Sun Kim
Sun Kim focuses on making functional objects which explore the relationship between the traditional and the contemporary. Her latest body of work, a series of geometric vessels, are individually content but also work very well in groups. They form a language of work that Sun has been developing and refining for the last few years and they play with geometry and composition.
Sun's making process involves different techniques such as wheel throwing, hand building and assembling. Her aim is to explore three-dimensionality, emphasizing the senses of volume, tension and expansion within a form.
The inspiration comes from her surroundings: objects and their historical context, architecture, texture, colour, design and nature. They all continually feed her visual language and open new paths of investigation.
For Sun, making is a personal journey as each piece progresses within the studio. She finds it intriguing how her pots begin to create new narratives for themselves when placed in different settings. The work begins to interact with its new environment taking on a new context.
Sun Kim is Korean, born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Brazil. She currently resides in London. In 2003, Sun Kim completed her BA Ceramics in New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, USA. Prior to that she completed her BA at the Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has been studio assistant with Edmund de Waal for over 15 years.
Sun's work is part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Northern Ireland, Ireland and the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
Loewe Craft Prize finalist Annie Turner describes Sun as one of the most accomplished ceramicists she had ever come across and, as a long-standing teacher at City Lit as well as being an award-winning artist in her own right, Annie has seen a lot of ceramicists in her time. It is high praise indeed.
Writing about Sun's work in Ceramic Review, ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal said: "[her work is] poised and confident, hovering on the edge of post-modern quotation without being over self-conscious. When I handled her work it became clear that this was a potter who was preternaturally skilful in both throwing and assembling, and also someone with a passionate determination to make vessels."
Edmund de Waal, Ceramic Review 2007
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Group of Five Geometric Vessels, 2018 SoldView more details
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels, 2020£ 1,760.00View more details
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Group of Five Folded Vessels , 2022 SoldView more details
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Group of Five Geometric Vessels, 2022 SoldView more details
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Group of Five Geometric Vessels , 2022 SoldView more details
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Group of Three Folded Vessels, 2022£ 1,705.00View more details
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels, 2022£ 1,485.00View more details
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels , 2022 SoldView more details
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Group of Two Geometric Vessels , 2022£ 1,155.00View more details
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Large Folded Vessel , 2022 SoldView more details
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Medium Folded Vessel , 2022£ 715.00View more details
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels , 2023£ 1,430.00View more details
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels , 2023£ 1,430.00View more details
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Group of Three Open Vessels , 2023£ 1,760.00View more details
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Group of Two Geometric Vessels , 2023£ 1,210.00View more details
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Stockwell Studio, 1 Lorn Court, London, SW9 0AB 11 - 18 May 2024In 2004, Juliana Cavaliero and Debra Finn curated their first exhibition as Cavaliero Finn in a home in South London and they haven't looked back since. For this exhibition, Cavaliero...Read more -
Crafting a Difference at Formed, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
Proudly presented by Cavaliero Finn, jaggedart and Vessel Gallery 9 - 13 Oct 2023The Crafting a Difference collective has worked together since the pandemic offering a distinctive and unique selection of museum quality works and vast knowledge and experience in both the craft...Read more -
Elemental Lines
Cavaliero Finn at Ballroom Arts 152A High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk IP15 5AQ UK 8 - 18 Jun 2023This exhibition, which coincided with the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk, took place in Ballroom Arts a beautiful space overlooking the North Sea. Elemental Lines examined how the lines of the...Read more -
Decorative Fair Autumn 2022
Contemporary on the Mezzanine, Battersea Park, London 4 - 9 Oct 2022Cavaliero Finn Presents The Art of Geometry at Contemporary on the MezzanineRead more
Exhibiting alongside some of the UK’s leading gallieries in modern craft and design, Cavaliero Finn will present - The Art of Geometry - a collection of work featuring geometric abstraction inspired by diverse but interrelated references.
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Artefact 2022
The contemporary craft fair at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London 10 - 15 May 2022Artefact, is a contemporary craft fair which brings the joy of the handmade to an audience of designers, architects, collectors and enthusiasts, illustrating the increasing importance of craft to the interior design industry. It features objects of astonishing artistic merit courtesy of a host international galleries in the Design Avenue. An accompanying programme of specialist talks and demonstrations helps bring the contemporary craft to life.Read more -
Collect Art Fair at Somerset House, London
The leading contemporary craft and design fair 25 Feb - 6 Mar 2022Cavaliero Finn was delighted to return to London's beautiful Somerset House for Collect which took place this year from 25-27 February 2022 with previews on 23-24 February 2022. Cavaliero Finn presented work by 15 artists at Collect including work by Edmond Byrne, Matthew Chambers, Simon Gaiger, Ashraf Hanna, Björk Haraldsdóttir, Ikuko Iwamoto, Mimi Joung, Sun Kim, Nicholas Lees, Cecilia Moore, Frances Priest, Daniel Reynolds, Katharine Swailes, Annie Turner and Jacy Wall.Read more -
Crafting a Difference at the Argentine Ambassador's Official Residence
Part of London Craft Week 4 - 10 Oct 2021Crafting a Difference at the Official Residence of the Argentine Ambassador in Belgrave Square, London runs from October 4th -10th. The exhibition celebrates outstanding international contemporary craft set within the magnificent architecture, décor and fabric of the Argentine Ambassador’s Official Residence, in the frame of London Craft Week 2021, with support from the Crafts Council, QEST, Loewe Foundation, Michelangelo Foundation, Cockpit Arts, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour and Artegian Design.Read more
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels , 2023£ 1,430.00
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels , 2023£ 1,430.00
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Group of Three Open Vessels , 2023£ 1,760.00
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Group of Two Geometric Vessels , 2023£ 1,210.00
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Group of Five Folded Vessels , 2022 Sold
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Group of Five Geometric Vessels, 2022 Sold
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Group of Five Geometric Vessels , 2022 Sold
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Group of Three Folded Vessels, 2022£ 1,705.00
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels, 2022£ 1,485.00
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels , 2022 Sold
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Group of Two Geometric Vessels , 2022£ 1,155.00
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Large Folded Vessel , 2022 Sold
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Medium Folded Vessel , 2022£ 715.00
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Group of Three Geometric Vessels, 2020£ 1,760.00