photo by Josh Braswell
Mi-Sook Hur is a metalsmith, enamellist, and Professor in the School of Art and Design at East Carolina University. She received her BFA in Metalwork and Jewelry from Seoul National University and her MFA in Metals from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As a Fulbright Scholar, she conducted research at Seoul National University on traditional Korean colors and patterns—an investigation that continues to shape her creative practice. She has also served on the Board of Trustees at Penland School of Crafts.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Museum of Arts and Design (New York), SOFA Chicago, the Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts (Japan), and Vicenza Oro II (Italy). It has been featured in publications such as The Art of Enameling by Linda Darty, 500 Enameled Objects, and Metalsmith magazine. She contributed a chapter on Limoges enamels to The Art of Fine Enameling by Karen L. Cohen.
Hur has received numerous awards, including recognition from the Enamelist Society, NICHE Awards, Arkansas Arts Center, and the World Gold Council. She has been an artist-in-residence at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Jentel Foundation.
A dedicated educator, she has taught more than 70 workshops nationally and internationally at leading institutions including Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, John C. Campbell Folk School, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Metalwerx, EGNE, Silvera Jewelry School, Appalachian Center for Craft, Seoul National University, and Kookmin University.
Her work is included in public and private collections such as the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Enamel Arts Foundation, Crocker Art Museum, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Racine Art Museum, Sunny and Gloria Kamm, and the Yale University Art Gallery.