Shinhye You is a ceramic artist born(1993) in South Korea and currently based in London. Shinhye started studying ceramics at Kookmin University, South Korea. After gaining a BA and an MA, she went to the UK and undertook an MA in Ceramics & Glass at the RCA in 2023 where she received a Charlotte Fraser scholarship. Currently, she is continuing her career in East London.
She had exhibitions and was shortlisted in awards in the UK and Europe during and after her experience at the RCA. Her works were shown at Ceramic Art London, the London Design Festival, the Bath Art Prize, the Holt Festival, and various exhibitions throughout the UK.
Shinhye crafts fiction rooted in magical realism, translating them into visual forms with clay as her primary medium. Her ceramic pieces serve as tangible remnants of her imagined worlds, acting as evidence of human lives that once existed. These works, emerging after the death of their fictional inhabitants, stand as empty vessels, echoes of a bygone existence. Through these pieces, Shinhye explores the afterlife of once-living beings, capturing the residue of human presence in a delicate interplay between reality and imagination.