Radius Gallery is delighted to bring together—again!—new ceramic artworks by two of Montana's most admired artists: Beth Lo and Steven Young Lee.

Each in their own way, Lee and Lo explore intersections of cultural heritage and Westernization, tradition and personal experience, place and belonging. Each exemplifies courage in creativity as well as true dedication to craft. 

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These works will be available for pick up or shipping the week after July 20th.

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BIO

The objects I create collect elements of form, decoration, color and material from various cultures while questioning failure, expectation and intent. They offer a collision of influences from various origins-Chinese, Korean, French, Dutch, English, Minoan, and more-reflecting my passion for historical ceramics. Growing up in the US with immigrant Korean parents, I was and continue to be situated between cultures looking from one side into another. My work allows me to re-interpret and confront questions of place and belonging. Having begun my artistic career learning Asian pottery techniques in a Western education system, I am also continually investigating the sources and ownership of cultural influence.

—Steven Young Lee

Originally from Chicago, Steven Young Lee was the resident artist director of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena from 2006 to 2022. In 2004-05, he taught at numerous universities throughout China as part of a cultural and educational exchange in Jingdezhen, Shanghai and Beijing. In 2005-06 he was a visiting professor at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC. Lee received his BFA and MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University.

Lee has lectured extensively in North America and Asia. In 2013, he was one of several international artists invited to participate in "New Blue and White," an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston that featured contemporary artists working in the blue-and-white tradition of ceramic production. In 2016 his work was featured as part of the Renwick Invitational at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. And earlier this year the James Renwick Alliance recognized Lee's work and career with the Master of the Medium award in ceramics. Lee's work has been collected by the Smithsonian Museum, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Korea, as well as many private collectors.