Jeong Bin Lee is a ceramic artist based between New York and South Korea. His practice explores ideas of well-being, protection, and the quiet presence of guardians through a contemporary interpretation of Korean ceramic traditions and folk beliefs.

At the center of his work is Nyang-Eopsin, a series inspired by Eopsin, a traditional Korean household deity believed to bring prosperity and protect the home. Reimagining this guardian in the form of a cat, Lee creates ceramic figures and vessels that embody a gentle, humorous, and reassuring presence. Rather than reproducing traditional imagery, he transforms these beliefs into forms that speak to the anxieties and emotional needs of contemporary life.

Lee works primarily with Buncheong techniques, wheel throwing, handbuilding, and traditional Korean onggi forming methods. He is particularly interested in the relationship between vessel and figure, allowing the functional language of pottery—containing, holding, and protecting—to become part of the conceptual structure of his work. Natural clay, slips, ash glazes, and traces of the making process remain visible on the surface, emphasizing materiality and imperfection.

Through his work, Lee seeks to create objects that quietly accompany their surroundings: not as symbols demanding belief, but as familiar presences offering a momentary sense of comfort and well-being.