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Jiyong Lee Art

Korean, b. 1971

Jiyong Lee is a studio artist and educator who lives and works in Carbondale, Illinois. A professor of art at Southern Illinois University, Lee has headed the glass program there since 2005. He was born and raised in South Korea. Lee earned his MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and taught there for several years. As an instructor, he also has taught at the Pilchuck Glass School, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, the Domaine de Boisbuchet in France, Canberra Glassworks in Australia, Fire Station Artists’ Studios in Dublin, Ireland and various other art institutions and universities nationally and internationally. Lee has served as a member of the board of directors for the Glass Art Society from 2009–15. He has won several honors, including Bavarian State Prize from International Trade Fair, Munich Germany, the Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society. His work was featured in American Craft Magazine, New Glass Review of Corning Museum of Glass and American Art Collector. His work has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally, and recent highlights include the KOREA NOW exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, an acquisition by the Barry Art Museum, Corning Museum of Glass and Chanel France.

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Artist: Jiyong Lee
Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Minimalist Design, Optical, Color Laminated Inside
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Glass Sculpture, Minimalist Design, Optical, Color Laminated Inside Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist and an associate professor of art and ...
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2010s Contemporary Jiyong Lee Art

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Optical Glass Sculpture, Minimalism, "Green Ovoid Diatom" by Jiyong Lee, 2024
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Optical Glass Sculpture, Minimalism, "Green Ovoid Diatom" by Jiyong Lee, 2024 Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist and an associate professor of art and hea...
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2010s Contemporary Jiyong Lee Art

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Carved Optical Glass Sculpture, Minimalist, Elegant, Contemporary Art, "Mitosis"
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Carved Optical Glass Sculpture, Minimalist, Elegant, Contemporary Art, "Mitosis" Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist and an associate professor of art and ...
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2010s Contemporary Jiyong Lee Art

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Optical Glass Sculpture, Cube, Korean American, Minimalism, Yellow Monochromatic
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Optical Glass Sculpture, Cube, Korean American, Minimalism, Yellow Monochromatic Jiyong Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist ...
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2010s Contemporary Jiyong Lee Art

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