Julie & Jesse is an art / design studio established in Hong Kong + Jingdezhen by designer Julie Progin (Swiss) and artist Jesse Mc Lin (American). The duo’s practice straddles between the fields of design, craft and art using function as a pretext for visual discourse and ceramic experiments as a method. They embrace a unique approach to each project, inspired by its cultural, historic and economic context as well as resources available at hand.
Julie & Jesse combine research and material investigations into sculptural objects, installations and experiences. From capturing the movement of clay during firing to archiving the break and decay of distressed production molds, the key attributes of their work are time, context and transformation.
Julie & Jesse’s works have been shown at the Triennale Di Milano, Yingge Museum in Taipei. Their works are held in private collections as well as public permanent collections at the China Ceramic Museum in Jingdezhen, China, M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong.