Hanna Hur

b. 1985, Toronto
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

  • 2019

    MFA, University of California, Los Angeles

  • 2008

    BFA, Concordia University, Montreal

Solo and two-person exhibitions

  • 2023

    Two Angels, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2022

    Independent Art Fair, New York, presented by Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2021

    Red Ecstatic, Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    The Inconstant World, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2020

    Fortune Baby God's Eyes, Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2019

    Signal at the Wheel, Hover at the Gate, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2017

    undressing a clam, curated by Ana Iwataki, Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2016

    The Lovers, Roberta Pelan, Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2022

    Shadow Tracer: Works on Paper, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
    The Practice of Everyday Life,
    Derosia, New York, NY
    Drawing Down the Moon, organized by Allegra Pesenti, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2020

    radiant yellow mother, u's, Calgary, Canada

  • 2019

    Last Call, The Gallery at Michael's, Los Angeles, CA
    Lark, Macfarlane, Los Angeles, CA
    Drawings, Franz Kaka, Toronto, Canada

  • 2018

    Body, L’INCONNUE, Montreal, Canada
    Annals of the Society for the Destruction of Unwritten Literature, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, CA
    u at Utopian Visions, curated by Ana Iwataki and Marion Vasseur Raluy, Portland, OR
    Cupping the Counter, curated by Keith J. Varadi, Motel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    Four Pillars, L’INCONNUE, Montreal, Canada

  • 2017

    Chance, on the edge of a line, curated by Audrey Moyer, The Sunroom, Richmond, VA
    Trapdoor (with Michael Kennedy Costa), 67 Steps, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2016

    Hybrid Objects, L’INCONNUE, Montreal, Canada
    That Feeling, Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Florence, IT
    RBC Painting Competition, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
    Land's End, curated by Haynes Riley, Fringe Projects, Miami, FL
    The fraud that goes under the name of love, curated by cheyanne turions and Amy Kazymerchyk, Audain Gallery at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
    Of Fauna and Flora, Tomorrow Gallery, New York NY

  • 2015

    RBC Painting Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
    Flat Sun on a Disc of Water, Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
    The Great Outdoors, curated by Aryen Hoekstra, Garden Avenue, Toronto, Canada
    Middle Ground, Jr. Projects, Toronto, Canada
    Comforter, Shanaynay, Paris, FR

Selected Bibliography

  • 2023

    Hudson, Suzanne. “Hanna Hur: Two Angels,” The Brooklyn Rail, December 2023.
    Moya Ford, Lauren. “Review: Something To Do With Pleasure at 12.26, Dallas,” Glasstire, December 2023.
    “Hanna Hur at Kristina Kite Gallery,” Contemporary Art Writing Daily, November 2023

  • 2022

    Li, Jennifer S. “Hanna Hur: Symbols, mirages, and the wondrousness of creative energy,” Art Asia Pacific, July/August, 2022.
    “My Way of Being: Hanna Hur in conversation with Christopher Lew,” Independent, April 2022.
    32 Drawings, Published by Kristina Kite Gallery, Los Angeles, 2022

  • 2021

    Holyoak, Vanessa. “The Inconstant World at ICA LA,” Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (CARLA), April 15, 2021.

  • 2020

    “Hanna Hur at Feuilleton,” Contemporary Art Writing Daily.
    “With Age: Hanna Hur,” interview with Building Block, April 16, 2020.

  • 2019

    Rawles, Erica. “Hanna Hur,” Artforum, October 2019.
    Edmunson, Tess. “Signal at the Wheel, Hover at the Gate,” Canadian Art Magazine.
    Koke, Zoe, “Hanna Hur’s Signal at the Wheel, Hover at the Gate”, The Editorial Magazine, September 26, 2019.
    Mizota, Sharon. “Review: Art as a portal to Korean ancestors? The mesmerizing work of Hanna Hur,” Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2019.
    Osberg, Annabel. “Hanna Hur, Artillery, July 10, 2019.
    Campbell, James D. “Body,” Border Crossings Magazine, May 2019.

  • 2018

    Nagree, Zeenat. “Critics’ Picks: Four Pillars,” Artforum, February 2018.
    Agostini, Nathalie. “Four Pillars,” Anniversary Magazine.
    Whittick, Olivia. “Four Pillars at L’Inconnue,” The Editorial Magazine, March 17, 2018.
    Campbell, James D. “Four Pillars,” Whitehot Magazine, February 2018.

Awards, Grants, and Residencies

  • 2022

    The 8th House Residency, Vermont

Public Collections

Grunwald Center Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA