New York art world star Hunt Slonem paints lush, expressive works whose built-up surfaces reveal many layers of imagery and intense color.  He scores his works by scratching grid-like patterns into the final application of paint, creating a visual screen through which depictions of faces, birds and butterflies can be viewed.  Slonem has gained notoriety for his paintings which are exhibited internationally and in the collections of over 150 museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Guggenheim, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

Since 1973, Slonem has lived and worked in New York City in his legendary loft with his seventy pet birds.  The birds are his models.  So enmeshed and unique are his aviary, studio, lifestyle and painting, that Slonem has been featured on television a dozen times and in numerous articles.

The late Henry Geldzahler describes, "The visual field of Hunt Slonem's paintings is a continuum accented by ovals of varying shape and colors that it turns out are birds.  Slonem's birds symbolize the sould and spiritual liberation."

BORN  1951 in Kittery, ME
Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION
1973 BA, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Miriam Schiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
-- Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
-- Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
-- Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
-- Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2007 The von Liebig Art  Center, Naples, FL
-- Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
-- Olin Gallery, Roanoke, Salem, VA
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-- Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orlands, LA
-- Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA
-- Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepperpike, OH
-- Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Oude Kirk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
-- Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
-- Miriam Shiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
-- Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- Rich Exposure Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
-- Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2005 Don O'Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
-- Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
-- Galerie Von Stechow, Duesseldorf, Germany
-- Evansville Museum of Art History & Science, Evansville, IN
-- Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-- Galerie Von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
-- Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
-- Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- Louisiana Museum of Art & Science, Baton Rouge, LA
-- Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
-- Millenia Gallery, Orlando, FL
2003 Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-- Alva Gallery, New London, CT
-- Ten High Street, Camden, ME
2002 Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
-- Vanier Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
-- Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
-- Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-- Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- 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 Esta, 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 Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
-- Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
-- Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999 Hudson River Museum, New York
-- 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
-- Heriad 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
-- 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, Holland
-- 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 Studios, 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
-- Musee d'Art Haitien, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
1994  Robert McClain, Houston, TX
-- Zoologische Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
-- Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, H olland
-- Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
-- Galeria Ynguanzo, Madrid, Spain
-- Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
-- Fine Arts Gallery, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1993 Galeri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
-- Kunstschalter, Cologne, Germany
-- Lili Belle Foundation, Montecito, 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 Indies
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, 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 Sciene, Paramus, NJ
-- Helander Gallery, New York, NY
-- Galerie Eewal, Leewarden, Holland
-- Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
-- Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
-- Rosendale Tradgard, Stockholm, Sweden
1989 Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, Holland
-- Dede Grutzmacher Gallery, Enschede, Holland
-- Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
-- Greenwald and 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 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, Holland
-- 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, Holland
-- 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 Puertorriquena, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1983 Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
-- Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJU
-- Colegio de Architectos, Quito, 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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
-- Modern Momentum, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
2006 Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Post Malcolm Modern, The Forbes Galleries, New York, NY
