Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Lee Kang-Hyo is one of the leading artists in Korea reinterpreting buncheong ware, a 15th-century Korean ceramic tradition in which gray stoneware is decorated with white slip. Traditionally trained, his practice melds classical techniques with contemporary performance.
Hear from the artist and curator Yeonsoo Chee as they engage for a discussion of Lee’s influences and learn how his ceramics relate to the performances he enacts as he paints them.
Lee Kang-Hyo is the featured artist in the installation, “Tradition as Inspiration” in Gallery 109. The presentation of his works, held in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, is supported by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation.
Support for this program is made possible by the Mickie Silverstein Endowed Fund.
Introductory video: Buncheong (ceramic) 분청사기, "Constancy & Change in Korean Traditional Craft 2014," youtu.be/kU28xWupJIY?si=HFaWzKoK7VqqscUY
Lee Kang-Hyo is one of the leading artists in Korea reinterpreting buncheong ware, a 15th-century Korean ceramic tradition in which gray stoneware is decorated with white slip. Traditionally trained, his practice melds classical techniques with contemporary performance.
Hear from the artist and curator Yeonsoo Chee as they engage for a discussion of Lee’s influences and learn how his ceramics relate to the performances he enacts as he paints them.
Lee Kang-Hyo is the featured artist in the installation, “Tradition as Inspiration” in Gallery 109. The presentation of his works, held in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago, is supported by the Korea Craft and Design Foundation.
Support for this program is made possible by the Mickie Silverstein Endowed Fund.
Introductory video: Buncheong (ceramic) 분청사기, "Constancy & Change in Korean Traditional Craft 2014," youtu.be/kU28xWupJIY?si=HFaWzKoK7VqqscUY
