Young-Jae Lee: Vasen

Korean-born Young-Jae Lee (*1951, Seoul) has been a pioneer in the world of artistic ceramics for fifty years. She studied in Seoul at the College of Art Education (1968-1972) and ceramics and design at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden (1973-1978). She initially opened her own workshop in Sandhausen/Heidelberg, and since 1987 she has run the Margaretenhöhe Ceramic Workshop in Essen, which was founded by Margarete Krupp. In addition to numerous prizes, the artist received an honorary doctorate from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław in 2016.

Young-Jae Lee's work centres on vessels and large-format bowls, which she arranges into various installations in her exhibitions, often temporarily redefining her exhibition spaces in the process. The works have already been shown worldwide. The artist wants to create bowls and vases made of clay "as the world has never seen them before". 49 different colourfully glazed pieces will now be on display in Chemnitz in the Stadtkirche St. Jakobi, once again bringing secular art into churches.