Jo Hee-jin South Korean, b. 1990
Jo Hee-jin is a young female ceramist who centres ideas of emotion in her work. She creates unconventional objects that depict her own feelings. Her work explores questions around the function and purpose of ceramics, challenging the realm of utilitarian ceramic art in South Korea. From a distance, her works can appear as if they are living creatures – the organic structures are created using thousands of button size patches of clay. Working with such small quantities of clay means the artist must work at speed to prevent the clay from drying out and to ensure a stable structure. Repetition and variation are significant elements in her process and evident in each unique piece. Jo works responsively, reflecting on both the clay and her emotions to create the organic nature of her works. She deliberately leaves works ‘incomplete, imbalanced and unfinished’ as both a challenge to herself and to the viewer.
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Jo Hee-jinVariation Green #2, 2022Glazed porcelain clay24 x 10 x 10 cm
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Jo Hee-jinVariation Green #3, 2022Glazed porcelain clay29 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm
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Jo Hee-jinVariation White #1, 2022Glazed porcelain clay26.6 x 13 x 13 cm
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Jo Hee-jinVariation White #2, 2022Glazed porcelain clay26.9 x 7 x 7 cm
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Jo Hee-jinVariation White #3, 2022Glazed porcelain clay20.5 x 9 x 8 cm
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Jo Hee-jinVariation Green #4, 2023Ceramic25 x 21 x 21 cm
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Jo Hee-jinVariation Green #5, 2023Ceramic24 x 21 x 21 cm
9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inView more details
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Collect
Cromwell Place, 4 Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE London 1 - 5 Mar 2023For Collect 2023, we will focus on the new generation of ceramic artists and introduce two European- based Korean artists, exhibiting in London for the first time. Yusun Won, living and working in Cardiff and Lydia SJ Park based in Oslo. Both have already achieved international recognition for their unique...Read more -
Artefact
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London SW10 0XE 10 - 15 May 2022We are pleased to return to the ARTEFACT, a curated, boutique art fair for contemporary craft at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour in London (10 – 15 May 2022). Lloyd Choi Gallery will present exciting new artworks by our Korean young talents who are reinterpreting traditional materials and processes through...Read more -
Collect
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA 23 - 27 Feb 2022Lloyd Choi Gallery is thrilled to return to Collect at Somerset House. Alongside exciting new works by thirteen established Korean artists, Lloyd Choi Gallery is thrilled to present two new artists working at the heart of this new wave of craftsmanship. new artists working at the heart of this new...Read more