전시 기간: 2025.11.5.(수)-12.05(금)
전 시 명: Jennifer Lee: Traces
전시작가: 제니퍼 리 Jennifer Lee
주관 및 기획 : 갤러리LVS
장 소:
APMA Cabinet (Amorepacific Museum of Art Cabinet)
Opening Hour 11:00 – 16:00 (Mon-Sat)
전시문의 : T. 02-3443-7475 E. info@gallerylvs.org
갤러리LVS에서 영국 도예가 제니퍼 리 (Jennifer Lee) 의 국내 두번째 개인전을 서울 용산 아모레퍼시픽 본사 1층 APMA 캐비닛에서 개최한다. 제니퍼 리는 세계적으로 권위있는 2018년 로에베 공예상 위너를 수상했고 영국에서 가장 영향력 있는 작가 중 한 명으로 여겨진다.
제니퍼 리의 작품은 전통적인 도자 제작 방식인 손으로 점토를 꼬집어서 만드는 핀칭 기법과 점토를 층층이 돌려가며 쌓는 코일링 기법을 사용해서 형태를 만들며, 유약 대신 점토에 금속 산화물을 섞어 도자의 색과 톤이 도자기의 표면과 내부에서 조화롭게 이어지도록 만든다. 산화물과 섞인 흙의 일부는 수십 년간 숙성된 것으로 최초로 혼합된 흙과 현저히 대비되는 시각적인 효과를 보여준다. 한 도자기 안에 여러 색과 무늬가 보여지는 것은 산화물과 숙성 시간이 각각 다른 흙이 만나 이루어지는 모습이며, 시간의 흐름에 따라 독특한 얼룩(speckles)이 보여진다. 특히 2018년 Loewe Craft Prize 수상 작품은 30여 년간 반죽하고 숙성된 흙으로 제작되었으며 인간이 재료만으로 무한한 세월의 흐름과 자연적인 변화, 장인정신을 표현할 수 있음을 전 세계에 보여주어 화제가 되었다.
제니퍼 리의 작품은 물, 흙, 불과 같은 원초적 재료들과 손으로 빚는 전통적인 제작 과정을 통해 단순히 눈에 보여지는 형태를 넘어 자연의 지질적 감각, 장소의 기억과 경험을 그 안에 담아 보여준다. 각 작품들은 고유한 정체성을 지닌 채 세월이 쌓인 지층과 자연적 풍경, 광활하게 펼쳐진 우주를 떠올리게 하며, 마치 지구의 역사를 손으로 만질 수 있는 기록과도 같이 존재한다.
제니퍼 리의 작품은 V&A(Victoria and Albert Museum), 대영박물관, 메트로폴리탄 박물관, LA카운티 미술관, 필라델피아 미술관, 시가라키 현대도예박물관 등 50여개의 세계적인 기관에 소장 되어있으며 2021년 영국 왕실로부터 예술 분야의 공로를 인정받아 Order of the British Empire (OBE) 훈장을 수여 받았다.
본 전시는 1980년대부터 2025년까지 만들어진 27점의 도자 작품과 4점의 드로잉 작업을 선보여 제니퍼 리가 평생에 걸쳐 실천한 수행을 깊이 느낄 수 있는 경험을 제공한다.
갤러리LVS 이유진
Jennifer Lee : Traces
제니퍼 리
A Solo Exhibition at APMA Cabinet (Amorepacific Museum of Art Cabinet)
Presented by Gallery LVS
Gallery LVS is pleased to present Jennifer Lee : Traces, the second solo exhibition in Korea by the renowned British ceramic artist, held at the APMA Cabinet(Amorepacific museum of art Cabinet) located on the first floor of the Amorepacific headquarters in Yongsan, Seoul.
Jennifer Lee, winner of the 2018 LOEWE Craft Prize, is widely regarded as one of the most influential ceramic artists in Britain. Lee constructs her vessels by hand using traditional techniques of pinching and coiling. Rather than applying glaze, she blends metallic oxides directly into the clay, allowing color and tone to harmonize both on the surface and within the body of the vessel.
Some of her oxide-impregnated clays have been laid down for decades resulting in visual effects that contrast radically to when originally mixed, some forming unique speckles over time. Notably, her 2018 LOEWE Craft Prize-winning work, created from clay mixed and aged over three decades, symbolizing how materials can convey the infinite passage of time, natural transformation, and the spirit of craftsmanship.
Through elemental materials and a deeply traditional hand-building process, Lee’s works transcend physical form to embody geological and emotional memory. They capture the sense of place, time, and natural transformation, existing as tactile records of the earth’s own history.
Each vessel carries a distinct identity. When viewed closely, these works evoke the earth’s strata and landscapes—resembling geological samples that conjure the vastness and depth of the universe.
Jennifer Lee’s works are held in 50 major public collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. In 2021, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her outstanding contribution to ceramics.
This exhibition features 27 ceramic works and 4 drawings, spanning from the 1980s to 2025, offering a comprehensive view of the artist’s lifelong practice.
