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Jiyong Lee
Assistant Professor, Glass

Jiyong Lee earned his MFA at Rochester Institute of Technology, in 2001, also teaching there for four years as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Lee was born and raised in Korea where he received a BFA in Ceramics Design from Hong-ik University. In 2005, he received the Emerging Artist Award from the Glass Art Society. He also received the Saxe Award in 2004 for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant from Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. He was selected in the New Glass Review 24 at the Corning Museum of Glass and was selected for several international competitions. He gave lectures and demonstrations as a Visiting Artist in many places including the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH; Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA; and Kook-Min University, Seoul, Korea.

His education in both Korea and the United States represents two different cultural perspectives that have prepared him to educate students who come from diverse backgrounds. Having his feet in both cultures has also broadened his personal aesthetics and appreciation for different ways of thinking. He specializes in cold-working and kiln-forming processes.

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