Photography Copyright © 2025 Julien Cott
Saeam Kwon, a Korean ceramist based in Berlin.
I began working with clay in 2009 and have since developed a practice centered on fine stoneware. My work combines minimalist forms with traditional sensibilities, using dark, textured clay offset by delicate detailing and minimal weight.
I moved to Berlin in 2017 and have been working as a full-time ceramist and part-time Potter's wheel instructor. I create all my pieces in my little studio in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
Today
Ceramic Artist / Berlin DE
- Freelance wheel throwing instructor @Peace Out Paradise
- Member of Berlin Handcrafts Collective
Stockist
(Berlin) RYOKO - Incense burner (exclusive)
(Seoul) Portrait & People - Teaware
(Flensburg) Haptik - Tableware, Objects
(Offline-Berlin) Dot Tea Bar - Teaware
(Online-EU) Crafters of Today - Teaware
(Offline-Rimsting) De Barro Chiemsee Keramik - Teaware, Objects
TBA...
(NL) Lateef
Upcoming Event
Dot Tea Bar <All about tea> artist talk and presentation 14 Dec 2025
Objectify Solo exhibition in Seoul / TBA Nov 2026
2025
Stockist: (Seoul) Portrait & People
Stockist: (Berlin) Dot Tea Bar
Stockist: (Online-EU) Crafters of Today
Event: Pop-up Tea house & Market at OUKAN
Event: Berlin Tea Festival 08-09 Nov 2025 as a member of Berlin Handcrafts Collective
Event: The Artisan Affair in Hamburg 08-09 Nov 2025, represented by Haptik
Event: De Barro Chiemsee Keramik 08 Nov 2025, Group exhibition
Exhibition: Chenfei Gallery, Lianoing China 14.06 - 20. 06
Featured: 월간디자인 디자인시티트랩 Acid Backery
Commission: Oukan Dining
Commission: Chef Noah Dalcolle
Commission: Lateef
Commission: Acid Cafe Prenzlauerberg
2024
Photo project with photographer Kristina Schwarzwald
Photo project with photographer Julien Cott
Tea Ceremony in Collaboration with Tea by Yuan
Interview: Goetheinstitut Korea (주한독일문화원)
2023
Exhibition : 企画展：韓国若手作家展 한국젊은작가전 @ Aelu Tokyo 17. 03 - 26. 03
Food Installation : Caique Tizzi
RYOKO Berlin (exclusive collaboration)
2022
RYOKO Berlin (exclusively designed & produced )
Exhibition : NONFICTION Paris “Language of Light" 16. 09 - 8.10.22
Exhibition: NONFICTION Seoul “Language of Light" 26. 09. - 17. 11. 22
2021
Group exhibition: Duft der Zeit 27.11.2021- 12.12.2021 @ Project Space KIMGO
Muji Community Market 20.12.2021 - 24. 12. 2021
2020
Featured: Zeit Magazin MANN 2/20
2019
2019-2020
Ceramic Kingdom / Collective Workspace and Art Center, Berlin DE
- Freelance pottery instructor
2016 Nov- 2017 Jan
Residency Potter/ Korean master potter Jungki MIN, Muju KR
2016
Atelier <Et La Terre> / Ceramic Art Studio, Paris FR
- Pottery instructor
2014-2015
Haja Center / Alternative Learning Community and Municipal Art, Seoul KR
- Clay art therapy assistant
- Pottery workshop assistant
- Head of a youth project
2012-2013
AA Ceramics Design / HYWU, Seoul KR
- Majored in Ceramic art
2009-2011
Apprentice / Purunkum Alternative High School, Muju KR
- Apprenticed to a Korean master potter Jungki MIN