Jennie Jieun Lee

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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Bruises

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Bruises, 2024

Custom Printed Fabric

137.5" X 378"
349.25cm X 960.12cm

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SMFA CLAY

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Jennie Jieun Lee – SMFA CLAY, 2024

Glazed stoneware, porcelain, wood, acrylic paint

45" X 39.5" X 3"
114.3cm X 100.33cm X 7.62cm

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Stage 1

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stage 1, 2024

Slip-cast porcelain, glaze

16 pieces, Dimensions variable

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Stage 2

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stage 2, 2024

Slip-cast porcelain, glaze

13 pieces, Dimensions variable

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Stage 3

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stage 3, 2024

Slip-cast porcelain, glaze

11 pieces, Dimensions variable

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Stage 4

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stage 4, 2024

Slip-cast porcelain, glaze

13 pieces, Dimensions variable

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Stage 5

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stage 5, 2024

Slip-cast porcelain, glaze

19 pieces, Dimensions variable

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Stage 6

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Stage 6, 2024

Slip-cast porcelain, glaze

11 pieces, Dimensions variable

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Strawberry Nose

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Jennie Jieun Lee – Strawberry Nose, 2024

Slip cast porcelain, glaze, oil, wood

38.4" X 23.6" X 3"
97.54cm X 59.94cm X 7.62cm

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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

Glazed stoneware, underglaze pencils

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

Glazed stoneware, glass, underglaze pencils

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

Glazed stoneware, glass

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

Slipcast stoneware, glaze

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

Stoneware slipcast, glaze, underglaze pencil

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

Slipcast porcelain, glaze

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

Slipcast porcelain, glaze

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

Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil

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

Wheel thrown porcelain, glaze, underglaze, pencil

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