JAEJUN LEE  based in Cardiff, UK


Education

2018 M.F.A Ceramics, Seoul National University, South Korea

2013 B.F.A Ceramics, Seoul National University, South Korea

Work experience

2016 - 2018 Administrative assistant of Faculty of Crafts and Design, College of Art at Seoul National University, South Korea

2014 - 2016 Lecturer for courses in Arts & Culture Education Service, Chung-ang University, South Korea

Membership

CPA Selected Member (Craft Potters Association)

Solo exhibition and event

2026 Ceramic Art London 2026, Olympia West, London, UK

2026 Solo exhibition <The Angel’s Share>, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2025 Solo exhibition <Ruach - Breath, Wind, Spirit>, Flow Gallery, London, UK

2025 Solo exhibition <Stillness in Blue>, Otherthings by The Shophouse, Tai Hang, Hong Kong

2025 Solo ceramic exhibition<Between Calmness and Passion>, New Craftsman Gallery, St. Ives, UK

2024 Solo ceramic exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK

2024 Solo exhibition <The Blue in Pots>, Contemporary Ceramics, London UK

2023 Pop up exhibition <The simplicity to taste>, Sollip Restaurant, London, UK

2023 Solo ceramic exhibition <Embracing the Blue>, New Craftsman Gallery, St. Ives, UK

2022 Solo ceramic exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK

2022 Ceramic Art London 2022, Central St. Martins, London, UK

2020 Solo ceramic exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK

2019 Art in Clay Farnham, Farnham Maltings, Farnham, UK

2019 Handmade Chelsea, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK

2019 Oxford Ceramics Fair 2019, St. Edward’s School, Oxford, UK

2019 Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Upper Campfield Market, Manchester, UK

2019 London Design Fair, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK

2019 Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford, UK

2019 The Contemporary Craft Festival, Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey, UK

2019 Ceramic Art London 2019, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

2018 Made by Hand, The Contemporary Craft Festival, City Hall, Cardiff, UK 

2018 Ceramic Art London 2018, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

2017 Ceramic Art London 2017, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

2016 Ceramic Art London 2016, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

Group exhibition and event

2026 <Material & Method>, Maud and Mabel, London, UK

2026 FiredUp4Clay x Sotherby’s <Secret Ceramics>, Fundra

2026 <Icheon and Beyond - The Space Within Form>, Korean Cultural Centre UK, London, UK

2026 Collect 2026 <Verdant Pulse>, represented by Cavaliero Finn, Somerset House, London, UK

2025 Bonhams Auction <The Art of Craft>, London, UK

2024 <Living in a material world>, Lyon & Turnbull, London, U

2024 <20 Years of of Cavaliero Finn>, Stockwell Studio, Cavaliero Finn, UK

2024 Collect 2024 <The Alchemy of Nature>, represented by Cavaliero Finn, Somerset House, London, UK

2023 <Winter – The Weakening Eye of Day>, represented by Cavaliero Finn, Gallery12 Cromwell Place, London, UK

2023 <Moonlight>, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London, UK

2023 <Elemental Lines>, represented by Cavaliero Finn, Ballroom Arts, Suffolk, UK

2023 ArtEfact, represented by Cavaliero Finn, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London, UK

2023 London Art Fair 2023, represented by Cavaliero Finn, Business Design Centre, London, UK

2023 <On Your Table>, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, UK

2022 <Tsukimi : Moon viewing>, Maud and Mabel, London, UK

2022 <House of Pots>, Queen Anne Townhouse, London, UK

2022 <BKV Prize>, IHM International Craft Fair, Germany

2022 FiredUp4Clay X Maak, Fundraising Auction, UK

2022 <Ceramic show>, Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge, UK

2022 <BKV Prize>, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein e.V., Munick, Germany

2022 Collect 2022, Somerset House, London, UK

2021 <Impossibility of Repetition>, Make Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, UK

2021 <Capturing Stillness>, Flow Gallery, London, UK

2021 Collect 2021, online exhibition represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, UK

2020 <Joie de Vivre>, Joanna Bird, UK

2020 <Ten>, Unit 12, Stafford, UK

2020 <Living object - Going Viral> online exhibition

2019 <New Member Showcase>, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK

2019 <Tools in the Crafts>, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany

2019 <BRAVURA>, Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland

2019 <Small Works>, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon, UK

2019 <Vessels of Influence>, St. Peters Church, Flow Gallery, Cambridge, UK

2019 <Pyrophyte> Arcade Campfa, Cardiff, UK

2019 <Cambridge to Coast>, Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge, UK

