- Mary Lee Hu
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Mary Lee Hu is an American artist, goldsmith, innovator, and college level educator.
Contents
Life
Hu first became fascinated with metalwork during high school introductory courses. She later explored more work with metals during a summer camp. Hu has always wanted to be a visual artist. During her undergraduate education Hu developed her skills and continued to work with small scale metalwork and jewelry. Hu developed her signature style during graduate school. This was when she first started to work with fiber inspired techniques after taking a fiber arts course. From then on Hu worked with wire wrapped jewelry. Hu has developed new techniques in coiling, wrapping, weaving, knitting, and twining wire.[1] After her education she traveled numerous places to exhibit her work. She later became a member and president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. She also is a member of organizations such as the American Craft Council and the World Crafts Council.
Education
- 1965: B.F.A. Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 1967: M.F.A. Metalsmithing, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Teaching
- 1980-2006: University of Washington
- 1977-1980: Michigan State University
- 1976-1977: University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 1976:Kansas State University
- 1976: University of Iowa
- 1968-1969: Southern Illinois University
Awards and grants
- 2008: The Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement from Artist Trust of Washington.
- 2004: Invited to start a Mary Lee Hu research collection at The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
- 2002 Donald E. Peterson Endowed Fellowship for Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington
- 2001-02: Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists
- 1999: Elected “Master of the Medium” for the James C. Renwick Alliance, the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- 1996: Appointed as a Fellow of the American Crafts Council
- 1992: National Endowment for the Arts Crafts Fellowship
- 1988: Alumni Achievement Award, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
- 1984: National Endowment for the Arts Crafts Fellowship
- 1979: All-University Research Grant, Michigan State University
- 1978: All-University Research Grant, Michigan State University
- 1976: National Endowment for the Arts Crafts Fellowship
- 1975: Best in Show, Best in Metals, Outstanding Craftsman of the North Central Region, Purchase Award, "Beaux Arts Designer/Craftsman '75", Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
Public collections
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
- Illinois State University
- Museum of Arts & Design (formerly American Crafts Museum), New York City
- Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
- University of Indiana Art Gallery, Bloomington, IN
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Exhibition
- 2004
“The Art of Gold” The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK “Korean & American Metalsmithing Exhibition”, Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
- 2003
“The Art of Gold” organized by the Society of North American Goldsmiths and tours by Exhibits USA Crocker Art Museum
- 2002
Summer Arts Festival Mirabela Arts Exhibit, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington
“Exuberance”, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle (with Kevin Glenn Crane)
- 2001
"Flet/Braid", Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
- 2000
“Curves Revisited”, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
- 1997
“Celebrating American Craft”, Kunstindustrie Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1994
"Mary Lee Hu: Master Metalsmith", National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
- 1993
"Documents Northwest: 6 Northwest Jewelers" Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
- 1993-96
"Sculptural Concerns: Contemporary American Metalworking",Fort Wayne Museum of Art,national tour
- 1992
"Design Visions, The Second Australian International Crafts Triennial". Art Gallery of Western Australia
"Helen Williams Drutt Collection", Helsinki, Finland
- 1991
"The 20th Anniversary Show", Electrum Gallery, London, England
- 1989
"Mary Lee Hu: Goldsmith", The Merrin Gallery, New York, NY
- 1989-93
"Craft Today USA", Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY and European Tour
- 1988
Concepts Gallery, Carmel and Palo Alto, CA
"Korean-American Contemporary Metalwork Exhibition 1988", Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
- 1987-90
"The Eloquent Object", organized by The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, US and Japan tour
- 1986-88
"Craft Today, Poetry of the Physical", Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, national tour
- 1985-87
“American Jewelry NOW", Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, Asia tour
- 1985
"Barbara Rockefeller Associates Collection", Anatole Orient Gallery, London, England
"Masterworks of Contemporary American Jewelry: Sources and Concepts", The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
"International Jewelry Invitational", Rudolf Dentler Gallery, Ulm, Germany
- 1984
The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- 1984-85
"Jewelry USA", organized by the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, national tour
- 1983
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
Invitational of American Jewelry, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Traditional Industry, Kyoto
- 1982
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
- 1981-85
"Good as Gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry", Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC, national tour
- 1981
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
"Tenth anniversary Exhibition", Electrum Gallery, London, England
"The Golden Thread-Textures in Gold", Touring International Competition
- 1980
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
"International Jewellery 1900-1980", Kunslerhaus, Vienna
- 1979
"Fourth International Jewellery Art Exhibition", Jewellery Designers Association, Mikimoto, Tokyo
- 1979-81
"Society of North American Goldsmiths", by Society of North American Goldsmiths national tour
- 1979
Eastern Kentucky University Gallery, Richmond, KY
- 1978-82
"Silver in American Life", Yale University Art Gallery
- 1978
"Modern American Jewelry Exhibition", Mikimoto & Co., Tokyo
"American Crafts at the Vatican Museum", Vatican City
Goldsmith Hall, London (with Harper, Scherr, Seppa)
- 1977
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
“Creative Jewelry”, Design Center, Manila, Philippines
- 1976
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
"6 Contemporary American Jewellers", Electrum Gallery, London
- 1975-76
"Forms in Metal-275 Years of Metalsmithing in America",[[ Museum of Contemporary Crafts]], New York, NY
- 1975
"Contemporary Crafts of the Americas: 1975", Competitive exhibition, Colorado State University national tour
“Beaux Arts designer/Craftsmen ‘75”, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH.
- 1974
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- 1974-77
“Goldsmith/74”, by the Renwick Gallery and the Minnesota Museum of Art.
- 1974
"World Silver Fair", International competition, Taxco and Mexico City, Mexico
“Profile 1974”, Humber College, Rexdale, Ontario, Canada
- 1970-72
“Goldsmith ‘70”, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
- 1969
"Young Americans '69", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
- 1967
Crafts Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
References
- ^ http://www.flintridgefoundation.org/visualarts/recipients20012002_maryleehu.html, referenced 10/08/08
- Flintridge Foundation, Mary Lee Hu, Seatlle, WA, jewelry
- Artist Mary Lee Hu at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery
- Professional Jewelers Magazine, Innovators 8: Mary Lee Hu
- Biography: Mary Lee Hu
External links
Categories:- Southern Illinois University alumni
- Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni
- University of Washington faculty
- Michigan State University faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
- Kansas State University faculty
- University of Iowa faculty
- Southern Illinois University faculty
- Living people
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