BIOGRAPHY

 

 

Hunt Slonem
Born 1951, Kittery, Maine



Artist Statement:

Hunt Slonem is an American artist best known for his “maximalist” paintings of wildlife exotica —most famously birds, rabbits and butterflies. Drawing inspiration from the spiritual and natural worlds, Slonem repeats these motifs on an epic scale in an act of visual and artistic mantra. Rendered through loose, gestural brushwork, his figures dissolve into rhythmic patterns at the edges of abstraction, creating symphonies of color, line, and form, across a highly textural canvas. His oeuvre’s meditative qualities are equally matched by a “remarkable levity... a lightness of being” (Henry Geldzahler, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1996). Slonem has also received critical acclaim for his restorations of national historic monuments, including Gilded Age mansions and Antebellum plantations, which the artist saves from neglect and fills with installations combining his work with collections of 19th century antiques. Slonem has exhibited the world-over and has had more than 350 shows, including 20 museum exhibitions. In Summer 2019 Slonem had a special exhibition with the National Museum of Art in Kiev and the Odessa Museum of Eastern and Western Art.

Education:
1970-71 Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Mexico
1973 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1973 Banff School of Fine Art, Alberta, Canada

Exhibitions:

2022
Salon Style, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

The Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga, Latvia
European Union, The Siauliai Aušros Museum, Siauliai,
Lithuania, European Union Osthaus-
Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
National Arts Club, New York, NYDTR
Modern, Boston, MA
DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Madison Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, MA
Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
KW Contemporary Art, Kennebunk, ME
Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Stanford Fine Art, Nashville, Tennessee
Samuel Owens Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
Coats Wright Art & Design, Carmel, IN
Gallery Mar, Park City, UT
Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY
Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2021 
Bonner David Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
DTR Modern, Boston, MA
Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME
Gallery MAR, Park City, UT
Gallery Schimming, Kampen, Germany
Golisano Childern’s Museum of Naples, Naples, FL
Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

 Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA 

Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Merritt Gallery, Baltimore, MD

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

Tew Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

Gallery Schimming, Kampen, GERMANY

Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Laverdin Fine Arts Gallery, NY, NY

Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME

New River Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY

Gallery MAR, Park City, UT

Jessica Hagen, Newport, RI 

 

 

2020

Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

The Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga, Latvia

National Gallery of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Aura Galleries, Mexico City, MEXICO

Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Manolis Project Gallery 

Tew Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO

Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, OK

Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Harmon Meek, Naples, FL

K Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

 

 

2019

Hunt Slonem’s Amazing World, Odessa Museum of Eastern and Western Art, Odessa, Ukraine 

Huntopia, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

Hunt Slonem: Both Sides of the Brush, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN

Gallery Red, Ibiza, Spain

Gallery Red, Mallorca, Spain

Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Jessica Hagen Fine Art, Newport, RI

Quidley & Co., Nantucket, MA

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX

Diehl Gallery, Jackson, WY

Jane Eckert Fine Art, Kent, CT

Bonner David Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Gallery Frederic Got, Nice, France

Hunt Slonem: Eden Never Ends, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY

Cuadro Fine Art, Dubai, UAE

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Coats Wright Gallery, Carmel, IN

Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

Quidley & Company, Nantucket, MA

Russell Collection, Austin, TX

 

2018  

Hunt Slonem, Kasteev State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Hunt Slonem, National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan

Hunt Slonem, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA

Gallery Frederic Got, Paris, France

Rarity Gallery, Mykanos, Greece

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Toronto, ON

Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

The Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

Busan Annual Market of Art (BAMA), Lilac Gallery, Busan, South Korea

Ville de St. Tropez

Space Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY

Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX

Laura Rathe Fine Art. Houston, TX

Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery, Austin, TX

Diehl Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

McHugh Gallery, Aspen, CO 

DTR Modern at The Delano Hotel, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Quidley & Company Fine Art Galleries, Nantucket, MA

