About the artist
Yen Qin 燕琴 is the ceramic practice of Georgina Yen Qin Lee, a ceramic artist based in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia.
Yen Qin bio
Georgina Yen Qin Lee uses the medium of ceramics as a conduit to reconnect with her Southern Chinese and South East Asian ancestral roots while exploring her lived experience growing up as an Asian woman in Australia.
Combining wheel thrown, hand-manipulated forms with complex surface treatments, her works address themes of cultural shame and reverence whilst making sense of the ‘third cultural space’ in which she occupies.
Georgina’s connection with ceramics goes beyond its materiality and artistic expression; it is also rooted in the medium’s historical and cultural contexts. In researching the significance of ceramics in her culture, Georgina unearths stories and ancestral customs lost over centuries of her family’s diaspora.
Georgina’s practice engages with the potential of cultural exchange and amalgamation, exploring the power of objects to transcend differences and foster understanding. Her works extend an invitation to viewers to participate in their own cultural rediscovery, creating a space that celebrates heritage and cultural identity within contemporary life.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions
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2024 |
TABLED, curated by The Association of Ceramics Australia, Manly Art Gallery & Museum and Peter Gilmore Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney |
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2023 |
Everybody’s Heard of a Dragon, curated by James Lemon and Bobby Corica Tracing Change, Modern Times, Melbourne The Vessel Project, Craft Victoria, Melbourne July featured artists, Bouvardia, Melbourne |
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2022 |
It’s Not Just Blue, A Gentle Unwinding, Reclaim, Brunswick Street Gallery, Concurrence, Warrandyte Pottery, EMERGE: Tenth Edition, 1000 Vases, Galerie Joseph, Clay Connected, Melbourne Design Week, Small Works Art Prize 2022, |
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2021 |
Winter Exhibition, Thrown Contemporary, |
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2014 |
FAUX MUSEUM, c3 contemporary art space, curated by Melissa Loughnan, Anusha Kenny, Kate Tucker and Ace Wagstaff Nothing’s Happened Since Yesterday SUB12, The Substation, Newport, curated by Will Foster, with Liz Dunn, Lara Thoms, Arlo Mountford, Rowan McNaught, Laresa Kosloff, Jessie Bullivant, Charlie Sofo, Isadora Vaughan, Agnes So, Dylan Hammond, Travis Englefield Artworks and Exchanges, with Kate Just, Monte Masi, et al. An exhibition as part of the international conference on socially engaged art: Spectres of Evaluation, Footscray Community Arts Centre and Incinerator Gallery. Business As Usual, Campus, |
Artistic and technical development
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2022 |
4-day Intensive Masterclass with Malcolm Greenwood, NSW Advancing Glazes (12-week online course), Ceramic Materials Workshop From the Ground Up, Masterclass with Damon Moon, Federation University Understanding Glazes (12-week online course), Ceramics Materials Workshop |
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2021-2022 |
Studio Program with Neville French, School of Clay and Art (SoCA), VICBOARD POSITIONS (ARTS) |
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2020 |
Board Observer, Lucy Guerin Inc, VIC |
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2012-2017 |
Treasurer and Board Member, Bus Projects, VIC |
Education
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2012 |
Graduate Diploma in Arts (Art History),University of Melbourne Graduate Certificate in Visual Art,Victorian College of the Arts |
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2006 |
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons) / Bachelor of Commerce, Monash University |