JENNIFER LEE (b. 1956)
Jennifer Lee was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1956. From 1975-79 she studied ceramics and tapestry at Edinburgh College of Art. Following this she spent eight months on a travelling scholarship in the USA where she researched Prehistoric South-West Indian ceramics and visited contemporary West Coast potters. From 1980-83 she continued her work in ceramics at the Royal College of Art in London. Since then her travels have included trips to Egypt, India and Japan as well as Europe and the USA. She lives and works in London.
Above: Jennifer Lee in her studio, 2000
Photo © Jake Tilson
Curriculum Vitae
Solo exhibitions since 1990: |
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1990 |
Galerie Besson, London |
1991 |
Graham Gallery, New York |
1992 |
Galerie Besson, London |
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Galleri Lejonet, Stockholm |
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Röhsska Museet, Göteborg |
1994 |
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums |
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Osiris, Brussels |
1995 |
Galerie Besson, London |
1996 |
James Graham & Sons, New York |
1997 |
Galerie Besson, London |
1998 |
Focus, Contemporary Applied Arts, London |
1999 |
James Graham & Sons, New York |
2000 |
Galerie Besson, London |
2002 |
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica |
2003 |
Galerie Besson, London |
2005 |
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica |
2006 |
Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney |
2008 |
Galerie Besson, London |
| 2009 | Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica |
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Selected group exhibitions since 1993: |
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1993 |
Towards the Future, Marianne Heller, Sandhausen, Germany |
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Visions of Craft, Crafts Council, London |
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C20th European Ceramics, Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles |
1994 |
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo |
1995 |
Fletcher Challenge, Auckland, New Zealand |
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International Ceramics, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam |
1996 |
Design im Wandel. Produkte, Fetische, Rituale, Übersee Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Bremen |
1997 |
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia |
| Frauen in Europa, Galerie Marianne Heller, Germany | |
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European Ceramic Art, Yufuku, Tokyo |
1998 |
Gestaltendes Handwerk, Munich, (prizewinner) |
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Spirit of the Times, Bowes Museum, Durham |
1999 |
Current Context - new ways of seeing, Royal Museum, Edinburgh |
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Clay into Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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25 Years of Contemporary Craft, Victoria & Albert Museum |
| Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium, Galerie Besson, London | |
2000 |
Britisk Keramik.2000.dk, Keramikmuseet Grimmerhus, Denmark |
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Color and Fire, Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000, Los Angeles County Museum |
2001 |
Poetics of Clay, An International Perspective, Philadelphia |
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1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001, Korea |
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Modern Pots, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich |
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Bengt Julin’s Ceramics, Gustavsbergs Porslinsmuseum, Sweden |
2002 |
Vasen aus 10 Ländern, Bavarian Craft Council, Munich |
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Ceramic Modernism, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto |
2003 |
Constructed Clay: Modern British Handbuilding, Galerie Besson, London |
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British Ceramics, James Graham and Sons, New York |
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British Ceramics. Five Artists, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica |
2004 |
Europäische Keramik, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Germany |
2005 |
Contemporary Potters, Galerie Besson, London |
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Biennale Européenne de Céramiques Contemporaines, Musée de l’Outil et de la Pensée Ouvrière, Troyes, France |
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Modern Pots: Lucie Rie, Hans Coper and their Contemporaries, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London |
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A Duckworth Homage, Organic Abstraction, Garth Clark Gallery, New York |
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One Piece – One Artist, International Ausstellung, Galerie Marianne Heller, Germany |
2006 |
Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London |
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Summer Exhibition, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney |
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Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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Puur Klei, De Tiendschuur Tegelen, Pottenbakkers Museum, Holland |
2007 |
Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London |
2008 |
Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London |
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British Studio Ceramics – 20th century transformations, Buckinghamshire County Museum |
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Twenty Years – Twenty Pots, Galerie Besson, London |
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Beautifully Crafted, National Glass Centre, Sunderland |
Contemporary Studio Ceramics: The Dauer Collection, California State University, Sacramento University Library Gallery |
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| 2009 | U-Tsu-Wa, 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo |
Public Collections: |
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Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums |
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Buckinghamshire County Museum |
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Contemporary Art Society, London |
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Crafts Council Collection, London |
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Europäisches Kunst Handwerk Landesgerwerbeamt, Stuttgart |
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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries |
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Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier, New Zealand |
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Hove Museum and Art Gallery |
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Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg |
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Leeds City Art Gallery |
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Long Beach Museum of Art, California |
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Long House Reserve Collection, New York |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art |
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
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Musée Bellerive, Zurich |
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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
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National Museum, Stockholm |
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Norwich Castle Museum |
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Peters Foundation, London |
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Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Röhsska Museet, Göteborg |
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Royal Museum, Edinburgh |
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Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia |
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Scottish Collection, SDA, Edinburgh |
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Scripps College, Claremont, California |
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Thamesdown Collection, Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon |
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Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Japan |
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Trustees Savings Bank Collection, London |
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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Exhibitions at Galerie Besson
| Twenty Years - Twenty Pots | Sep - Oct 2008 |
| Jennifer Lee | Apr - May 2008 |
| Classic & Contemporary Ceramics | Jan - Feb 2008 |
| Classic & Contemporary Ceramics | Feb - Mar 2007 |
| Classic & Contemporary Ceramics | Jan - Feb 2006 |
| Jennifer Lee | Nov 2003 |
| Constructed Clay: Modern British Handbuilding | Mar - Apr 2003 |
| Jennifer Lee | Oct - Nov 2000 |
| Commemorative Mugs for the Millennium | Dec 1999 - Jan 2000 |
| Jennifer Lee | Oct - Nov 1997 |
| Jennifer Lee | May - Jun 1995 |
| Jennifer Lee | Oct 1992 |
| Jennifer Lee | May - Jun 1990 |