Jessica Hagen Fine Art, Newport, RI

Renaissance Fine Arts, Baltimore, MD

Merritt Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD

Exhibit by Aberson, Tulsa, OK

Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO

Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho

Galerie Sono, Norwalk CT

Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

Number Four Eleven, Savannah, GA

 

2017

Hunt Slonem, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Hunt Slonem, Contemporary Art Museum, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

The Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

The Ware Art Gallery, Morgantown, WV

Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

Galerie Von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany

Rosenbaum Contemporary Art, Boca Raton, FL

Galerie Sono, Norwalk CT

Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA

DTR Modern Gallery, Boston, MA

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

Quidley & Co, Nantucket, MA

Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY

Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Russell Collection, Austin, TX

Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO

Madison Galleries, La Jolla, CA

New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC

 

2016

Anetbellum Pop! LSU Museum of Art at the Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT Cuadro Fine Art, Dubai, UAE

Russell Collection of Fine Art, Austin, TX

Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX

Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO

Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Galerie Sono, Norwalk, CT

McHugh Gallery, Aspen, CO

Jessica Hagen Fine Art & Design, Newport, RI

Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX

Bayou Teche Museum, New Iberia, LA

New Gallery of Modern of Art, Charlotte, NC

Space SBH, Carré D’Or, Gustavia, St Barthélemy

 

2015

Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation - Gallery at Center of Creative Education, West Palm Beach, FL

Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russian Academy of the Arts, Moscow, Russia

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada

Vogelsang Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX

Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, ON

Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

Coats-Wright Gallery, Carmel, IN

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece

Serge Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Sultan Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait

 

2014

Flint Museum of Art, Flint, MI

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN

Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FLA

Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum, Baton Rouge, LA

Madison Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC

Miller Gallery, Cincinnati,  OH

Gremillion Fine Art, Houston, TX

Galerie Sono, Norwalk, CT

Quidley & Co., Nantucket, MA

Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO

Galerie Von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany

Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA

 

2013

Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Lafayette, LA

Playscape, Children’s Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Cuadro Fine Art, Dubai, UAE

Martine Chaisson, New Orleans, LA

Gremillion & Co., Dallas, TX

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec

Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID

ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT

Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY

DTR Modern Georgetown, Washington, DC

New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC

 

2012

Mabeyn Gallery at Chamberlain House, Besiktas, Istanbul

Brenau University, Gainesville, GA

Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA

Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

DTR Modern, Palm Beach, FL

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Galeria Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador

Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA

New Gallery of Modern Art Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

2011

Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL

Brenau University, Gainesville, GA

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC

Martine Chaisson Gallery New Orleans, LA

Couture Galerie, Stockholm, Sweden

Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO

Etra Fine Art, Miami, FL

 

2010

Museo de Arte San Salvador, San Salvador, C.A.

Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, FL

Museum Gallery of Modernism, Sofia, Bulgaria

National Gallery of Foreign Art Sofia, Bulgaria

Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA

ARC Fine Art, Fairfield, CT

Gebert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA

Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL

Gallerie Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada

 

2009

PG Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, LA

Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Gettysburg Festival, Gettysburg, PA

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal Quebec

Galerie Von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany

 

2008

Marlborough Chelsea New York, NY

Seaside Gallery/Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Seaside, FL

DTR Modern, Boston, MA

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

Cuadro Fine Art, Dubai, UAE

Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec

Heriard-Cimino Gallery New Orleans, LA

 

2007

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, FL

Olin Gallery, Roanoke University, Roanoke, VA

Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College, Pepperpike, OH

George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Gebert Contemporary, Sante Fe, NM

The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

 

2006

 

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Miriam Shiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

Chiaroscuro Gallery, Sante 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

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

Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

 

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

Feather Not Plucked: A Healing Chamber, 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

 

1977

Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY

Harold Reed Gallery, New York, NY          

Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD