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.
$6,800
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 ...
Glass
$13,000
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 ...
Glass
$28,000
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 ...
Glass
$6,030
H 42 in W 82 in D 5 in
Don't Let Them Burst your Bubble, Effervescence: Cerulean - glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary cerulean blue-coloured glass wall sculpture was created by Cheryl Wilson Smith. The uniquely beautiful glasswork of this Canadian artist is known for its form, col...
Metal
$600
H 8.5 in W 7 in D 4 in
Medium Flattened Form with Shard and Cane in Blues - blown glass vessel
By Susan Rankin
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This beautiful swirling sky blue vessel in blown glass takes its organic shape and wild patterns from nature. Canadian artist Susan Rankin finds inspiration in the ever-changing co...
Blown Glass
$3,200
H 14 in W 10 in D 3 in
Pieced - grey, blue, white, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Glass artist Cheryl Wilson Smith’s grandmother used to create hand-stitched quilts from cut squares of fabric. This beautiful wall sculpture with its patchwork pattern, and its soft ...
Glass
$10,000
H 56 in W 43 in D 3 in
Promises and Lies: Everything will be O.K. - white, metal, glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This distinctive wall sculpture was created by Cheryl Wilson Smith. The artist has assembled delicate layers of winter white glass frit (ground glass) in a dynamic pattern. Each stac...
Metal
$2,800
H 17.5 in W 9 in D 3 in
Bones of the Earth I - contemporary, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary wall sculpture is made of fired glass; its design is inspired by nature and rock formations. Cheryl Wilson Smith’s uniquely striking wall sculptures are inspired b...
Glass
$4,100
H 5 in W 12 in D 5.5 in
Four Pomegranate Seeds Plus One - small, bright, red, glass still life sculpture
By Catherine Vamvakas Lay
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A grouping of luscious pomegranate red glass and one single seed. Skilfully executed in blown glass - the inner element opaque, the outer translucent. Works from this series were rec...
Blown Glass
$9,500
H 12 in W 17.5 in D 3.25 in
Mor Figh - textured, white, modernist, glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
During an artist’s residency in Scotland in 2016, glass sculptor Cheryl Wilson-Smith discovered her ancestral roots. The rugged landscape reminded her of the ancient forests and rock...
Glass
$2,400
H 15 in W 11 in D 2.5 in
Outcrop No 10 - yellow, brown, textured, layered glass, sculpted wall relief
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Cheryl Wilson-Smith’s striking wall sculptures are inspired by the remote rugged wilderness that surrounds her home in Northern Ontario. This is one of a series of finely layered gla...
Glass
$2,800
H 10.5 in W 14.5 in D 4 in
Bones of the Earth III - contemporary, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary wall sculpture is made of fired glass; its design is inspired by nature and rock formations. Cheryl Wilson Smith’s uniquely striking wall sculptures are inspired b...
Glass
$22,000
H 102 in W 110 in D 48 in
A Shift in Perspective - contemporary, red, glass, and steel outdoor sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary red glass and steel outdoor sculpture is by Canadian artist Cheryl Wilson Smith. Cheryl Wilson-Smith takes daily one-hour walks in the ancient boreal forests that ...
Steel
$2,500
H 11 in W 11 in D 3 in
Flow - textured, layered, white, modernist, biomorphic, glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Layered petals of white glass frit are composed within a black lacquer frame by artist Cheryl Wilson Smith. Wilson Smith's work is created by forming minute glass particles, known as...
Glass, Wood
$6,500
H 26 in W 27 in D 3.25 in
Ascend:Ice - abstract, contemporary, glass wall sculpture
By Cheryl Wilson Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary glass wall sculpture is inspired by nature. Cheryl Wilson Smith's ethereal glass work reflects her deep connection to the rugged landscape that surrounds her North...
Glass
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H 11 in W 8 in D 8 in
"Multi-color Cube", Optical Glass Sculpture, Laminated Interior
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist and an associate professor of art and head of the Glass program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has won a number of honors, including the Bavarian State Prize from International Trade Fair, Munich Germany, Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society, and several scholarships including the Saxe Award from the Pilchuck Glass School and the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass. His work was featured in American Craft magazine, New Glass Review 24, 32, and 35 and has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally. Recent highlights include an acquisition by the Barry Art Museum in Norfolk VA, Chanel in France, Corning Museum of Glass in Corning NY, and Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. Lee’s Segmentation Series is inspired by his fascination with cell division. He works with glass that has simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity and mysteries of biology. Selected Collections Chanel, Paris France Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, NY Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Yunnan Hanringxuan Culture and Art Museum, Yunnan Province, China "Multi-color Cube...
Glass
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H 9.5 in W 9.5 in D 6 in
"Purple Pink Cuboid Segmentation", Contemporary, Carved, Glass, Sculpture, Color
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist and an associate professor of art and head of the Glass program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has won a...
Glass, Laminate
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H 8 in W 12 in D 8 in
"Black and White Diatom Segmentation", Contemporary, Cast, Glass, Sculpture
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee was born and raised in South Korea. He is a studio artist and an associate professor of art and head of the Glass program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has won a...
Glass, Laminate
Orange Convex Cone Seed Segmentation, Solid Glass Sculpture
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
7" x 6" x 6" glass, hot formed, cut and color laminated, with carved surface
Glass, Laminate
Black and White Segmented Cylinder
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee's fascination with cell division informs his intricate work with glass that has a simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity a...
Glass
Blue-Yellow Cuboid
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee's fascination with cell division informs his intricate work with glass that has a simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity a...
Glass
God-Ruby Trapezohedron
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee's fascination with cell division informs his intricate work with glass that has a simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity a...
Glass
Red-Orange Core Cube
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee's fascination with cell division informs his intricate work with glass that has a simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity a...
Glass
Drosophila Embryo Segmentation
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee's fascination with cell division informs his intricate work with glass that has a simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity ...
Glass
Orange Purple Cuboid Segmentation
By Jiyong Lee
Located in St. Louis, MO
Lee's fascination with cell division informs his intricate work with glass that has a simultaneous transparency and opacity: two qualities that metaphorically represent the clarity ...
Glass