X 8"
16.51cm X 25.4cm X 20.32cm

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Elizabeth

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Elizabeth, 2017

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12" X 7" X 6"
30.48cm X 17.78cm X 15.24cm

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Untitled No. 30

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Untitled No. 30, 2016

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7" X 10" X 8"
17.78cm X 25.4cm X 20.32cm

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Stretch

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stretch, 2016

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10" X 10" X 7"
25.4cm X 25.4cm X 17.78cm

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Bear

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Bear, 2016

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13" X 10" X 7"
33.02cm X 25.4cm X 17.78cm

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Hell on Earth

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Hell on Earth, 2021

Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin

65" X 40" X 5"
165.1cm X 101.6cm X 12.7cm

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Transplants

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Transplants, 2021

Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin

65" X 40" X 4"
165.1cm X 101.6cm X 10.16cm

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Signs

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Signs, 2021

Glazed porcelain, stoneware, flashé, oil, wood, resin

65" X 40" X 4"
165.1cm X 101.6cm X 10.16cm

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Some Velvet Zoom Room

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Some Velvet Zoom Room, 2021

Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin

65" X 41" X 3.5"
165.1cm X 104.14cm X 8.89cm

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Anenomes and Sweetpeas

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Anenomes and Sweetpeas, 2021

Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin

39" X 30" X 4"
99.06cm X 76.2cm X 10.16cm

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Rocket 8pm

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Rocket 8pm, 2021

Glazed porcelain, pencils, wood, resin

39" X 30" X 3"
99.06cm X 76.2cm X 7.62cm

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Low and high static

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Low and high static, 2021

Glazed porcelain, pencils, wood, resin

39" X 30" X 3"
99.06cm X 76.2cm X 7.62cm

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Cut Flower Farm

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Cut Flower Farm, 2021

Glazed porcelain, flashé, oil, wood, resin

29" X 20" X 3"
73.66cm X 50.8cm X 7.62cm

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Vessel 1

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Vessel 1, 2021

Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil

12" X 6" X 6"
30.48cm X 15.24cm X 15.24cm

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Vessel 2

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Vessel 2, 2021

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11" X 4.5" X 4.5"
27.94cm X 11.43cm X 11.43cm

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Vessel 3

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Vessel 3, 2021

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9.5" X 4" X 4"
24.13cm X 10.16cm X 10.16cm

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Vessel 4

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Vessel 4, 2021

Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil

7.5" X 6" X 6"
19.05cm X 15.24cm X 15.24cm

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Vessel 5

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Vessel 5, 2021

Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil

9" X 6"
22.86cm X 15.24cm

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Untitled No. 15

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Untitled No. 15, 2016

Porcelain, glaze, underglaze pencil

8" X 6" X 8"
20.32cm X 15.24cm X 20.32cm

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Third Eye

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Third Eye, 2016

Porcelain slipcast, stoneware, glaze

12" X 7" X 7"
30.48cm X 17.78cm X 17.78cm