Gallery LVS Youjin Karen Lee
제니퍼 리 Jennifer Lee (b.1956)
Awards
2021 Order of the British Empire for services to ceramics (OBE)
2018 LOEWE Craft Prize, Winner
2004 ‘European Ceramics ‑ Westerwald Prize’ Germany
2001 First World Ceramics Biennale, Ichon Korea, Honourable Mention.
1998 Bayerischer Staatspreis Munich 1998, Germany
1995 Fletcher Challenge Award (shortlist), New Zealand
1995 Jugend Gestaltet Prize, Munich, Germany
1992 The International Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, National Museum of History, Taiwan
1984 Mathildenhöhe Prize, Darmstadt, Germany
1983 Allen Lane Penguin Book Award, RCA, London
1979 David Gordon Memorial Trust Prize, Scotland
1979 Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship to USA, Scotland
Collections
UK
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
British Museum.
Buckinghamshire County Museum.
Contemporary Art Society, London.
Crafts Council Collection, London.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries.
Hepworth Museum, Wakefield.
Hove Museum and Art Gallery.
Leeds City Art Gallery.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.
National Museum Wales.
Norwich Castle Museum.
Pallant House Gallery.
Peters Foundation, London.
Royal Museum, Edinburgh.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia.
Scottish Collection, SDA, Edinburgh.
Thamesdown Collection, Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon.
Trustees Savings Bank Collection, London.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales.
Sweden
CellMark, Göteborg.
National Museum, Stockholm.
Röhsska Museet, Göteborg.
Germany
Europäisches Kunst Handwerk Landesgerwerbeamt, Stuttgart.
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg.
Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig.
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.
Peter Siemssen Foundation for Ceramic Art.
Switzerland
Musée Bellerive, Zurich.
Musée Ariana, Geneva.
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier, New Zealand.
North America
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, New York,
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento.
Long Beach Museum of Art.
Long House Reserve Collection, New York.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Scripps College, Claremont, California.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Canada
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto.
South Korea
Amorepacific Museum, Seoul.
Japan
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo.
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts.
Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Mashiko.
The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki.
Verkehr Museum, Shizuoka.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Jennifer Lee: Traces, Amorepacific Museum of Art Cabinet, Seoul.
2025 Jennifer Lee: ceramics & drawings, Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels.
2023 Jennifer Lee: ceramics & drawings, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
2022-23 Jennifer Lee: Made in Japan, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Ditchling.
2021 Jennifer Lee: Ten Pots, Erskine, Hall & Coe.
2019 Jennifer Lee: the potter's space, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.
2019 Jennifer Lee: A personal selection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
2019 Jennifer Lee: Works from a Private Collection, Erskine, Hall & Coe.
2018 Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto.
2017 Gallery LVS, Seoul.
2016 Erskine, Hall & Coe, London.
2015 Jennifer Lee - Ceramics made in Shigaraki and London, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto.
2015 Jennifer Lee, Tada no yume deshou ka,
The Institute of Ceramic Studies Gallery Shigaraki.
Group Exhibitions
2024
LOEWE Crafted World, Shanghai Exhibition Center.
British London School, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
TEFAF Maastricht 2024, Pierre Marie Giraud, The Netherlands.
Lucie Rie, Magdalene Odundo and Jennifer Lee, Offer Waterman, TEFAF New York.
LOEWE Lamps, Salone del Mobile 2024, Palazzo Citterio, Milan.
2023
Masterpieces in Miniature: The 2021 Model Art Gallery, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.
On Foot: an exhibition curated by Jonathan Anderson, Offer Waterman, London.
Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London.
10 Great Works, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London.
Joe Tilson A-Z of Family and Friends, Marlborough Gallery, London.
The Art of the Potter: Ceramics and Sculpture from 1930 to Now, The Hepworth Wakefield.
2022
One of a Kind - Loewe Craft Prize Winners and Finalists, LVS Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
Pioneering Women, Oxford Ceramics, Oxford.
The Fourth Dimension: To the Future of Vessels, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art.
Ten Great Works, Erskine, Hall & Coe.
2021
Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe.
Of The Earth - Contemporary Ceramics and Glass from The Fitzwilliam Museum, Heong Gallery, Cambridge.
2020
Started it in England: Leach and Hamada, in Two Ways, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
HOUSE OF CRAFT Korean Craft Museum, Cheongju. South Korea.
Artists in Residence in Mashiko: Irina Razumovskaya & Jennifer Lee, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe.
Clay and Abstraction : When Memories become Form, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Mashiko, Japan .
2019
The Diana Reitberger Collection, The Gardiner Museum,
Toronto, Canada.
Salisbury Collection of Studio Ceramics, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Modernity & Elegance: Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and Jennifer Lee, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan.
Exchange and Experimentation - Toward a New Generation of Ceramic Art, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art , Shigaraki,
POTs- the Vessel, The National Gallery, Bangkok.
75th Scripps College Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont.
Materiality: Masterworks from The Miller Ceramic Art Collection, Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, New York.
2018
Contemporary Ceramics in the 1990’s, Gallery Koyanagi.
The Diana Reitberger Collection, The Gardiner Museum,
Toronto, Canada.
The Dramatic Vessel, Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka, Japan.
Loewe Craft Prize 2018, Design Museum, London.
Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Ceramics, Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge.
Masters of British Studio Pottery, Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Handheld, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut.
Timeless Secrets - Ceramic Artists in Their Own Words, Swindon Museum and Art.
