Archive of Author | Jiyong Lee

About Jiyong Lee

Jiyong Lee is a studio artist and educator who lives and works in Carbondale, Illinois, the United States. A professor of art at Southern Illinois University, Lee has headed the glass program there since 2005. Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He earned his MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He taught internationally, including Pilchuck Glass School, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts in the United States, the Domaine de Boisbuchet in France, Canberra Glassworks in Australia, Fire Station Artists’ Studios in Ireland. He has won a number of honors, including Loewe Foundation's Craft Prize Finalist, Bavarian State Prize from International Trade Fair, Munich Germany, the Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally, and recent highlights include Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, and KOREA NOW exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, an acquisition by the Barry Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, and Chanel France.

Jiyong Lee is a studio artist and educator who lives and works in Carbondale, Illinois, the United States. A professor of art at Southern Illinois University, Lee has headed the glass program there since 2005. Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He earned his MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He taught internationally, including Pilchuck Glass School, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts in the United States, the Domaine de Boisbuchet in France, Canberra Glassworks in Australia, Fire Station Artists’ Studios in Ireland. He has won a number of honors, including Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize Finalist, Bavarian State Prize from International Trade Fair, Munich Germany, the Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally, and recent highlights include Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, and KOREA NOW exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, an acquisition by the Barry Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, and Chanel France.

Articles with Jiyong Lee

Segmentation series

“The segmentation series is inspired by my fascination with science of cell, its division and the journey of growth that starts from a single cell and goes through a million divisions to become a life. I work with glass that has transparency and translucency, two qualities that serve as perfect metaphors for what is known and unknown about life science. The segmented, geometrical forms of my work represent cells, embryos, biological and molecular structures—each symbolizing the building blocks of life as well as the starting point of life.”

Jiyong Lee is a studio artist and educator who lives and works in Carbondale, Illinois, the United States. A professor of art at Southern Illinois University, Lee has headed the glass program there since 2005.