Musang Ceramic Cup by Helen Lee

Musang hand-thrown Ceramic Cup by Helen Lee

This ceramic cup was made by Helen Lee in Iceland, February 2024. Shaped for the hand to easily pick up and hold. 

Helen Lee (she/they) was born and raised in Chicago to immigrant parents from South Korea. She received her MFA with a focus in Performance and Film from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and BA in Dance with a minor in Theatre from University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has presented works in the US, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Iceland, Finland and Canada. She has been awarded Chicago Artist Coalition's (CAC) SPARK Grant, SAIC’s Graduate Dean Professional Development Award to attend The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Convergence hosted by York University, was Chicago Moving Company’s D49 Awardee and Affiliate Artist for Dance Shelter. They were named 2022 Newcity Breakout Artist: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers, was a finalist for 2023 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist, had a solo exhibition at CICA Museum in South Korea, a window exhibition at Roots and Culture gallery and has been a recipient for several artist residencies including CAC HATCH, Links Hall Co-MISSION, DanceBridge at Chicago Cultural Center, Butoh Centrum MAMU, Arteles Creative Center, Fish Factory - Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður, KuBa: kulturbahnhof, Cel del Nord to name a few. Their performance works and/or writings have been published in “Emergency INDEX" Volume 8 & 9 by Ugly Duckling Press, CICA Art Now 2019, antirrhinum Issue 2: Hauntings, Quince Magazine, Issue Three: Winter 2020-21 and films have been presented by Chicago Park District’s Chicago OnScreen, New Blood Festival XII and Experimental Dance Virginia. 

For more information about the artist, visit https://www.momentumsensorium.com/ and @momentumsensorium on Instagram.

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