Hunt Slonem
About the Artist:
Hunt Slonem (1951, USA)
Slonem was born in Maine and studied at Tulane University and Skowhegan School of Painting. His studio is in Manhattan where he paints five days a week, 40 something weeks a year and travels around the world on the other days to go to his exhibitions.
According to the New York Times, he fell in love with "a very particular kind of New York life, one most people can only fantasize about. But people this determinedly unusual do exist here, and that is one of the city's surest charms. They feed off the city and the city feeds off them." Although Slonem has lived in New York City for 50 years, his boyhood fascination with the exotic has stuck with him and is the foundation of his work. He surrounds himself with animals to bring nature to him. 60 birds, mostly parrots, and lots of Star of India tortoises make up just some of his pets.
“I would say my whole life could be summed up by the word 'exotica'.”
—Hunt Slonem
Bunnies, birds, and butterflies are a common motif throughout Slonem’s work. But it isn’t just about animals. He says, “It’s nature in general and the Garden of Eden and the symbolic reference of the butterfly and metamorphosis and ascension. I don’t think there’s anything more inspiring than nature as a source of subject matter. Everything about it has captivated me: the intrinsic forms, the colors, the behavioral tendencies, the spiritual symbolism, the environments in which they were created after 60 million years of evolution like in the rainforest that is sadly disappearing before us – all these myriad forms and shapes. Humans are mostly similar, but animals are so varied.”
Slonem has had many life-changing experiences out in nature, away from the man-made world. One such event was witnessing five million hummingbirds hovering at an aloe plantation in Dominica. Seeing the iridescent cloud created by all those unique birds was a thrill that he imbues into his work.
Why so many bunnies? In the 1990s, Slonem discovered he was born under the year of the rabbit. He was pleased because of the positive associations with it – luck and productivity. When one looks at Slonem’s bunny busts or small bunny portraits, they will notice the individual personalities from one piece to another. Slonem enjoys displaying the small 8 x 10 inch bunny paintings as a grouping of 50 to 100. In the way that innumerous blades of grass grow together, or millions of unique snowflakes fall as one, he’s making mass amounts of the same symbol, but all with variation. No two are the same and they’re made with care, one at a time.
Résumé:
Born
July 18 1951, Kittery Maine
Education
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1973 Tulane University, New Orleans, Bachelor of Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
2022 Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
2016 Shaw Center of the Arts, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
Southern Alleghanies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
Cuadro Fine Art, Dubai, UAE
Arsenal Museum, Montreal, QC
2015 Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Prague National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Bulgaria National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, FL
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Moscow Museum of Art Sponsored By the Russian Imperial Academy of the Arts,
Saint Petersberg, Russia
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Miller Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Napua Gallery, Grand Wailea, HI
2014 Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
McHugh Gallery, Aspen, CO
Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Galerie von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec, CA
Gremillion & Co., Houston, TX
Alison Sprock Fine Art, Charlotte, NC
Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI
Galerie Sono, Norwalk, CT
Miller Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
Quidley & Co., Nantucket, MA
Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
Pensacola Art Museum, Pensacola, FL
2013 “Birds and Bayous: Paintings by Hunt Slonem,” The Manship Theatre, Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
Martine Chaisson, New Orleans, LA
McHugh Gallery, Aspen, CO
Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Ruiz-Healy Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec, CA
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
DTR Georgetown, Washington, DC
New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Playscapes” Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Gremillion & Co., Dallas, TX
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
Cuadro Fine Art Dubai, UAE
Deland Museum Deland, FL
Morris Museum, Augusta,GA
2012 Mabeyn Gallery at the Chamberlain House, Besiktas, Istanbul
Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
Miami Art Fair (Dean Project), Miami, FL
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
Gremillion & Co., Houston, TX
Galeria Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador
Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
McHugh Gallery, Aspen, CO
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
New Gallery of Modern Art Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
2011 Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL (through March 2012)
Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Couture Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Museo de Arte de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
12 Gallagher Lane, San Francisco, CA
Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA
Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, FL
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal Quebec
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL
Museum Gallery of Modern Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
National Gallery of Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
City of Varna Art Museum, Varna, Bulgaria
ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
