American Craft Council
YehRim Lee’s Ceramics Practice Blooms in the Desert
July 13, 2026
A feature on YehRim Lee’s sculptural ceramic practice in Joshua Tree, exploring her Korean ceramic heritage, onggi hand-building process, evolving language of abstraction, and the influence of the high desert on her work.
Sixty Six
In Conversation: YehRim Lee and Kelly Wearstler Dream of Ceramic Furniture
Vol. 11, January 2024, pp. 68–81
A feature-length conversation between YehRim Lee and Kelly Wearstler exploring ceramic furniture, sculptural form, materiality, and the relationship between art and design.
Homo Faber
YehRim Lee — Ceramicist
A profile on Lee’s sculptural ceramic practice, examining her Korean ceramic heritage, intuitive making process, and experimental approach to form, glaze, and material transformation.
SURFACE Magazine
Kelly Wearstler Walks Us Through Her Fall Gallery Release
October 25, 2022
A feature on YehRim Lee’s collaboration with Kelly Wearstler, highlighting Lee’s sculptural terracotta side tables and the Drinks Table developed together for Wearstler’s online gallery.
Architectural Digest
Kelly Wearstler Says Rugged Terracotta, Blobby Frames, and Rippled Fixtures Are In
October 26, 2022
A feature on Kelly Wearstler’s Fall 2022 Gallery collection, highlighting YehRim Lee’s sculptural terracotta tables and her collaboration with Wearstler on collectible design.
STIRworld / STIRpad
Experiments from Korea: A Series of Art and Design Works from 2022
December 14, 2022
Featured in STIR’s Best of 2022, highlighting YehRim Lee’s ceramic tables and stools created for Kelly Wearstler’s Autumn 2022 collection and her approach to merging traditional onggi hand-building with contemporary sculptural form.
Monthly Ceramic Art (South Korea)
차이를 잇다: 이예림
Connections between YehRim Lee
October 2023, pp. 34–37
Language: Korean
A feature on YehRim Lee’s ceramic practice, exploring her artistic background, Korean ceramic heritage, and evolving approach to contemporary ceramic sculpture.
De Kleine K (Netherlands)
YehRim Lee: De kunst van het verbinden
No. 84, December 2021, pp. 14–20
Language: Dutch
A feature on YehRim Lee’s ceramic practice, examining her approach to connecting Korean ceramic traditions with contemporary forms and ideas.
From Storage to Studio: The Clay Studio Resident Artists Explore the Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection
The Clay Studio, edited by Jennifer A. Zwilling
Schiffer Publishing, 2019
pp. 47–52
A catalogue accompanying The Clay Studio exhibition From Storage to Studio, featuring YehRim Lee among 14 resident artists who responded to works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection.
Ceramics Monthly
Spotlight: YehRim Lee: Retail Therapy
October 2018, p. 104
A spotlight on YehRim Lee’s ceramic practice and her exploration of sculptural form, colour, and the relationship between ceramics and everyday life.
Monthly Ceramic Art (South Korea)
Spotlight: YehRim Lee: Retail Therapy
October 2018, p. 104
Language: Korean
A spotlight on YehRim Lee’s ceramic practice, focusing on her sculptural approach to ceramics and the relationship between material, colour, and everyday life.