2019 <Namchon Walking>, Studio Feel the Smart, Seoul, South Korea 

2019 <Sublime Alchemy>, Joanna Bird, London, UK

2019 <Take a Moment> during London Craft Week, Han Collection, London, UK

2018 <Exploring Porcelain>, Maud and Mabel, London, UK

2017 Craft Trend Fair 2017,represented by Gallery LVS, Coex, Seoul, South Korea

2017 SOFA Chicago, represented by Gallery LVS, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA

2017 Tresor Contemporary Craft, 2017, represented by Gallery LVS, Messe Basel,  Basel, Switzerland

2017 <Made in Korea>, Sladmore, London, UK

2017 <Made in Korea>, The Ceramic House, Brighton, UK

2017 <A Whiter Shade of Pale>, Hexagon Classic Design, London, UK

2016 Craft Trend Fair 2016, represented by Gallery LVS, Coex, Seoul, South Korea

2016 <Space with cup and light>, LKATE Gallery, Seoul, UK

2016 SOFA Chicago, represented by Gallery LVS, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA

2016 <True to Form>, Joanna Bird, London, UK

2016 Cheongju International Craft Fair, represented by Gallery LVS, The Old Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant, Cheongju, South Korea

2016 2016 Seoul Crafts Fair, DDP, Seoul, South Korea

2016 Decorex International 2016, represented by Joanna Bird, Syon Park, London, UK

2016 <'Stunning Edge' 2016 Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia>, NTCRI(National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute), Taipei, Taiwan

2016 <The Summer of Porcelain>, Yanggu Porcelain Museum, Yanggu, South Korea

2016 <Prospero's Charm; Art the Enchant>, Joanna Bird, London, UK

2016 <Together>, LKATE Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2016 <Small Gifts>, Gallery Royal, Seoul, South Korea

2016 <Talente 2016>, the Trade Fair Ground, Munich, Germany

2016 <Kap-Sun Hwang und seine Schüler>, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany

2015 Craft Trend Fair 2015, represented by Gallery LVS, Coex, Seoul, South Korea 

2015 <Groping>, Woosuk Gallery at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

2015 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, represented by Gallery LVS, The Old Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant, Cheongju, South Korea
2015 <Silence, A Day at the Temple>, Asia House, London, UK

2015 Collect 2015, represented by Gallery LVS, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 

2014 Craft Trend Fair 2014, Coex, Seoul, South Korea

2014 Arts and Crafts Fair, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg
2014 <Buncheong-ware and Contemporary Painting - Ceramics, Tells the Future>, Kyungwoon Museum, Seoul, South Korea

2014 <White in White, Third>, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea

2014 Young Designers Market, Yeol, Seoul, South Korea

2014 Collect 2014, represented by Gallery LVS, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2014 <Warmth>, represented by Gallery LVS, Cultural Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea 

2013 Museum Shop Art Zone, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea

2013 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, represented by Gallery LVS, The Old Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant, Cheongju, South Korea

2013 <White in White - Angels and Curvatures>, JF Chen, LA, USA (Curated by Gallery LVS)

2013 <The New Past>, Seoul National University Museum, Seoul, South Korea

2013 <Next Generation>, Milal Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea

2013 <White Room>, Gallery Toast, Seoul, South Korea

2013 ASAAF 2013 Craft Artshop, Cultural Station Seoul 284, Seoul, South Korea 

2013 <Merry May>, Choi Jung Ah Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2012 <52-1>, Soohohromb Gallery, Busan, South Korea

2012 <White in White, The Second Episode>, Gallery LVS, Seoul, South Korea

2011 <The First Resolution>, Sungbo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

Awards

2022 Finalist, BKV Prize 2022, Germany

2019 'Show Case Award' by Ruthin Craft Centre, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester, UK 

2019 'Best Selected Maker 2019', Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester, UK

2019 ‘Best Ceramics’, Craft Festival Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK 

2016 Finalist, Talente 2016, Munich, Germany 

2014 Honorable Mentions, International Ceramics Competition MINO, Tajimi City, Japan 

2012 Brighton Award, Seoul National University/ University of Brighton, Seoul, South Korea

Masterclass

2025 DB Pottery, Zurich, Switzerland

2024 DB Pottery, Zurich, Switzerland

2023 DB Pottery, Zurich, Switzerland

2023 Baam Pottery, Baambrugge, the Netherlands

2022 Ceramic Studio, Brussels, Belgium