Tray by Kee-Ho Yuen (Chinese enamel lantern not included) aprox. 19 inches diameter.

Kee-ho Yuen was born in Hong Kong in 1956. He received a B.A. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1983 and an M.F.A. in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from the University of Iowa in 1989. After teaching at the University of Northern Iowa for ten years, he joined the University of Iowa as an Associate Professor of the Metalsmithing and Jewelry program in the fall of 2000, and become the Head of the program in the fall of 2001. He teaches beginning, advanced and graduate workshop metals courses, as well as teaching software techniques, including AutoCAD and 3-D computer modeling.

Kee-ho's work has been acquired by the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom; the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; the Museum of Arts and Design (formerly American Craft Museum), New York, NY; the Museum of Art, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA; Cedar Rapids Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA as well as other places. Collectors of his work include Rosanne Raab, New York, NY; Sonny Kamm, Los Angeles, CA. and Lois Jecklin, Washington DC.

His work has been exhibited in numerous national and international invitational group and solo exhibitions as well as competitive exhibitions including: the Goldsmith Hall, London, England; Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; Pionine Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea; the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Museum of Arts and Design, Fortunoff, and Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Museum of Art, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and many times at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN.

Publication of Kee-ho's work can be found at: The Metalsmith's Books of Boxes and lockets by Tim McCreight; Contemporary Silver: Commissioning, Designing, Creating by Benton Seymour Rabinovitch and Helen Clifford; Metalsmith, "Exhibition in Print"2005 issue, and Silver Magazine, July/August 2005 issue. In addition to his various publications, Kee-ho's work was chosen to be presented in Dawn Nakanishi's lecture, titled "Asian Roots, Western Soil: Visual Poetry in Metal,"at the 1998 National Conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

Kee-ho has currated many international and national exhibitions, such as the "International Metal Artists Invitational Exhibition"at the Kepco Plaza Gallery in Seoul, Korea in 2004; "International Jewelry and Metalsmithing Invitational"at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa city, IA in 2002, and "Seven British Silversmiths"at the Gallery of Art at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA in 1997.