Yves Lee
Artist | Ceramicist | Curator
Education
2013-2016 University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Bachelor of Visual Arts, major in Sculpture Ceramics (Honours)
2009-2012 University of Sydney, Camperdown, non-degree electives in Anthropology
2001-2008 King George V School, Hong Kong, British GCSE & A-Levels
Experience
2023 Co-ordinator, Mashiko Ceramics International Cultural Exchange Workshops, Sean Gallery, Mashiko, Japan
2017-Current Gallery Manager and Curator, Sean Gallery, Hong Kong
2014-Current Founder and Curator, Love Letter International Art Exhibition Series
2019 Artist Installation Assistant, Mit Jia-inn, Art Basel, Hong Kong
2018 Artist Assistant, artist Yasmin Smith, Biennale of Sydney
2017 Young Ambassador, MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia
2016 Photographer of Stevie Fieldsend's Mira Mira, Artereal Gallery
2016 Intern, Artereal Gallery
2016 Artist Assistant, artist Yasmin Smith, Contours of Our Hearts Sculpture at Barangaroo
2015-2016 Gallery Assistant/Intern, Verge Gallery
2014 Installation Assistant, Stencil Art Prize, Ambush Gallery
2013 Artist Assistant, Marc Leuthold, Ceramics Residency at Sydney College of the Arts
2006-2008 Apprenticeship with Ceramicist Fred Croft, world top 100 ceramicist of 2008
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Awards
2017 Nominee of the NSW Emerging Creative Talent, NSW Creative Achievement Award, MCA
2016 Finalist of the Ceramic Shot Photo Competition, The Journal of Australian Ceramics
2014 Winner of the Sea of Hands Design at the Quadrangle, University of Sydney
2014 Winner of the Jean De Ghee Cup & Saucer Competition
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Independent Curatorial Experience
2023 Curator of Mind Your Surroundings. Denton Solo Exhibition. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2023 Curator of The Secret Garden Project: Our Garden. Jasmine Lok Solo Exhibition. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2021 Curator of Ichigosan & Ying Ceramics. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2021 Curator of Hasami-yaki Exhibition. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2020 Curator of Fred Croft: A Maritime Perspective. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2020 Curator of 1610. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2020 Curator of April Challis: Dispatch. Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2020 Curator of Better Future. Urbis, Sydney.
​2019 Curator of Sean Gallery: Asia Contemporary Art Show, Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong.
2019 Curator of Love Letter: The Magic. 541 Art Space, Sydney.
2018 Curator of Love Letter: Represented. Gaffa, Sydney
2018 Curator of the Love Letter: I Do. 541 Art Space, Sydney
2018 Co-ordinator & Co-curator of Pink Ribbon Fundraiser Exhibition. Gaffa, Sydney
2018 Curator of Love Letter: Be With You (Represented). Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2017 Curator of the Love Letter: Be With You. 541 Art Space, Sydney
2017 Co-curator of Art Crawl: Continuity & Process O-Week Outdoor Sculpture Walk, University of Sydney (Camperdown)
2016 Curator of Again...and Again Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts
2016 Curator of the Love Letter: I Believe in Second Chances. 541 Art Space, Sydney
2016 Curator of the Jean De Ghee Cup & Saucer Competition, Sydney College of the Arts
2015 Curator of the Love Letter. Articulate Project Space, Sydney
2015 Co-curator of Accreation: Un-becoming and the Surface as Sight. Verge Gallery, Sydney
2015 Curator of the Jean De Ghee Cup & Saucer Competition, Sydney College of the Arts
2014 Co-curator of the Jean De Ghee Cup & Saucer Competition, Sydney College of the Arts
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International Exhibitions (Artist)
2019 Dimensions and Elements: The contemporary female art exhibition of Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau, Luohu Art Museum, China.
2019 Overgrown. Floristry, Hong Kong.
2017 (Solo) Entangled, Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2015 Collaboration with Jan Guy, Finland Arctic Ceramic Centre, Finland.
