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OH JI HEE
Ji hee OH

Category

Art Merchandise, Craft

Country

Korea

Genre

Ceramics & Pottery

작가 소개

Craft artist who draws inspiration from everyday tools, transforming their familiar forms through ceramic practice.
Cold, functional objects are reimagined in ceramic, becoming softer, more tactile pieces where the boundary between utility and form gently dissolves.
Her work invites viewers to reconsider ordinary objects, offering a quiet shift in perspective between use and contemplation.

2025. 제55회 대한민국 공예품대전 ‘장려상’
2024. 제54회 대전광역시 공예품대전 ‘특선’
2023. 제53회 대전광역시 공예품대전 ‘은상’
2022. 제36회 충남산업디자인대전 ‘특별상’
2020. 제50회 대전광역시 공예품대전 ‘대상’
2017. 제17회 안견미술대전 ‘특선’ , 외 다수

개인전
2025 오지희 캐스팅 도자조형전 ’TOOLS[Harmony]’ (대전_ 문화공간주차)
2022 오지희 캐스팅 도자조형전 ’TOOLS’(대전_ GALLERYARTANDART(갤러리 아트 앤 아트)) 외

단체전
2025 메종&오브제(Maison & Objet) 공식 기획관 <Welcom home> 초대 전시 (Paris Nord Villepinte_Paris,France)
2025 청춘 컬렉션 (대전_대전 서구청)
2024 청년작가예술연대NEO《ArticulationGround》展 (공주_마주안 갤러리)
2017 한국미술 몽골 초청 교류전, 외 다수

Main activity genre

Ceramics & Pottery

Category

Art Merchandise, Craft

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ARTWORKS

By connecting its subtle gaps with tools, the piece creates a dialogue between past and present.

Even in an era of constant change, there remains wisdom and craftsmanship passed down from the past—knowledge that can still be reinterpreted and applied today.
Through the combination of tools and a traditional ceramic form, this work reflects on how techniques and artistic sensibilities from different eras continue to influence and shape one another.

Production Year: 2023
Production Technique: slip casting

Tools have evolved alongside our daily lives and remain an essential part of human experience.
This work combines the forms of tools with traditional ceramic materials to present both the timeless value of ceramics and new functionality, infused with contemporary aesthetic elements.
By incorporating the practical function of a cup, it invites everyday use while offering a fresh experience and inspiration to the user.

Production Year: 2021
Production Technique: slip casting

It is a work that gives a new meaning and function by transforming the shape of the tool.
A tool is usually used for a specific purpose, but in the work, it maintains its shape and combines it with other objects to create a new expression. I would like to show a new combination by giving it a function called a teapot and cup, which feels contrasted with the tool.The work expressed by transforming the shape of the tool shows new values and possibilities beyond the original function of the tool.

Production Year: 2023
Production Technique: slip casting

The Intersection of Tradition and Modernity

Based on the Maebyeong, a quintessential form of traditional Korean ceramics, I have recreated the bolt and nut—symbols of industrialization—in ceramic and integrated them into the center of the work. This goes beyond a simple fusion of past and present; it "connects" the modern onto the traditional, illustrating the process of identity being newly reconstructed. While the Maebyeong embodies the aesthetics of craftsmanship, the bolt and nut symbolize modern industrial society. As these two elements interlock to form the core, the work reveals a center of identity that remains continuously connected and redefined amidst a changing era.

Production Year: 2024
Production Technique: slip casting

It is a work that gives a new meaning and function by transforming the shape of the tool.
A tool is usually used for a specific purpose, but in the work, it maintains its shape and combines it with other objects to create a new expression. I would like to show a new combination by giving it a function called a teapot and cup, which feels contrasted with the tool.The work expressed by transforming the shape of the tool shows new values and possibilities beyond the original function of the tool.

Production Year: 2023
Production Technique: slip casting