Mi-Sook Hur (USA) - Plus One Collective
Mi-Sook Hur
Biography:
Mi-Sook Hur is an award-winning enamelist and metalsmith who is a professor in the School of Art and Design at East Carolina University. Her work focuses on the realistic images inspired by nature and she explores the modern studies of Limoges enamels. She received a BFA in Metalwork and Jewelry from Seoul National University in Korea and an MFA in Metals from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Hur has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is included in the collections of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (Little Rock, AR); Enamel Arts Foundations (Los Angeles, CA); Crocker Art Museum, (Sacramento, CA); John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI); Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA); Racine Art Museum (Racine, WI); Sunny & Gloria Kamm (CA); and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT).
Artist Statement:
My work has been a vehicle of journey to find my lost memory and meaning as I age. Many of my memories evoke scattered pictures of my early life in a small farming village, but often lack overall coherence from which meanings can be derived. Those images are from nature - in particular, beans, sprouts, birds, feathers, seedpods, etc. They engage me to contemplate deeply over what these memories mean to me. As a metalsmith, my primary materials are metals; however, I also explore a variety of other materials which may better portray my intentions. Most recently, I have been working on my wearable feather series using Limoges, a technique of “painting” with enamel.
“Feather Lace 2”, 2020 vitreous enamel on copper, sterling silver, stainless steel pin
“Luna, 2020”, 2020 vitreous enamel on copper, sterling silver, moonstone
“Feather Lace 7”, 2020 vitreous enamel on copper, sterling silver, stainless steel pin