Above: “Korean American Moon Jars”, porcelain, cobalt, copper oxide, glaze, 14” x 31” x 15”, 2023
Front Cover: “Korean American Moon Jars” detail view
Above: “In Like a Rabbit”, porcelain, white slip, 37” x 33.5” x 1”, 2023 Left: “In Like a Rabbit” detail view
Above: “Out Like a Tiger”, porcelain, white slip, 37” x 33.5” x 1”, 2023 Left: “Out Like a Tiger” detail view
Above: “Jar with Tiger and Magpies”, porcelain, cobalt oxide, glaze, 16” x 14” x 15”, 2023
Left: “Jar with Tiger and Magpies” alternate views
Above: “Symbiosis”, porcelain, white slip, 17” x 14” x 9”, 2023 Left: “Symbiosis” alternate views
Steven Young Lee
Steven Young Lee resides in Helena, Montana, previously working as Resident Artist Director of the Archie Bray Foundation from 2006 to 2022. A Chicago native, he received his MFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He has lectured and taught at several universities globally. In 2004, he created a new body of work as part of a one-year cultural and educational exchange fellowship in Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province. His work has been exhibited in China, Canada and throughout the United States, and is held in numerous public and private collections. Lee maintains an active studio practice rooted in both functional and sculptural ceramics. His current work examines cultural references and how individuals draw realities based on experience and environment. Through his sculpture and vessels, he challenges preconceptions of style, form, symbolism, superstitions, and identity.
Education
2004 M.F.A, Ceramic Art and Design, Alfred University
1998 B.F.A, Ceramic Art; Art Education, Alfred University NYS Teaching Certification, magna cum laude
1993-95 Business, Studio Art, University of Iowa
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary, Duane Reed Gallery
2022 Art Market San Francisco, Duane Reed Gallery
2021 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
2020 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2019 SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Art Market San Francisco, Duane Reed Gallery
2018 CONTEXT Miami, Duane Reed Gallery
SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery
Art Market San Francisco, Duane Reed Gallery
2017 CONTEXT Miami, Duane Reed Gallery
SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
2016 Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C. Art Aspen, Duane Reed Gallery
Art Market San Francisco, Duane Reed Gallery
Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Palm Springs Fine Art, Duane Reed Gallery
Selected Collections
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Crocker Art Museum, Swidler Collection, Sacramento, CA
Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY
San Bao Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Standard Ceramic Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Back Cover: “Korean American Moon Jars” detail view
