Hwajeong Yeo (b. 1992) currently lives and works between London and Seoul. Her practice is concerned with what survives its own disappearance, and with the kinds of time that pass unseen because they unfold beyond the range of a human lifespan. Form is not dictated by a single centre; it accumulates. Yeo is drawn less to the finished object than to the conditions that made it possible.

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This inquiry extends to ceramic glaze. Glaze is usually a decorative layer applied over a body, but Yeo treats it as an independent material that transforms on its own, responding inside the kiln to heat, gravity, and time. The traces left by this process she calls Gyeol: time inscribed within the material as it changes, rather than a pattern laid over its surface. As it cools, crystals form. What takes tens of thousands of years in nature takes a matter of hours in the kiln.

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Biography

Hwajeong Yeo has recently obtined her MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art, supported by the 2023 Deputy Vice Chancellor’s International Scholarship. 
Through her ongoing research and teaching projects, she aims to foster a deeper understanding of the often-overlooked elements in life, encouraging dialogue about their significance in artistic expression.