Jaejun Lee
Works
Series
Exhibitions
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 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.Read more
For this exhibition, Cavaliero Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio.
Revisit this exhibition online now.
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Missed us at Collect 2024?
Our presentation is available to view and purchase online 28 Feb - 31 Mar 2024Missed us at Collect? See the collection and installation images here. For Collect 2024 at Somerset House Cavaliero Finn presented The Alchemy of Nature at the fair featuring work by...Read more -
Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.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
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Artefact - Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
The contemporary craft fair 9 - 13 May 2023Cavaliero Finn spent a great week exhibiting at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour in May at Artefact which was organised as part of London Craft Week 2023. Our curated presentation...Read more -
The London Art Fair 2023
Cavaliero Finn presents Into the Night - Encounters 2023 18 - 22 Jan 2023Contemporary art gallery Cavaliero Finn exhibits at the London Art Fair 2023 with a presentation of art work by painters David Edmond, Catherine Knight, Kate Sherman, Mia Cavaliero, Judith Tucker and Trevor Burgess; textiles by Richard McVetis; ceramics by Jaejun Lee and sculptural furniture and lighting by Craig Bamford.Read more
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Biography
Jaejun Lee is a Korean ceramicist based working in Cardiff.
He studied at the Seoul National University where he completed his bachelor degree in Fine Arts and Masters in Fine Art in Ceramics. Since graduating, Jaejun has exhibited extensively across Korea as well as exhibiting across Europe (UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland), gaining international acclaim for his work. He moved to the UK from South Korea in 2018 and is currently working in the UK with an 'Exceptional Talent' visa.
Jaejun specializes in porcelain and makes both artistic vessels and functional wares. The simple form of his vessel makes people concentrate on outer shape and smooth surface. His aim is to communicate a message of functionality and beauty through his work. For him, each object he creates should enrich and enhance the user’s everyday life.
He studied at the Seoul National University where he completed his bachelor degree in Fine Arts and Masters in Fine Art in Ceramics. Since graduating, Jaejun has exhibited extensively across Korea as well as exhibiting across Europe (UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland), gaining international acclaim for his work. He moved to the UK from South Korea in 2018 and is currently working in the UK with an 'Exceptional Talent' visa.
Jaejun specializes in porcelain and makes both artistic vessels and functional wares. The simple form of his vessel makes people concentrate on outer shape and smooth surface. His aim is to communicate a message of functionality and beauty through his work. For him, each object he creates should enrich and enhance the user’s everyday life.
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20 Years of Cavaliero Finn
Revisit Cavaliero Finn's landmark 20th anniversary exhibition at Stockwell Studio 8 May - 1 Aug 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 Finn returned to its South London roots to celebrate its 20th birthday at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition featured a wide range of artists who have shown with the gallery over the last 20 years including work by our current portfolio of artists and work from some of our earlier artists, like painters Holly Frean, Daisy Cook and Caroline Popham, paper artist Thurle Wright, designer makers Sam Edkins and Deborah Bowness, and sculptors Tom Stogdon, Danuta Solowiej, Merete Rasmussen and Patricia Volk who returned to the gallery as guest artists for this show. The exhibition also included an installation by textile artist Isabelle Fletcher and new work by Lise Herud Braten, the most recent additions to the Cavaliero Finn portfolio. Revisit this exhibition online now.Read more -
Missed us at Collect 2024?
Our presentation is available to view and purchase online 28 Feb - 31 Mar 2024Missed us at Collect? See the collection and installation images here. For Collect 2024 at Somerset House Cavaliero Finn presented The Alchemy of Nature at...Read more -
Winter - The weakening eye of day
Gallery 12, Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2JE - 22nd-26th November, 11am - 7pm Wed-Sat 11am-4pm Sun 22 - 26 Nov 2023In November 2023, Cavaliero Finn presented a selection of artworks at Cromwell Place chosen to evoke winter in different ways, whether it’s capturing the essence of it through light and colour, the sense of decay through texture and material, or the sense of beauty hope and renewal through composition and context. The Winter exhibition was dedicated to artist Judith Tucker who died suddenly on Monday November 13th 2023.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...Read more
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Artefact - Design Centre Chelsea Harbour
The contemporary craft fair 9 - 13 May 2023Cavaliero Finn spent a great week exhibiting at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour in May at Artefact which was organised as part of London Craft...Read more -
The London Art Fair 2023
Cavaliero Finn presents Into the Night - Encounters 2023 18 - 22 Jan 2023Contemporary art gallery Cavaliero Finn exhibits at the London Art Fair 2023 with a presentation of art work by painters David Edmond, Catherine Knight, Kate Sherman, Mia Cavaliero, Judith Tucker and Trevor Burgess; textiles by Richard McVetis; ceramics by Jaejun Lee and sculptural furniture and lighting by Craig Bamford.Read more