Collection: Shinhye You
Shinhye You (1992) is a ceramic artist born in South Korea and based in London. Shinhye crafts written fiction rooted in magical realism, translating it into visual forms with clay as her primary medium. Her ceramic pieces serve as tangible remnants of her imagined worlds, evidence of human lives and magical creatures that once existed.
Emerging after the death of their fictional inhabitants, these works stand as empty vessels, echoes of a bygone existence. Through these pieces, Shinhye explores the afterlife of once- living beings, capturing the residue of fragile human presence and perished beliefs in a delicate interplay between reality and imagination.
Exhibitions:
2026
Ceramic Generation, What's New?, Foundation Bernardaud, Limoges, France
Ceramic Art London, Kensington Olympia, London, UK
International Ceramic Prize Siegburg, Siegburg City Museum, Siegburg, Germany
2025
Quiet Prosperity, Mihakgwan, Seoul, South Korea
XVII International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro, Museum of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Ceramic Art Andenne, Andenne Culture Centre, Andenne, Belgium
A Thousand-Pointed Star, 67 York Street Gallery, London, UK
2024
Where Did They Go?, Brixton ASC Studios, London, UK
Porcelain of China, Azure of the Sky, The Museum of Fine Arts at Jingdezhen Vocational University, Jingdezhen, China
Eden Transcends Reality, Pushkin House, London, UK
Ceramic Art London, Kensington Olympia, London, UK
The Graduate Art Show, Vanner Gallery, Salisbury, UK
2023
hubub, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Gallery, London, UK
Bath Art Prize, 44AD Artspace, Bath, UK
The Graduate Art Show, Woolff Gallery, London, UK
ReA! Art Fair, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano Italy
Keep in Touch, Host of Leyton, London UK
Battersea Express (LDF Battersea District), Ingate Works, London UK
Suspended - Matter, Brompton Chapel, London UK
Colour, Texture, Substance, No Name, Kingsgate Project Space, London UK
Home Away From Home, 25 Princelet St, London UK
Holt Festival, Glandford Studios, Holt UK
RCA Graduation Show, Truman Brewery, London UK
Summer Open Exhibition, The Assembly House, Norwich UK
RCA WiP Show, Preston's House, London UK
2022
Lighting the Onion Garden, Onion Garden, London UK
Warm Exhibition with Sun and Wind, Leesu Gallery, South Korea
2021
Bursting in the Neutral Zone, Sugarhouse Studio, London UK
RCA WiP Show, Online Exhibition
2017
Junk User's Guide, National Folklore Museum, South Korea
Empathy and Space, Gallery Hans, South Korea
Planation, Gallery Iang, South Korea
Yeom Cheon Shoes Museum Design Team, Yeom Cheon Handmade Shoes Street, South Korea
Education:
2020-2023 Royal College of Art MA Ceramics & Glass, UK
2017-2020 Kookmin University MA Ceramics, South Korea
2013-2017 Kookmin University BA Ceramics, South Korea
Awards & Shortlists:
2023 Bath Open Art Prize (shortlisted)
2023 Holt Festival Art Prize (shortlisted)
2023 Franz Rising Star Project Award (Scholarship winner)
2023 Charlotte Fraser Prize Winner (Royal College of Art Scholarship)
Residency:
2025 Taoxichuan Artist Residency Program, Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
Publications & Press:
2024 Issue 36 July-September, Emerging Potters Magazine, p.13-15
2020 A Note About the Usefulness of Prison Art, Korean Journal of Correctional Discourse Vol.14 No.2