CATALOG: Bunnies, Birds, and Butterflies
PRESS: House Beautiful, September 2017
VIDEO: New York Times
BIOGRAPHY
HUNT SLONEM
Hunt Slonem was born on July 18, 1951 in Kittery, ME. He is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from over 100 live birds of various species. His works are included in many important museum collections all over the world; he is exhibiting regularly at both public and private venues and he has recieved numerous honors and awards.
EDUCATION
1973 Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
SELECT BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Birds - Glitterati Publishing
When Art Meets Design - Assouline Publishing
Bunnies - Glitterati Publishing
Hunt Slonem - Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg Exhibition Catalogue
Hunt Slonem Paintings - Moscow Museum of Modern Art /Russian Academy of Arts
Pleasure Palaces - Powerhouse Books
The Worlds of Hunt Slonem - Vendome Press
Hunt Slonem: On The Bayou - Paul and Lulu Hillard University Art Museum, LA
Hunt Slonem: An Art Rich and Strange - Harry N. Abrams
Exotica - Endizioni d’Arte Frattelli Pozzo)
Channeled: The Essential Hunt Slonem Subject Matter
Hunt"S Place - disegnodiverso Paola Gribaud
Hunt Slonem - Kunst Editions/Jano Group
SELECT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, OH
The Contemporary Museum, HI
Currier Gallery of Art, NH
Delaware Art Museum, DE
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
Guilin Art Museum, Guilin Guang XI P.R. China
Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Philippines
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Michener Museum of Art, PA
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Queens Museum of Art, NY
Saint Petersburg Museum of Fine Art, FL
San Antonio Museum of Art, TX
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, CT
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VA
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Wichita Art Museum, KS
Wurth Museum, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2017 |
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL |
| 2016 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2015 |
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russian Academy of the Arts, Moscow, Russia |
| 2014 |
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC |
| 2013 |
Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Lafayette, LA |
| 2012 |
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO |
| 2011 |
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 |
DTR Modern, Boston, MA |
| 2009 |
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, Fl |
| 2008 |
Marlborough Chelsea New York, NY |
| 2007 |
Harmon-Meek, Naples, FL |
| 2006 |
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 2005 |
Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2004 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2003 |
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KS |
| 2002 |
Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX |
| 2001 |
Robert McClain Gallery, Houston TX |
| 2000 | Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Marlborough Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Vanier Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ Harman Meek Gallery, Naples, FL Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1999 | Hudson River Museum, New York, NY Harman-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 1998 | Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY Robert McClain Gallery, Houston TX Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA Magidson Gallery, Aspen, CO Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA Robert Thomas Gallery, Orlando, FL |
| 1997 | Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland Harman-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL Magidson Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 1996 | Art in General, New York, NY (installation) Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX Images Gallery, Toledo, OH Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland Still- Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA Alezander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL Vered Gallery, East Hampton ,NY Stubbs Book & Co., New York, NY KNA Studio, Nantes, France |
| 1995 | Lannon Gallery, New York, NY Galeria Greca, Barcelona, Spain Galeria Ynguanzo, Madrid, Spain La Galerie, Marassa, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA Michalski Gallery, Manila, Cebu, Philipines Musee d’Arte Haitien, Port-au-prince, Haiti |
| 1994 | Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX Zoologish Museum, Amsterdam, Holland Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO Galeria Ynguanzo, Madrid, Spain Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 1993 | Galeri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden Kuntschalter, Cologne, Germany Lili Belle Foundation, Mentecito, CA Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA William King Art Center, Abington, VA Helander Gallery, New York, NY Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL La Galerie Gustavia, St. Bart, West Idies |
| 1992 | Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA University of Maine at Machias Galleries, Machias, ME Helander Gallery, New York, NW Morgan Gallery, Kansas City,MO La Galerie Gustavia, St. Bart, West Indies Antoine Laurentin Gallery, Paris, France KEIO, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan The Time is Always Now, Hong Kong Marta Hewitt Gallery, Cincinatti, OH Greater Visions Gallery, Nashville, TN Images Gallery, Toledo, OH Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1991 | Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, Holland Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland Galerie de Nieuwe Buiten Societert, Zwolle, Amsterdam, Holland Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD Charlotte Milburn Fine Art, Oslo, Norway Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
| 1990 | Harcourts Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ Helander Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Eewal, Leewarden, Holland Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ Rosendale Tradgard, Stockholm, Sweden |