Biography
Heesoo Lee was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, where she earned her BA in art from Ewha University. In 2000, she transitioned to a dedicated studio practice in Berkeley, California, before moving to Maui, where she established a thriving studio business. Her artistic journey includes a summer residency at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in 2013, a long-term residency in 2014, a visiting artist role in 2020, and another fall residency in 2021. Currently, Heesoo is a full-time studio artist who dedicates time to teaching workshops in the U.S. and other countries.
Artist Statement
Heesoo Lee’s work explores the vulnerability of the human condition through the metaphor of the natural world. Her artistic language, formed by observations of material, nature, and place, engages with themes of identity, connection, and time. In describing subtle variations of light, texture, color, and shadow as they exist in nature, Lee is, fundamentally, illuminating a range human emotions and the humbling reality of being a feeling person in a vast and changeable world.
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