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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 Artis/ Berlin, DE

- Freelance wheel throwing instructor @Peace Out Paradise

- Member of Berlin Handcrafts Collective

​✶ Stockist

(Berlin)  RYOKO - Incense burner (exclusive) 

(Tokyo) AELU - Tableware

(Seoul) Portrait & People - Teaware

(Flensburg) Haptik - Tableware, Objects

(Berlin) Dot Tea Bar - Teaware

(Barcelona) Crafters of Today - Teaware

(Rimsting DE) De Barro Chiemsee Keramik - Teaware, Objects

(Offline-Rome/IT) Tè e teiere - Teaware

​✶ Upcoming Events

Prague Tea Festival 21-22. Feb 2026 

Dot Tea Bar <All about tea> artist talk and presentation TBA 2026 

Objectify  Solo exhibition in Seoul / TBA Nov 2026

2026

​✶ Stockist

(Seoul) Portrait & People 

(Flensburg) Haptik

(Berlin) Dot Tea Bar

(Online-EU) Crafters of Today

(Offline-Rimsting/DE) De Barro Chiemsee Keramik

(Offline-Rome/IT) Tè e teiere

2025

✶ Stockist

(Seoul) Portrait & People 

(Flensburg) Haptik

(Berlin) Dot Tea Bar

(Online-EU) Crafters of Today

(Offline-Rimsting/DE) De Barro Chiemsee Keramik

✶ Interview

Crafters of Today

✶ Event

Dotori

Pop-up Tea house & Market at OUKAN

Berlin Tea Festival 08-09 Nov 2025 as a member of Berlin Handcrafts Collective

The Artisan Affair in Hamburg 08-09 Nov 2025, represented by Haptik

De Barro Chiemsee Keramik 08 Nov 2025, Group exhibition 

✶ Exhibition

Chenfei Gallery, Lianoing China  14.06 - 20. 06

✶ Collaboration

Yushu Gallery

​✶  Featured

월간디자인 디자인시티트랩 Acid Backery

"Becoming water" performance by Enyang Ha / Reethaus Berlin

​✶ Commission

Oukan Dining > Teaware

Chef Noah Dalcolle > Tableware

Lateef > Teaware

Acid Cafe Prenzlauerberg > Objects, Vases

Prinzmetal a Batismal vessel for St.Nikolaus Church in Stuttgart

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)

ACID Mitte

Berlin Tea Festival

Pop-up Market at OUKAN Berlin

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)

Ukiyo Tokyo

The Alchemist Kitchen

KTB Market

2022 

s h i z u k u . 

Interview: 2room magazine

RYOKO Berlin (exclusively designed & produced )

Exhibition : NONFICTION Paris “Language of Light" 16. 09 - 8.10.22

Interview: Letters From Venus 

Exhibition: NONFICTION Seoul “Language of Light" 26. 09. - 17. 11. 22

2021

Interview: Truth talk Berlin

YAMYAM Berlin

Restaurant CHOI

RYOKO Berlin

Group exhibition: Duft der Zeit 27.11.2021- 12.12.2021 @ Project Space KIMGO

Muji Community Market 20.12.2021 - 24. 12. 2021

 

2020

Restaurant CHOI

The green tiny house

Chef Michael Marius Franz

Interview: Wundercrafts

Featured: Zeit Magazin MANN 2/20

MUJI Comunity Market

Delicious Korean week

Roku Berlin x Ginza Magazine

Featured: Kreativ Kollektiv

Holly Gastrobar

2019

Wawa Berlin

KNOK store x YUN Berlin

Soapsoop Berlin

NGOKIMPAK K-creator Market

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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