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Sydney Exhibitions (Artist)
2017 Geon, Interlude
2017 Form | Surface | Structure: Sculpture 2017, Kerri Lowe
2017 Find Myself, curated by Jasmine Zhuang Jia, Gaffa
2017 A Fresh Perspective, Kerri Lowe
2017 être-là (fleur), Gallery Lane Cove Outdoor Sculpture Plinth
2017 Celebrating Chinese New Year 2017', curated by Dara Wei, Art Xtedia, Gaffa
2016 Maker's Matter, curated by Kimberley Peel, Gaffa
2016 Again...and Again, Sydney College of the Arts
2016 Sydney College of the Arts Degree Show (Honours)
2016 Love Letter: I Believe in Second Chances, 541 Art Space
2016 Jean De Ghee Cup & Saucer Competition
2016 Confluence and Osmosis (The Beauty of Routine in the Corporate Agon), curated by Gabrielle Steele, King & Wood Mallesons: Design Week
2015 Sydney College of the Arts Degree Show
2015 Hidden, Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk, curated by Cassandra Hard Lawrie
2015 Jean De Ghee Cup & Saucer Competition
2015 Natural/Unnatural, curated by Minji Kim & Kimberley Peel, Gaffa
2015 Creativity Unleash, Parramatta
2015 Love Letter Exhibition, Articulate Project Space
2015 One For The Road Beer Bottle Bag Charity Show
2014 1994-2014, curated by Yoshimi Murakami, Verge Gallery
2014 Jean De Ghee Cup & Sauce Competition
2014 The Sea of Hands Display at the Quadrangle, University of Sydney, Vivid Sydney 2014 Reconciliation Week Partnership with Vivid Wingara Mura
2013 Jean De Ghee Cup & Sauce Competition, curated by Cecilia Castro
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Residencies & Artist Tours
2023 Mashiko Ceramics Tour, lead by Hibiwaki, Tokyo Japan.
2019 Hasami Ceramics Tour, Sponsored by the Japanese Government, Hasami Japan.
2019 Kyoto Design Week Craftsmanship Tour, sponsored by Design Port, Kyoto Japan
2017 Ceramics Artist in Residency, King George V, Hong Kong.
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Collections
2014-present International Private Collectors
2015 Finland Artic Ceramic Centre (ACC), Collaboration with Jan Guy
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Teaching Experience
2019-present Ceramics teacher, Sean Gallery, Hong Kong.
2017 Artist in Residency, King George V, Hong Kong.
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Media/Publication
2022 Sean Gallery: Recommended by TimeOut Hong Kong. Digital print, https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/art/sean-gallery
2020 "Better Future: Inagural Art Gallery", Urbis Exhibition Printed Catalogue.
2019 'Love Letter: "The Magic" behind the love letter.', Interview, City Walker, 2019 September Issue, p.31.
2019 "Dimensions and Elements: The contemporary female art exhibition of Shenzhen" demonstrates "female traits", Interview feature, Gallery Magazine WeChat July 2019, China.
2018 Love Letter 2018: I do "Read a 'Love Letter, come to the 541 Art Space to understand love.", Interview, Sydney City Weekly, Issue 301, p. 68.
2017 Geon, Interlude Gallery. Video Interview, https://www.interludegallery.com/almanac/23-11-17.html
2017 National Education Pictorial Survey 2017. The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 56, No. 2, p.99.
2017 Love Letter 2017: Be With You "2017 'Love Letter' Art Exhibition opening at the 541 Art Space", Interview, Sydney City Weekly, Issue 266, p. 96.
2017 A different kind of romance, tell you I love you through art. Yves Lee and her 'Love Letter' exhibition, Interview. BQ Australia Weekly, Issue 286, p. 14-15.
2017 History's most romantic exhibition - Yves Lee and her 'Love Letter', Interview. BQ Australia WeChat, 16.02.2017.
2017 Yves Lee Sculptor Artist, Julie Rekha. Blog Interview, Art Xtedia.
2016 Ceramic Shots. The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 55, No. 3, p.95.
2016 Love Letter: I Believe in Second Chances, Interview. Sydney City Weekly, Issue 232, p. 78-83.