2022 Korea Craft Prize Winner
Awarded by the Ministry of Culture, and Korea Craft & Design Foundation
Korea Craft & Design Foundation(KCDF) is a professional organisation that leads the promotion and creation of future values of Korean craft culture, through the means of exhibits, research, and education. Its aim is to encourage the continuous creative activities of craft artists, expand marketing channels in the field, and revitalise consumer culture. The Craft Prize is established to introduce craftsmen in various fields to the public.
Hyejeong Kim is the winner of this year's Craft Prize in the creative category awarded by the Ministry of Culture, and KCDF. Based on her illustrious research and artistic experiments, she has been striving for the development of ceramics as a Contemporary Art form. Her artwork is widely renowned not only by ceramic art experts but also admired by the public for its simplicity in the sophisticated line and the tranquil beauty in the subtle tone of glazes she has developed through many years of study.
Exploring themes of the circulation of the earth, the rediscovery and recovery of an environmentally friendly lifestyle whilst looking ahead towards the future, she has made a significant contribution to the recognition of Korean craft internationally through her various activities and exhibitions, including being selected as a finalist for the Loewe Craft Prize 2020.
Profile
A Korean artist born in Japan, Kim’s move back to her homeland at the age of 11 informed her identity as a creator. Discovering ceramics at EWHA’s College of Art & Design in Seoul, she continued her training in both Tokyo and the UK, interweaving the ceramic cultures from Northeast Asia and Britain into her own unique work.
Education
1999
Doctoral degree in Ceramics, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
1995
MA degree in Ceramics, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
Qualified as Art Curator
1993
BA degree in Ceramics, Ewha Womans University, Korea
Training
2000 - 2003
Artist Residence in the studio of Rupert Spira, Shropshire, UK
Teaching
2016 - 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Ceramics, School of Art & Design, Ewha Womans University, Korea
2012 - 2010
Lecturer, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
2010 - 2008
Lecturer, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
2008 - 2006
Westminster Adult Education School, London, UK
2003 - 2001
Visiting Fellow, London Institute,The Chelsea Collage of Art and Design, London, UK
Grant
2012
Customized Start-up Business Grant, KISED, Korea
2001
Pola Art Foundation
2001
The Nomura Cultural Foundation
Award
2020
Finalist, Loewe Foundation Crafts Prize
2005
Winner, The Evening Standard Homes&Property Award, The Best Domestic Product, Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
2004
Short listed, The Evening Standard Homes&Property Award, The Best Domestic Product, Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
Permanent Collection
<Ritual Pot>, Museum of Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
<Bloom: Chin Ju Kan Pottery designed by HK>, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Membership
Craft Potters Association, UK
Design History Workshop Japan, Japan
Current
Hyejeong Kim Ceramic Studio, Seoul, Korea