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.

CV

Heami Lee (b. 1984)
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION

M.F.A. in Ceramics, Graduate School, Hongik University
B.F.A. in Ceramics & Glass, Hongik University
B.B.A. in Business Administration, Hongik University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025
STARDUST, ARTSIDE Temporary, Seoul, Korea

2023
Heami Lee Solo Exhibition, BOL Gallery, Singapore

2022
Heami Lee, Minoriminori Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
Scenes of Time, Gallery Kabinett, Seoul, Korea

2021
Silver Pigments, Time to Be Made by Hand, B-tree Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2019
Silver Porcelain, Gallery Document, Seoul, Korea
Our Still Life, Alkov, Pangyo, Korea

2018
The Gold Lines, Rooming, Seoul, Korea

2017
La Book Selection, DDP Crea, Seoul, Korea
Moment in Vase, Craft on the Hill, Seoul, Korea

2014
Blue Christmas in July, Bu:uk, Seoul, Korea

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
The Mignon Show: Variations on Korean Arts & Crafts, Graziella Semerciyan Art, Craft & Design Gallery, Paris, France
Texture of Lights, TABAYA United Arrows Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Small Sculpture, SPACE B-E Gallery & Stage 02, Seoul, Korea
Our Home: Korean Craft Archive 2025, Korean Cultural Center, Stockholm, Sweden
Terre Mêlée IV: Alchemy – Firing Time, Infusing the Moment, Space Furniture, Singapore
Homo Ceramicus, Gyeonggi Museum of Ceramic Art, Icheon, Korea
Paris Design Week: Là où la lumière reste, ADÈLE Collections, Paris, France
Dovetail, Galerie HeA, Seoul, Korea
Slow Hand’s Rebellion, Hohojae, Seoul, Korea
(A) Banquet, Gallery Royal, Seoul, Korea
Moonjar for You, The Square, Seoul, Korea
Moon Jars: No Simple Matter, Guild Gallery, New York, USA

2024
Looking At, Stay In, B-tree Gallery, Busan, Korea
Terre Mêlée III, Silvera Poliform, Paris, France
Encounter 2024, RAC, Busan, Korea
Terre Mêlée II, Tiledesignstore Gallery, Naples, Italy
House of Editorkab, Ochoryang, Busan, Korea

2023
Relationshiplog, Hohojae, Seoul, Korea
Terre Mêlée, Galerie HeA, Seoul, Korea
Silver Lining, Galerie HeA, Seoul, Korea

2022
Craft / Defamiliarization, Lotte Gallery, Seoul, Korea
A White Garden, March Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Shilla Arcade Showcase Exhibition, The Shilla Hotel, Seoul, Korea
At Home, The Mansion, Seoul, Korea
Craft / WHITE, Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, Korea

2021
Art Jeju, Maison Glad, Jeju, Korea
Korea Craft Week 2021, Culture Station 284 RTO, Seoul, Korea
Bowl.Basket.Basin, Gallery Kabinett, Seoul, Korea
The Atelier, Fermate, Seoul, Korea

2020
Silver Christmas Pop-up Exhibition, Boon the Shop Cheongdam, Seoul, Korea
My Home: Moment, Gallery Kabinett, Seoul, Korea
Art & Journey, Ananti Cove, Busan, Korea
Into the Forest, Space 445, Seoul, Korea
Art Busan, BEXCO, Busan, Korea
1000 Vases, Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
Still Life, 16p16p16p, Seoul, Korea
Dutch Parade, Galleria, Gwanggyo, Korea

2019
Shapes We Meet by Chance, Uhjjuhdah.Promenade, Seoul, Korea
A Little Piece of Light, Orer Archive, Seoul, Korea
Interior Design Korea, KINTEX, Ilsan, Korea

2018
Ordinary Days in Innohome, Innohome, Seoul, Korea

2017
A Little Story with the Artist, YOUNHYUN Handmade Store, Seoul, Korea
The Art of Everyday Life, Naver, Bundang, Korea

2016
Annual Showcase Gala, Chapter 1, Seoul, Korea

2015
Un Dîner chez moi!, Gallery Merciel Bis, Busan, Korea
Hands on the Table, SPACE B-E, Seoul, Korea

2014
Merci, SPACE B-E, Seoul, Korea
Boundless Seas, Space Cottonseed, Singapore
It’s All About Material, YOUNHYUN Handmade Store, Seoul, Korea
I Believe I Believe…, SPACE B-E, Seoul, Korea

2013
The Last Blue, Modern Marketplace, Seoul, Korea
Atmosphere, SPACE B-E, Seoul, Korea

2012
A Boundless Ocean, SPACE B-E, Seoul, Korea

2011
BADA Design/Atelier 2011 S/S, F/W Launching Show, Seoul, Korea

2010
It’s White, Doosan Art Square, Seoul, Korea
Graduate School of Hongik University, Department of Ceramics, HOMA, Seoul, Korea
New Generation of Sympathetic Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, HOMA, Seoul, Korea

2009
Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Exhibition Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the College of Fine Arts, Hongik University, HOMA, Seoul, Korea
CQ, HOMA, Seoul, Korea
It’s Red, Gallery YIANG, Seoul, Korea

2008
Seoul Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Xi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

FAIRS

2024
DEFINE Seoul 2024, Seoul, Korea
Busan Art Fair 2024, BEXCO, Busan, Korea

2023
Busan Art Fair 2023, BEXCO, Busan, Korea

2022
Busan Art Fair 2022, BEXCO, Busan, Korea
Asia Now 2022, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France

2018
NY NOW, Javits Center, New York, USA
Seoul Living Design Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Craft Trend Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea

2017
Craft Trend Fair 2017, COEX, Seoul, Korea

2015
Fiber Art Fair, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

AWARDS

Seoul Contemporary Ceramic Contest, Selection Award
Earthen Figurines Contest, Selection Award

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
Ramada Hotel Sindorim, Korea