Huey Hyuk Lee
E-mail: potter.lee48@gmail.com
Website: www.hueyleearts.com
Education
2023 Master of Fine Arts at the grad school of the University of Georgia. (Athens, GA)
• Studio Art-Ceramic Art.
• Rachel Sharp Decosimo Art Scholarship (2022)
• Dorothy H. McRae Ceramic Arts Scholarship (2020, 2021, 2022)
2018 Studied at the graduate school of Hong-Ik University. Seoul, Korea
• The honor of having scholarship to an outstanding student (2017)
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts at the undergraduate school of Kyung Hee Univ. (Yong-in, Korea)
• Ceramic art
• The honor of having scholarship with the 2nd highest GPA (2015)
• Friendship scholarship (2011/2012/2013/2014)
• International training program scholarship to Jingdezhen Ceramics university, Jingdezhen, China (2011)
• National scholarships (2012/2013/2014/2015)
• Special purpose scholarships for an exhibition (2013)
2011 Korea Ceramic Art High School (Icheon, Korea)
Apprenticeship
Mar.2016~Feb. 2018 Inchin Lee studio Apprentice under artist Prof. Inchin Lee in Korea.
• Firing Ana Gama (Japanese Traditional Wood Kiln)
• Assistant
Dec. 2010~Mar. 2012 Gon DoYe Apprentice under contemporary ceramist Tae-Gone, Kim in Korea
• Studying ceramic sculpture
Sept. 2009~Aug. 2010 /Jun. 2009~Aug. 2009 Byucksan DoYe studio Apprentice under Potter the late Gil Bae, Kim in Korea
• Studying wheel-throwing
• Studying Traditional Tea bowl and Porcelain with Raw and natural materials.
• Studying Korean traditional wood Kiln
Work & Teaching experience
Aug. 2023~ Ceramic Classes Instructor at KC Clay Guild, KCMO.
Aug. 2021~ May. 2023 Ceramic Class Instructor at the University of Georgia
Oct. 2021 Demo Assistant for the visiting Artist, George McCauley.
May. 2021~July. 2021 Student Assistant at the University of Georgia
Aug. 2020~ May. 2021 Studio Technician at the University of Georgia
Feb. 2017~Feb. 2018 Kiln technician at Hong-ik University Graduate program in Ceramics
Mar. 2017~Sept. 2018 Instructor at Hong-ik University Girls Middle School
Apr. 2017~Jun. 2017 GICB 2017 International Ceramics Workshops staff (Icheon, Korea)
• Assist International Artists
• Install artworks
Mar. 2012~May. 2015 Senior Wheel-throwing Technician YEOWOOJAGI pottery studio (Yong-In, Korea)
Mar. 2012~Jun. 2012 Senior Instructor & Korean traditional wood Kiln technician ClayHouse (Gwacheon, Korea)
Article, Interview & Magazine Feature
2024 Artist Closeup Magazine & Artist Interview
2024 Al-Tiba9, Artist Interview
2023 Addition Art Magazine Issue One
2023 Artistonish March 2023
2023 Observica 23rd Issue Special Edition
July. 2021 Article- Jerry Cullum's feature of the Invitational
Mar. 2011 Interview- The student who was highly rated for overcoming hardship (The Chosun Ilbo, Korea)
Aug. 2010 EBS live solo Interview show Broadcast for Education (Education Broadcasting System, Seoul, Korea)
Jul. 2010 Interview -Seeking own my ‘WAY’ to ask the teens (The Chosun Ilbo, Korea)
Artist Feature
2024 Artist Feature, Month of the Mugs, Belger Art Center (KCMO)
2023 Artist Feature, Signature Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
Artist Talk
2025 University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)
2024 Columbia College (Columbia, MO)
2024 University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)
2022 Suite Gallery (Athens, GA)
Award
Feb. 2024 Director’s Choice, Color Pop!, Saratoga Clay Art Center (Saratoga, NY)
Jan. 2024 Director’s Choice, International Cup, Clay Studio Missoula (Missoula, MT)
Jan. 2024 3rd Place, 13th National Juried Exhibition, Marshall University (Huntington, WV)
Oct. 2023 Talent Prize Award, 8th Abstract Art Competition, CA
