Yoona Hur is a Seoul-born, New York–based artist whose practice explores cultural identity, spirituality, and materiality through ceramics and painting. Drawing from Korean traditional arts, nature, meditation, and eastern philosophies of timelessness and impermanence, her practice evokes the contemplative spaces between presence and change.

Reimagined Moonjars (dalhangari) which anchor her ceramic practice embody Buddhist teachings, where the notion of emptying oneself is simultaneously an act of releasing and evolving. There’s also an attitude of balance and transformation reflecting the vessels’ inherent openness. Her canvas works made out of Korean mulberry paper (Hanji) —where emptiness and material presence are also deeply felt—inscribe the spirit of the land and the memory of the hand.

Her work has been widely exhibited and is in notable private collections in Asia, U.S.A and Europe. Also, her works have been featured in Rizzoli, Wall Street Journal Magazine, NY Times - Tmagazine, AW Architectur & Wohnen- Germany, Architectural Digest-Italia, Elle Decoration-France + Korea, Baptisa-Greece, Wallpaper, The Architect’s Newspaper, Cereal, Dezeen, Masion Korea, Luxury Editors-Korea, Milk Decoration-France, Design Anthology-Hong Kong, Surface, and Cultured Magazine.

Graduate of The Cooper Union [Bachelor of Architecture ‘10] and The School of Art Institute of Chicago [Bachelor of Fine Arts ‘06], she worked as an architect in New York City at Matthew Baird Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects. She has been a guest lecturer and critic at The Cooper Union, SCAD and The School of Art Institute of Chicago.