Mi-Sook Hur
metal design, first year courses
MFA, University of Wisconsin at Madison
hurm@ecu.edu
1311 Jenkins Fine Arts Center
252-328-1294
misookhur.com
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, North Carolina, USA. Her work focuses on realistic images inspired by nature, and she explores the modern studies of Limoges enamels. Recently, Hur has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant for 2024-2025 to further research enameling in South Korea. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is included in the collections of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (Little Rock, AR); Enamel Arts Foundation (Los Angeles, CA); Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA); John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI); Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC); Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA); Racine Art Museum (Racine, WI); Kamm Teapot Foundation (CA); and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT).
Areas of Research
Metalsmithing, Jewerly Design, and Enameling
Courses taught:
Undergraduate courses: ART 1001, ART 1011, ART 2300, ART 2301, ART2311, ART 3005, ART 3321, ART 3500
Graduate courses: ART 6311, ART 6341, ART 6301
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Teaching Philosophy
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