2009 DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
Gallerie Von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, LA
Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal Quebec
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
PG Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Gettysburg Festival, Gettysburg, PA
2008 Marlborough Chelsea New York, NY
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Heriard-Cimino Gallery New Orleans, LA
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Cuadro Fine Art, Dubai, UAE
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
Seaside Gallery/Ogden Museum, Seaside, FL
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2007 The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Olin Gallery, Roanoke University, Salem, VA
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, FL
Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Miriam Shiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2005 Evansville Museum of Art History & Science, Evansville, IN
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
Galerie Von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Don O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2004 Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Vanier Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
Louisiana Museum of Art & Science, Baton Rouge, LA
Millenia Gallery, Orlando, FL
2003 Morgan Gallery, Kansas City
Ten High Street, Camden, ME
Alva Gallery, New London, CT
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
2002 Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Vanier Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, OH
2001 Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mariella Gonzalez Lerena Galeria de Arte, Punta del Este, Uruguay
Marlborough, Anguilla, British West Indies
Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2000 Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Marlborough Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999 The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Vanier Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
1998 Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Marcel Sitkoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Magidson Gallery, Aspen, CO
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Witteveen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Robert Thomas Gallery, Orlando, FL
1997 Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Magidson Fine Art, New York, NY
1996 Art in General, New York, NY
Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Images Gallery, Toledo, OH
Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Still-Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Stubbs Books & 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, Philippines
Musée d’Art Haïtien, Port-Au-Prince, Haïti
1994 Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Zoologisch Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Galeria Ynguanzo, Madrid, Spain
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1993 William King Art Center, Abingdon, VA
Helander Gallery, New York, NY
Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
La Galerie Gustavia, St. Bart, West Indies
Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
Kunstschalter, Cologne, Germany
Lili Belle Foundation, Montecito, CA
1992 Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA
University of Maine at Machias Galleries, Machias, ME
Helander Gallery, New York, NY
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, Cincinnati, OH
Greater Visions Gallery, Nashville, TN
Images Gallery, Toledo, OH
Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1991 Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie de Nieuwe Buiten Societert, Zwolle, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
Charlotte Milburn Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1990 Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Helander Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Eewal, Leewarden, Netherlands
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Rosendale Tradgard, Stockholm, Sweden
1989 Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dede Grutzmacher Gallery, Enschede, Netherlands
Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Greenwald & Marin Modern Art, New Hope, PA
Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Delgado University, New Orleans, LA
Paula Allen Gallery, New York, NY
Images Gallery, Toledo, OH
Arent Corporation, Antwerp, Belgium
1988 Academia & Museo Diocesano di Sant’Apollonia, Venice, Italy
Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Trabia-Macafee Gallery, New York, NY
Dede Grutzmacher Gallery, Enschede, Netherlands
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1987 Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME
Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arreesa Gallery, Bombay, India
The Gallery, Grindlays Bank, Madras, India
1986 Paris Green Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1985 Jason McCoy, Inc., New York, NY
Exit Art Inc., New York, NY
Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Barbara Braathen Gallery, New York, NY
Beulah Land, New York, NY
Dramatis Personae Gallery, New York, NY
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1983 Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Colegio de Architectos, Quinto, Ecuador
Centro Ecuatoriano-Norteamericano, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Saint Mary’s College, Saint Mary City, MD
1981 Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
1980 Stefanotti Gallery, New York, NY
Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY
Sandra Oreck Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1979 Galeria Macondo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
INGUAT, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
1977 Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
Harold Reed Gallery, New York, NY
Please contact the gallery for Slonem's full resume.
Additional Information:
Born: 1951Birthplace: USA