July. 2021 KC Clay Guild Teabowl Purchase Award, (Kansas City, MO)
Jun. 2021 1st Place Juried exhibition at Shoreline Arts Festival, (Shoreline, WA)
May. 2016 Special prize-Mungyeong Traditional Teabowl Festival Traditional Pottery Wheel Competition (Mungyeong Si, Korea)
Nov. Win a prize –Seoul National Contemporary Ceramic Arts (Seoul, Korea)
Nov. 2013 Win a prize- The 10th Ceramic Arts Award of Korea (Incheon Si, Koea)
Nov. 2012 Special prize-The Hoeryong Great Fine Arts Exhibition (Uijeongbu Si, Korea)
May. 2012 Win a prize- Icheon Ceramic Story Competition (Icheon Ceramics Festival Organization, Icheon, Korea)
Jun. 2011 Win a prize- International Teaware Competition (International Teaworld Teaware organization, Seoul Korea)
Jun. 2010 Win a prize- International Teaware Competition (International Teaworld Teaware organization, Seoul Korea)
March. 2010 1st prize –Icheon Ceramic Arts Festival Clay an Olympic Competition (Icheon, Korea)
One Man Show
(Upcoming) 2026 Two person show at Swan Coach Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
2025 Entangled Echoes, Centered Earth Gallery (Kansas City, MO)
2024 Ask My Creatures, Solo Show at Centered Earth Gallery (Kansas City, MO)
2024 Picking Up the Narratives, Solo Show at Greg Hardwick Gallery (Columbia, MO)
2023 Solo Show, Teravarna (Los Angeles, CA)
2022 Intangible Memories, Bridge Gallery (Athens, GA)
2022 Entangled Memories, Suite Gallery (Athens, GA)
Group and Juried Exhibition
(Upcoming) 2025 RLCC Juried Exhibition National VIII, Red Lodge Clay Center (Red Lodge, MT)
2025 KC CLAY GUILD Resident Show Invited (Warrensburg, MO)
2025 Earth & Fire 2025, Stifel Fine Arts Center (Wheeling, WV)
2025 46th Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (Mesa, AZ)
2025 Teapot Show III, NCECA (Salt Lake, UT)
2024 What’s Your Story? Narrative Clay Today, Society Of Craft (Worcester, MA)
2024 Tea, ArtSpace with NCECA (Richmond, VA)
2024 Teabowl National 2024, KC Clay Guild (Kansas City, MO)
2024 It’s Only Clay 2024, Watermark Art Center (Bemidji, MN)
2024 Yellow Spring Ceramics National, Historic Yellow Spring (Chester Spring, PA)
2024 KC Clay Guild Exhibition by Resident Artists, ARTSKC Gallery (Kansas City, MO)
2024 Color Pop!, Saratoga Clay Art Center (Saratoga, NY)
2024 Earth & Fire 2024, Stifel Fine Arts Center (Wheeling, WV)
2024 International Cup 2024, Clay Studio of Missoula (Missoula, MT)
2024 Teapots X Biennial, Baltimore Clay Works (Baltimore, MD)
2024 13th National Juried Exhibition, Marshall University (Huntington, WV)
2023 3rd Annual 406 Cup, Wildfire Clay Studio and Gallery (Missoula, MT)
2023 Juried Exhibition Cup Show, Worcester Center for Craft (Worcester, MA)
2023 Juried Exhibition the Clay Cup VI: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)
2023 Juried Exhibition Gesture, La Mecha Contemporary Gallery (El Paso, TX)
2023 Juried Exhibition My Next-Door Neighbor: Beyond Face Value, Wildfire Clay Studio and Gallery (Missoula, MT)
2023 RLCC Juried Exhibition National VII, Red Lodge Clay Center (Red Lodge, MT)
2023 DE: (Re)Construct, Athenaeum Gallery (Athens, GA)
2023 Alchemy Juried Exhibition, (Create! Magazine)
2023 Indoor Downeast Sculpture Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery (Greenville, NC)
2023 In The Abstract Juried Exhibition (CA)
2023 San Angelo Ceramics Symposium Juried Show in San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (San Angelo, TX)
2023 Lyndon House Arts Center 48th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House of Athens (Athens, GA)
2023 La Mostra: The Show. Lupin Foundation Gallery (Athens, GA)
2022 A Ceramic Cup Show 2022, Savannah Clay Community (Savannah, Ga)
2022 Play Along Four Artists Show, Lupin Foundation Gallery (Athens, GA)