-- New York Beasts on the Beach, The Salt Queen Foundation, Southampton, NY
-- The Long View: Selections from the Norma B Marin Collection of Maine Art, The University of            Maine, Bangor, ME
--  The Art of the Screenprint, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
-- 200 Years of American Portraits, Harmon-Meek Gallery,  Naples, FL
-- Recent Acquisitions, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
-- Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
-- Winter Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2004 Out of the Blues, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
-- IV Centuries of Birds in Paintings, Sculptures and Fine Prints, A Traveling Exhibition: Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT, Palm Beach, FL, New York, NY
-- Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, A Traveling Exhibition: Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
2003 Inaugural Exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
-- Art in the Chambers, Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, Orlando, FL
-- Contemporary Art from the Tennessee State Collection, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
-- Where Fashion Meets Art, GIVENCHY, New York, NY
-- Selections from the Collection, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
-- Marlborough Gallery, Monte Carlo, Monaco
-- The Bold 1980s: A Collector's Vision, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
2002 A Public Trust: Recent Acquisitions, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
-- Shared Pleasures: Vero Collects II, Holmes Gallery, The Vero Beach Museum of Art, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, Smith Anderson Editions Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2001 Best of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
-- Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH
-- Marlborough Gallery, Monaco
-- Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
-- Kurt Lidke Gallery, Seattle, WA
-- Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Material Perception, Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC
-- Calm and Commotion: Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
-- Radiant Children: Art of the East Village - 1980s, Lamia Ink, New York, NY
-- A Legacy Preserved: The First Decade of Collecting Art at the Michner Art Museum, James A Michner Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
-- ARCO, Marlborough Gallery, Spain
1998 National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
-- Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
-- MB Modern, New York, NY
-- New Works, Heriad-Cimino, New Orleans, LA
-- Earthly Delights, Anita Shapolski, New York, NY
-- For the Birds, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
1997 Americans in Italy, Italians in America, Teatro de gli Artisti, Rome, Italy
-- Modern Myth, 1997, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
-- The Art Exchange Show, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd, new York, NY
-- Forces of Nature, Taipei Gallery, New York, NY
-- Pitch the Woo, Jefferson Bank, Philadelphia, PA
-- Recent Acquisitions, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
1996 Small Works, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
-- WEA Ties, Milano, Italy
-- Asian Arts Festival, Feather Installation, Z Gallery, New York, NY
-- Gotlands Konst Museum, Gotlands, Sweden
-- Anima Mundi, Graham Gallery, New York, NY
-- Energism II, Jane Thurn Gallery, New York, NY
-- Rediscovering Landscape of the Americas, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
-- 1995 On Heavenly Wings: Birds, Aspirations, University of Hawaii, Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
-- The Golden and the Baroque in Contemporary Art, Robert McClain, Houston, TX
-- Recent Acqu;isitions, Colby Museum, Waterville, ME
-- SummerGroup, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
-- Group Show, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
1994 Palm Beach Museum, Palm Beach, FL
-- Imaginary Zoo, St. Paul Companies, Minneapolis, MN
-- Red Windows, Barneys, New York, NY
-- No Dogs Allowed, Gallery 28, Boston, MA
-- Pride in Our Diversity, Colonia House Inn, New York, NY
-- Tennessee 12, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
-- Hunt Slonem, Gianna Versace, Thiery Mugler, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
-- The Seer, O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
-- A Special Salute to Merce Cunningham, Cartier, New York, NY
-- Miami Art Fair, Ledis Flam Gallery, Miami, FL
-- Group Show, Frank Bustamente Gallery, New York, NY
1993 SAFE Portfolio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
-- Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway
-- Art, Money, Myth, Palm Beach Community Museum, Palm Beach, FL
-- Imagine: Art and Environment, National Arts Club, New York, NY
-- Animal Magnetism, Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY
-- By Foul Subtraction, Hepburn Hall Art Space New Jersey State College, Jersey City, NJ
-- Exquisite Corpse, Drawing Center, New York, NY
-- Lust, Margurite Oestricher Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Animals, POWARS, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Freedom of Expression 92, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
-- Best Products Collection, Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, VA
-- Bruce Helander, Martin Mull, Hunt Slonem, Sailor Gallery, Margate, NJ
-- Group Show, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
-- Works on Paper, Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
-- Color Block Prints of the 20th Century, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
-- SAFE Portfolio, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
-- SAFE Portfolio, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
