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Young-Jae Lee was born in 1951 in Seoul, Korea. From 1968 to 1972, she studied at the College of Fine Arts in Seoul before moving to Germany in 1972. There, she studied ceramics and design at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden from 1973 to 1978. Since 1987, and continuing to this day, Young-Jae Lee has been the head of the Ceramic Workshop Margaretenhöhe in Essen.
At the St. Jakobi Church in Chemnitz, the artist presents several of her vases, which she refers to as "heartbreakers." The vases, broken during firing, were reassembled using a Japanese technique with gold. This symbol of wounding and healing can be read not only as a connection to the Passion period but also as a bridge to the history of St. Jakobi: on March 5th, 1945, the church was destroyed in a bombing raid on Chemnitz and was later rebuilt.
Greeting: Michael Stötzer, Mayor of the Building Department of the City of Chemnitz
Artistic Introduction: Alexander Ochs, Curator of the Purple Path, the art and sculpture trail of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025