Mary Lee Hu

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'BASKET NO. 6, 1976', American Metal Work, 1976

Mary Lee Hu (born 1943 in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American artist, goldsmith, and college level educator known for using textile techniques to create intricate woven wire jewelry.[1]

Career

Hu first became fascinated with

fiber arts course.[3] This led to the development of her signature style of wire wrapped jewelry. Since the late 1960s Hu has developed new techniques in coiling, wrapping, weaving, knitting, and twining wire. Her work consists mostly woven wire earrings, rings, bracelets, brooches, and neckpieces that emulate natural forms, movements and symmetry.[4]

After completing her master of fine arts degree, Hu traveled to various places and took up different teaching positions until she joined the metal arts program in the University of Washington in the School of Art in 1980. She retired from the University of Washington as professor emeritus in 2006.[5]

Hu is a member and past president of the Society of North American Goldsmiths.[when?] In 1996 Hu was inducted into the American Craft Council College of Fellows.[6] Hu has received three National Endowment of the Arts Craftsman Fellowships. Her work is in major collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Renwick Gallery, the American Crafts Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago. Hu is the winner of the 2008 Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.[7]

Education

  • 1965: B.F.A.
    Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 1967: M.F.A.
    Carbondale, IL

Teaching

Awards and grants

Public collections

Exhibitions

1967
  • Crafts Alliance Gallery,
    St. Louis, MO
1969
  • "Young Americans '69",
    New York, NY
1970–72
1974
1974–77
1975
  • "Contemporary Crafts of the Americas: 1975", Competitive exhibition, Colorado State University national tour
  • "Beaux Arts designer/Craftsmen ‘75",
    Columbus, OH
    .
1975–76
  • "Forms in Metal-275 Years of Metalsmithing in America",
    New York, NY
1976
  • Madison, WI
  • "6 Contemporary American Jewellers", Electrum Gallery, London
1977
  • Columbus, OH
  • Normal, IL
  • "Creative Jewelry", Design Center, Manila, Philippines
1978
  • "Modern American Jewelry Exhibition", Mikimoto & Co., Tokyo
  • "American Crafts at the Vatican Museum", Vatican City
  • Goldsmith Hall, London (with Harper, Scherr, Seppa)
1978–82
  • "Silver in American Life", Yale University Art Gallery
1979
1979–81
1980
1981
  • Grand Forks, ND
  • "Tenth anniversary Exhibition", Electrum Gallery,
    London, England
  • "The Golden Thread-Textures in Gold", Touring International Competition
1981–85
  • "Good as Gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry", Renwick Gallery,
    Washington, DC
    , national tour
1982
  • Murfreesboro, TN
1983
  • Lafayette, LA
  • Invitational of American Jewelry, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Traditional Industry, Kyoto
1984
  • The Hand and the Spirit Gallery,
    Scottsdale, AZ
1984–85
  • "Jewelry USA", organized by the
    New York, NY
    , national tour
1985
  • "Barbara Rockefeller Associates Collection", Anatole Orient Gallery,
    London, England
  • "Masterworks of Contemporary American Jewelry: Sources and Concepts",
    London, England
  • "International Jewelry Invitational", Rudolf Dentler Gallery, Ulm, Germany
1985–87
  • "American Jewelry NOW",
    New York, NY
    , Asia tour
1986–88
  • "Craft Today, Poetry of the Physical",
    New York, NY
    , national tour
1987–90
  • "The Eloquent Object", organized by The
    Tulsa, OK
    , US and Japan tour
1988
  • Concepts Gallery, Carmel and
    Palo Alto, CA
  • "Korean-American Contemporary Metalwork Exhibition 1988", Walker Hill Art Center,
    Seoul, Korea
1989
  • "Mary Lee Hu: Goldsmith", The Merrin Gallery,
    New York, NY
1989–93
  • "Craft Today USA",
    New York, NY
    and European Tour
1991
  • "The 20th Anniversary Show", Electrum Gallery,
    London, England
1992
  • "Design Visions, The Second Australian International Crafts Triennial". Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • "Helen Williams Drutt Collection",
    Helsinki, Finland
1993
  • "Documents Northwest: 6 Northwest Jewelers"
    Seattle, WA
1993–96
1994
  • "Mary Lee Hu: Master Metalsmith",
    Memphis, TN
1997
2000
  • "Curves Revisited", Susan Cummins Gallery,
    Mill Valley, CA
2001
2002
2003
  • "The Art of Gold" organized by the Society of North American Goldsmiths and tours by Exhibits USA Crocker Art Museum
2004
  • "The Art of Gold"
  • The
    Little Rock, AR
  • The
    Charlotte, NC
  • Anchorage, AK
  • "Korean & American Metalsmithing Exhibition", Kepco Plaza Gallery,
    Seoul, Korea
    .

References

  1. ^ Shaykett, Jessica (2012-02-08). "The Woven Wire Wonders of Mary Lee Hu". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2017-02-11. Hu has blazed a trail both as artist and innovator, exploring the nexus between metalsmithing and textile techniques.
  2. ^ "Biography: Mary Lee Hu". Temple University. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ^ Shaykett, Jessica (April–May 2012). "Mary Lee Hu: Cutting Loose". American Craft. 72 (2). Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ISBN 978-0615561561
    .
  5. ^ Huynh, Anh (24 April 2012). "Entwined in Art". The Daily of the University of Washington. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. ^ "American Craft Council College of Fellows". American Craft Council. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Mary Lee Hu". Craft in America. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  8. ^ Geske, Norman (1 Jan 1978). American Metal Work, 1976. Sheldon Museum of Art. p. 18.

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