-- Remote Control, This History, Palm Beach Communicty College Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL
-- Menagerie, American Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Broadway Arts Building, Asheville, NC
1991 Marcel Duchamp's Mother Potato Masher and other works of art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
-- Ornithological Structures, Implicit/Explicit, Chez L'Oiseau, A SPACE, New York, NY
-- Heaven, Trenkmann Gallery, New York, NY
-- Recent Acquisitions on Permanent Installation, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA
-- Wrestling With The Angels, Trials and Revelations, Dadien Gallery, Center for Religion and Art, Washington, DC
-- Expressive Drawings, European and American Art through the 20th Century, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
-- F Word, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
-- On the Spiritual, Delgado University, New Orleans, LA
1990 Menagerie, General Electric Inc, New York, NY
-- Feathers, Fur and Fin, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX
-- Two Person Show, Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
-- Field and Forest - American Landscape, Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
1989 Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
-- Tropical Rain Forest, Sundered Ground, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
-- Slaves of New York, The Gallery, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Made in America, Virginia Beach Arts Center, Virginia Beach, VA
-- Group Show, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu,  HI
-- Interiors, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1988 Group Show, Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-- Group Show, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
-- 24-Karat Gold, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Realism and Abstraction, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
-- Arf Art, Trabia-Macafee Gallery, New York, NY
-- Gone Fishing, Graham Modern Gallery, New York, NY
-- Lust, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Pulitzer Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
-- Soul, Ledisflam Gallery, New York, NY
-- Paper, Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD
-- Altar Pieces/Altered Statements, St James Union  Theological Seminary, New York, NY
-- Fresh, Di Laurenti Gallery, New York, NY
-- America 500, Attitude Art, New York, NY
-- Lush Landscapes, Attitude Art, New York, NY
-- Form and Content, Fervor Gallery, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Matthew Scott Gallery, Miami, FL
-- St Marks Poetry Project Benefit Show, DIA Art Foundation, New York, NY
1986 Narrative Painting Since 1980, from the Metropolitan Museum Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
-- Group Show, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada
-- Interiors, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
-- Animals, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York, NY
-- Consensus, Exit Art, New York, NY
-- Church and State, Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Animals: Contemporary Visions, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
-- New Art from New York Pon-Ponova Galleries, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
-- More Than Meets The Eye, Fabien Carlsen Gallery, London, England
-- The New Response: Contemporary Vision of the Hudson, Albany Institute of History and Art, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
-- Dolls, Hillwood Art Gallery, CW Post University, Greenville, NY
-- Stigmata, Bond Gallery, New York, NY
-- Who's On First, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY
-- Surplus, Exit Art, New York, NY
-- Figurative Drawing, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
-- Precious, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York, NY
1984 New Narrative Painting from the Metropolitan Museum Collection, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
-- Modern Art, Ted Greenwald Gallery, New York, NY
-- Time Out, Red Studio, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
-- Exotica, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
-- Situations, Jamaica Arts Center, New York, NY
-- If Culture Means Anything, Vox Populi, New York, NY
-- Extravaganza, Dramatis Personae Gallery, New York, NY
-- Revelations, Middle Collegiate Church, New York, NY
-- Group Shows, El Bohio, New York, NY
1983 Discoveries, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
-- Resurrection, Middle Collegiate Church, New York, NY
-- Saints, Harm Bouckaert Gallery
-- L'esprit Encyclopedique, Tompkins Square Library, New York, NY
1982 Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
-- Group Show, Milliken Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
-- Annual, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1981 Urban Animals, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
-- Animals at the Arsenal, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
-- Group Show, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
-- Group Show, MJS International, Fort Worth, TX
1980 Art for Public Places, Lever House, New York, NY
-- Societe des Artistes Independents, Grand Palais, Paris, France
-- Animals, Stefanotti Gallery, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Gallery Yves Arman, New York, NY
1979 Public Mural Proposals, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
-- Urban Animals, Fashion Moda, New York, NY
-- Foley Square Mural Proposals, World Trade Center, New York, NY
1978 Large Scale Paintings, Cooper Union, New York, NY
-- Group Show, Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL
-- Paintings and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1977 Artists Salute Skowhegan, Kennedy Gallery, New York, NY


 

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