Born in Singapore, Jessie Lim graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the National University of Singapore, 1976. She received pottery training at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA in 1983 and took up summer pottery courses at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984.

 

She then embarked on a tour of the Korean Ceramics Biennale and trained at La Meridiana, the International School of Ceramics in Tuscany, Italy. She taught Ceramics at LASALLE College of the Arts, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and also set up the Ceramics Department at the School of the Arts (SOTA).

 

She now conducts workshops in her own ceramic studio. Her works range from contemporary sculptures to vessels, platters and installation pieces. She has exhibited her work in Singapore, also in Norway, Sweden, China, Thailand and Japan.