her MFA from the University of California, Davis where she studied with Robert Arneson,
Roy DeForest, and Irit Rogoff.She has participated in numerous solo and multiple artist
exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Additionally, she has also received
many awards and grants for her artwork, including, a Starr Foundation Fellowship,
enabling her to be the first American woman to serve as Artist-in-Residence at the Royal
Academy of Art, London.
In honor of Women's History Month, March 2008, Brown University, Providence, RI and
the Mesquite Art Center, Dallas, TX held concurrent solo exhibitions of Spectacle
Spectacular and hosted Hunter as a visiting artist. The exhibition then traveled to Rogue
Community College, Grants Pass, OR and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. The
production and distribution of Spectacle Spectacular is supported by a University of
South Carolina Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, a Josephine Abney
Research Fellowship, special funding from the University of South Carolina Research
Foundation, a Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant, Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington
Counties Quarterly Grant, and a University of South Carolina Research Opportunity
Program Grant Category III. Hunter began this series through the award of a summer
residency at The Cooper Union, New York, NY. She is currently an Assistant Professor of
art and Foundations Coordinator at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Roy DeForest, and Irit Rogoff.She has participated in numerous solo and multiple artist
exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Additionally, she has also received
many awards and grants for her artwork, including, a Starr Foundation Fellowship,
enabling her to be the first American woman to serve as Artist-in-Residence at the Royal
Academy of Art, London.
In honor of Women's History Month, March 2008, Brown University, Providence, RI and
the Mesquite Art Center, Dallas, TX held concurrent solo exhibitions of Spectacle
Spectacular and hosted Hunter as a visiting artist. The exhibition then traveled to Rogue
Community College, Grants Pass, OR and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. The
production and distribution of Spectacle Spectacular is supported by a University of
South Carolina Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, a Josephine Abney
Research Fellowship, special funding from the University of South Carolina Research
Foundation, a Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant, Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington
Counties Quarterly Grant, and a University of South Carolina Research Opportunity
Program Grant Category III. Hunter began this series through the award of a summer
residency at The Cooper Union, New York, NY. She is currently an Assistant Professor of
art and Foundations Coordinator at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Biography
D A W N H U N T E R
Copyright 1999-2010
All rights reserved.
All rights reserved.
To follow the link to Dawn Hunter's resume click here.
Portfolios
My Barbie Series:
The Zita Drawings:
Spectacle Spectacular Portfolios:
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Dawn Hunter's art work explores the
psychological ramifications of popular culture
through the construction of imagery that mines
personal myth and contemporary culture.
These themes are manifested in her current
body of work Spectacle Spectacular, a playful
yet haunting series that explores the
symbolism incorporated within popular
advertising that can motivate on a mass level
irresponsible behavior toward the self for the
sake culture.
psychological ramifications of popular culture
through the construction of imagery that mines
personal myth and contemporary culture.
These themes are manifested in her current
body of work Spectacle Spectacular, a playful
yet haunting series that explores the
symbolism incorporated within popular
advertising that can motivate on a mass level
irresponsible behavior toward the self for the
sake culture.
She pursued her undergraduate studies at the
Kansas City Art Institute, Parsons School of
Design, and the Yale Norfolk Summer School of
Art & Music. As a Regents Fellow, she received
Kansas City Art Institute, Parsons School of
Design, and the Yale Norfolk Summer School of
Art & Music. As a Regents Fellow, she received
A Matter of Time, 2009
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Link to: 2009 essay by Dr. Cheryl Kramer
Director Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College.
Director Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College.