Biography
Harry Lee
HARRY LEE 李雲烽 is an landscape architectural designer based in Kyoto who explores the interplay of ritual, artifacts, and landscape architecture through his work. Drawing from his intimate connection with the environments, he creates ceramic artifacts that capture the ambiances of sacred sites and mythological landscapes. These artifacts are primarily made at Asahiyaki, a 400-year-old ceramic atelier in Uji, Japan, where the heritage of tea and ceramics converge.
Educated at Harvard University in Landscape Architecture, Lee combines landscape architecture with immersive performance and tea ceremonies to explore the relationship between place, ritual, and sensory experience. He is also the founder of Tea J Club in Kyoto and the Harvard Club Tea Society in New York City. Crafting narratives through immersive environments, his work has captivated audiences internationally, including at Nuit Blanche Kyoto, the Hong Kong Cultural Center, Burning Man, and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
In the age of digital saturation, he founded HARRY LEE WORLD to create landscape art that restores a primordial dialogue between humans and nature, rekindling ancestral cosmologies in contemporary ceremonies.
EDUCATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 2019
Graduation from Master of Landscape Architecture
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 2014
Graduation from Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies
First Class of Honour
ASAHIYAKI since 2021
Study ceramics under 16th Generation Master Hosai Matsubayashi
URASENKE since 2023
Study Japanese Chado under Master Bruce Hamana Sosei
ZEN TEA CEREMONY since 2015
Chinese Tea training under Zen tea teacher 明安
CERAMIC EXHIBITIONS
NÉO-ARTÉFACTS 2025
Galerie de Bazillac, Palais-Royal, Paris
牡蠣 OYSTER 2025
香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong
PATH OF ASAHIYAKI 2024
白夜祭 Nuit Blanche, Kyoto
WONDERS OF THE GARDEN 2024
若王子倶楽部 左右 Sayuu Gallery, Kyoto
北斎の海 HOKUSAI S SEA 2022
朝日焼 Asahiyaki Shop & Gallery, Kyoto
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
MAHARI TAMASARI
Architecture Concept and Masterplan
2021-now Bali
妙靜山
Architecture Concept and Masterplan
2020-2021 Japan
NEOM Technology and Digital Sector
Design lead
2020-2022 Saudi Arabia
Martha Schwartz and Partners
Designer
2019-2020 NYC
Shanghai Disney Land
Design Consultant
2019-2020 NYC
Shanghai GREENSPACE
Designer
2019-2020 NYC
INTERATIONAL ART FESTIVALS
OVERVIEW EFFECTS with POETIC KINETICS
Puppeteering for Robotics Art Installation
Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Indio, USA 2019
DOT THE DOG
Wooden Installation art
Burning Man, USA 2018
PERFORMANCE
夜桜行 SAKURA ART WALK 2025
法然院 若王子倶楽部 左右 Honen-in Temple, Sayuu Gallery, Kyoto
PATH OF ASAHIYAKI 2024
Nuit Blanche Kyoto, Kyoto
AYU OKAKITA ‘s GROW GROW CONCERT 2023,2024
KAGURANE TOKYO, SOCORE FACTORY OSAKA
“KOYO” Tea Ceremony with August Henry
Stage Design & Immersive Lighting Performance with New York painter
02/02/2024 Bridge to Kyoto, KYOTO
CORAL ĀYATANA THE SIX SENSES SPHERES
Stage Design & Light Performance with butoh dancer FRAUKE
24/11/2022 UrbanGUILD KYOTO
Hokusai’s Sea《北斎の海》
Tea ceremony inspired by Edo Period artist Hokusai
Asahiyaki Shop & Gallery, KYOTO 2022
SCHLEMMER’S CIRCLE
Bauhaus 100th Year Anniversary Tribute Performance
for Oskar Schlemmer
Harvard University Graduate School of Design,
24/11/2018 CAMBRIDGE
“SCHLEMMER’S CIRCLES” TRIBUTE TO BAUHAUS 100th YEAR ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, UNITED STATES
Överview Effects with POETIC KINETICS
Coachella Music and Arts Festival, INDIO, UNITED STATES
“ENOKI MUSHROOM” IMMERSIVE HOTPOT GARDEN
CHONGQING, CHINA