2022 Teapots IX Biennial, Baltimore Clay Works (Baltimore, MD)
2022 International Cups 2022, Clay Studio of Missoula (Missoula, MT)
2021 Fourteenth Annual Cup Show: “Form and Function,” Gulf Coast State College (Panama City, FL)
2021 GA MFA Invitational Exchange – 650 Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
2021 National Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Arts Council of Wayne County (NC)
2021 Juried exhibition. Material Mugs VI: UNDERGLAZE, Companion Gallery (TN)
2021 KC Clay Guild Teabowl National, ARTSKC Gallery (MO)
2021 Juried exhibition. Hella Cups Ceramic Exhibition, Applied Contemporary Gallery (Oakland, CA)
2021 Shoreline Art Festival: Juried Art Show (Shoreline, WA)
2021 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show 2021, Savannah Clay Community (Savannah, GA)
2021 Social Dissonance Suite Gallery (Athens, GA)
2021 46th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House of Athens (Athens, GA)
2018 Ceramic Village, Kyung-In Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2017 MFA Ceramics annual critique show with three group of Universities (Seoul Tech University, Hong-Ik University, Kyung-Hee University in Korea)
2017 Cross Over Selected Group Show, Mil-ael Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2016 MFA Ceramics annual critique show with three group of Universities (Seoul Tech University, Hong-Ik University, Kyung-Hee University in Korea)
2016 Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia (Taiwan)
2016 We are still Working, Gallery IS (Seoul, Korea)
2015 We are still Working, Gallery IS (Seoul, Korea)
2015 Oath of the Peach Garden, KCDF gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2015 Ceramic Village, Kyung-In Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2013 Ceramic Village, Kyung-In Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2012 Ceramic Village, Kyung-In Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2011 Ceramic Village, Kyung-In Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
2010 Ceramic Village, Kyung-In Gallery (Seoul, Korea)
Invitational Exhibition
2025 Summer Invitation. Swan Coach Gallery (Atlanta, GA
2025 Midwest Pottery Festival, KC URBAN POTTER (Kansas City, MO)
2024 Tableware Invitation, Contemporary Craft, (Pittsburgh, PA)
2024 Tea Invitation, Highland Gallery, (South Bend, IN)
2024 Summer Invitation. Swan Coach Gallery (GA)
2024 Monument Valley, Living Arts of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
2023 Yunomi Invitational, Summer 2023 (Iowa City, IA)
2023 Summer Invitation. Swan Coach Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
2022 Summer Invitation. Swan Coach Gallery (Atlanta, GA)
2021 Summer Invitation. Swan Coach Gallery (GA)
Residency Experience
2023~ KC Clay Guild (Kansas City, MO)
Workshops
Feb. 2025 Visting Artist at the University of Central Missouri
Feb. 2024 Visting Artist at the University of Central Missouri
Jan. 2024 KC CLAY GUILD Huey Lee Workshop
Sept 2010 Onggi Expo Ulsan Korea Workshop (Ulsan, Korea)
Summer& Winter School
Jun. 2022~ Aug. 2022 The University of Georgia Cortona program, Cortona, Italy
Jun. 2018~Jul. 2018 Summer school in Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
Jun. 2017~Jul. 2017 Summer school in Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
Dec. 2011~Feb. 2012 Winter school in Jingdezhen University, Jingdezhen, China
Art Fair
2025 Westport Art Fair Juried Emerging Artist (KCMO)
Permanent Collection
KC Clay Guild (Kansas City, MO)
Columbia College (Columbia, MO)
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
University of Georgia Science Library (Athens, GA)