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JAEJUN LEE

ceramicist

Jaejun Lee is a Korean ceramicist based in the UK.
He studied at the Seoul National University where he completed his BFA and MFA in Ceramics. Since graduating, Lee has exhibited extensively across Korea as well as exhibiting across Europe (UK, Germany, Switzerland), gaining international acclaim for his work. He moved to the UK from South Korea in 2018 and is currently working in the UK with an ‘Exceptional Talent’ visa.
Jaejun specializes in porcelain and makes both artistic vessels and functional wares. The simple form of his vessel makes people concentrate on outer shape and smooth surface. His aim is to communicate a message of functionality and beauty through his work.
The object will enrich and enhance the user’s everyday life.
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Mae Jaejun Lee yn seramegydd o Gorea ac yn gweithio yn y DU.
Astudiodd ym Mhrifysgol Genedlaethol Seoul ble cwblhaodd ei BFA a’i MFA mewn Cerameg. Ers graddio, mae Lee wedi arddangos ar draws Corea yn ogystal ag arddangos ledled Ewrop (y DU, yr Almaen, y Swistir), gan ennill clod rhyngwladol am ei waith. Symudodd i’r DU o Dde Corea yn 2018 ac ar hyn o bryd mae’n gweithio yn y DU gyda fisa ‘Talent Eithriadol.’
Mae Jaejun yn arbenigo mewn porslen ac yn gwneud darnau artistig a darnau ymarferol. Mae ffurf syml ei waith yn gwneud i bobl ganolbwyntio ar siâp allanol ac arwyneb llyfn y gwaith. Ei nod yw cyfleu neges o ymarferoldeb a harddwch yn ei waith.
Bydd y gwrthrych yn cyfoethogi ac yn gwella bywyd bob dydd y defnyddiwr.