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:
2025
The Soul Of Nature, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
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
