Heami Lee

Heami Lee is an artist based in Seoul who creates objects and tableware that are not confined to specific uses, with clay as the foundation. Her works can serve practical purposes, such as holding fruits or plants, or they can stand alone as sculptural pieces that beautifully fill a space. Encounters with landscapes make her objects more luminous, completing the work in their final placement. She honors the understated beauty of her ancestors, believing that true elegance lies in simplicity and restraint. Inspired by old and familiar things, she creates works that capture the essence of time. Her primary technique of layering silver over ceramics encapsulates her intent to respect time. For each piece, she personally handles the clay to preserve its natural texture, then layers silver on top. This process is about building time through action, capturing condensed beauty and graceful elegance. Heami’s works embody a generosity that embraces the landscape within refined forms, demonstrating the expansiveness of ceramics.

Artworks

CV

Heami Lee (b. 1984)

Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION

2012ㅤㅤ M.F.A. Ceramic, Graduate School, Hongik Univ.
2009ㅤㅤB.F.A. Ceramic & glass, Hongik Univ.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ   B.B.A. Department of Business Administration, Hongik Univ. 

SOLO EXHIBITION

2023ㅤㅤ Heami Lee Solo Exhibition, bol gallery, Singapore, Singapore

2022ㅤㅤ Heami Lee, minoriminori gallery, Tainan, Taiwan

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤScenes of time, Gallery Kabinett, Seoul, Korea

2021ㅤㅤ Silver pigments, time to be made by hand, B-tree Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2019ㅤㅤ Silver Porcelain, Gallery Document, Seoul, Korea

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤOur still life, alkov, Pangyo, Korea

2018ㅤㅤ The Gold lines, rooming, Seoul, Korea

2017ㅤㅤ La book Selection, ddp crea, Seoul, Korea

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤMoment in vase, Craft on the hill, Seoul, Korea

2014ㅤㅤ Blue Christmas in july, Bu;uk, Seoul, Korea. 

GROUP EXHIBITION

2024ㅤㅤ Busan art fair 2024, Bexco, Busan, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHouse of editorkab, Ochoryang, Busan, Korea

2023ㅤㅤ Relationshiplog, hohoje, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤTerre Mêlée, Galerie HeA, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤSILVER LINING, Galerie HeA, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBusan Art Fair 2023, bexco, Busan, Korea 

2022ㅤ ㅤASIA NOW 2022, Monnaie de paris, Paris, France 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤCraft/Defamiliarization, lotte gallery, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤA white garden, march gallery, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBusan Art Fair 2022, bexco, Busan, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤShilla arcade showcase exhibition, shilla hotel, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAt home, the mansion, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤCraft/WHITE, seoul museum of craft art, Seoul, Korea 

2021ㅤ ㅤART JEJU, maison glad, Jeju, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2021 Korea craft week(Appreciate/A sightseeing tour of beauty), Culture station 284 RTO, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBowl.Basket.Basin, gallerykabinett, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe atelier, fermate, Seoul, Korea 

2020ㅤ ㅤSilver Christmas popup exhibition, boontheshop cheongdam, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤMy home:moment, gallerykabinett, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤArt&journey, ananticove, busan, korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤInto the forest, space445, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤART BUSAN, bexco, Busan, korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ1000 vase, galeriejoseph, Paris, France
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤStill life, 16p16p16p, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤDutch parade, galleria, Kwanggyo, Korea 

2019ㅤㅤ Shapes we meet by chance, uhjjuhdah.promenade, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤA little piece of light, orerarchive, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤInterior design korea, kintex, Ilsan, Korea 

2018ㅤ ㅤSeoul Living Design Fair, Coex, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤNYNOW, Javits center, NY, U.S.A
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤOrdinary days in innohome, innohome, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2018 Craft Trend Fair, Coex, Seoul, Korea 

2017ㅤㅤ A little story with the artist, YOUNHYUN Handmade Sotre, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe art of everyday life, Naver, Bundang, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ2017 Craft Trend Fair, Coex, Seoul, korea 

2016ㅤ ㅤAnnual Showcase Gala, Chapter1, Seoul, Korea 

2015ㅤ ㅤUn Dîner chez moi !, Gallery Merciel bis, Busan, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤFiber Art Fair, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤHands on the table, Space B_E, Seoul, Korea 

2014ㅤ ㅤMerci, Space B_E, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBoundless Seas, Space cottonseed, Singapore, Singapore
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤIt's all about material, YOUNHYUN Handmade Sotre, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤI believe I believe..., Space B_E, Seoul, Korea 

2013ㅤ ㅤThe last Blue, modern market place, Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAtmosphere, Space B_E, Seoul, Korea 

2012ㅤ ㅤA boundless ocean, space B_E, Seoul, Korea 

2011ㅤㅤ BADA design/atelier 2011 S/S, F/W launchingshow, Seoul, Korea 

2010ㅤㅤ It’s White, Doosan art square, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤGraduate school of Hong-ik University Dept. ceramic, HOMA , Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤNew generation of sympathetic Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, HOMA , Seoul, Korea 

2009ㅤ ㅤContemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya , Japan
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤExhibition commemoration the 60th anniversary College of Fine Arts Hong-Ik University, HOMA , Seoul, Korea 

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤCQ, HOMA, Seoul, Korea
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤIt's red, galleryyiang, Seoul, Korea 

2008ㅤ ㅤSeoul contemporary ceramics exhibition, xigallery, Seoul, Korea

AWARDS

Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Contest, Selection Award 

Earthen Figurines Contest, Selection Award 

SELECTED COLLECTION

The Baltimore museum of art (U.S.A) 

Ramada hotel sindorim (Korea)