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BASED AT WASPS STUDIOS IN east GLASGOW, HONG KONG BORN ARTIST VIV LEE MAKES SCULPTURAL CERAMICS influenced by memories, mythologies, ancient cultures and THE RAW ELEMENTAL BEAUTY OF HER ADOPTED HOMELAND SCOTLAND.

THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES A RICH RESOURCE FOR HER WORKS, INForming THE COLOURS, TEXTURES AND MATERIALS USEd. WORKS ARE FINISHED IN EARTHY TONES, OFTEN USING experimental GLAZES MADE WITH NATURAL MATERIALS, slips created from native clay FORAGED FROM THE LANDSCAPE OR LEFT UNGLAZED TO SHOW THE BODY OF THE CLAY.

AN ALUMNI OF THE TOAST NEW MAKER’S AWARD IN 2020, VIV’S CERAMICS HAVE appeared IN WALLPAPER, homes & Gardens UK, ELLE DECORATION, HARPER’S BAZAAR, Homes & Interiors Scotland, WORLD OF INTERIORS, VOGUE AND WSJ MAGAZINE. gRADUATing FROM THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART IN 2017 WITH A FIRST CLASS HONOURS IN SCULPTURE, viv IS REPRESENTED BY M.A.H. GALLERY, THE NEW CRAFTSMEN and BARD in the uk; RUBY ATELIER in denmark and VOLUME CERAMICS in france.

collaborations & Clients

Ark Journal

Aster Art

B & B Italia

Benchmark Furniture

Chloé

collinson

Estelle Manor

Koto Living

Lanserring New York

Molteni & C

Maison 49

Soho House

PHOTO: GABRIELA SILVEIRA

selected exhibitions

CRAFTED SELVES:THE UNFINISHED CONVERSATION

FIFE, KIRKALDY, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY

2023/2024

the grit & the Glamour

bard, edinburgh

2023

BARRO

Materia Materia, Mexico

2022

CLAYLARKS

The New Craftsmen, London

2022

CRAFT SCOTLAND SELECTS

The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

2020

AN ACT OF MAKING

M.A.H. Yorkton Studios, London

2021

TERRA

The Briggait, Glasgow

2019

VESSEL

Custom Lane, Edinburgh

2019

1000 VASES

Espace Commine, Paris

2019