HUNT SLONEM
B. 1952
American
Hunt Slonem is exhilarated by nature and fascinated with Exotica. His paintings are layered with brush strokes in thick oil and normally bright colors, often with a cross-hatched pattern over the top which adds depth and texture. This technique reveals the light through the various layers of painting and gives the pieces a feeling of tapestry by showing the underpainting.
The repetitive reproduction of images is the signature of Slonem’s style. Repetition is very important to Slonem and is fundamental to his painting process. He starts every day by painting – it is ritualistic. Stirred by Warhol’s repetition of soup cans and Marilyns, Slonem began experimenting with repeated renderings of subjects – first evident in his Bunnies theme and he treats painting as a moment of deep meditation, connecting to what he perceives to be a higher being, channeling a higher consciousness to create his works. His artwork has been exhibited in more than 350+ galleries and museums worldwide including the Met, the Guggenheim Museum, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. Slonem has received numerous honors and awards throughout his forty-year career.
Museum & Institutional Collections
Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
American Banaco, New York City, NY
Artbank Program, United States Department of State, Washington D.C.
Bahrain National Museum, Bahrain UAE
Baker Museum, Naples, FL
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
Bates College Museum of Arts, Olin Art Center, Lewiston, ME
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Brandeis University Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Alexander Breast Gallery, Jacksonville University Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Children’s Museum of Naples, Naples, FL
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Colegio de Architecto, Quito, Ecuador
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Columbia University Libraries, New York City, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, FL
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
Danville Museum, Danville, VA
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Delgado University, New Orleans, LA
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, MI
Drury University, Springfield, MO
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NYFarnsworth Library & Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Ford’s Theatre, Washington D.C.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Florida International University Art Museum, Miami, FL
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York City, NY
Guilin Art Museum, Guilin Guang XI P.R., China
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway
Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Human Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Jedco, Jefferson Parrish, LA
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Jefferson Performing Art Center, Metairie, LA
J. Patrick Lannan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, FL
Le Musée d’Art Haitian, Port au Prince, Haiti
The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
Louisiana Arts & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Lynchburg, VA
Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, TX
Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Philippines
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
Miami-Dade Community College South Campus, Miami, FL
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Michener Museum of Art, Doylestown, PA
Mills College Art Museum, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Miro Foundation, Spain
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
The University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Mita Corporation, Fairfield, NJ
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
New York Historical Society, New York City, NY
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Northfield Nt. Hermon School, Mt. Hermon, MA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Delaware, OH
Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Ozark Community Technical College, Springfield, MO
Port Authority, One World Trade Center (Mural), New York City, NY
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Pulitzer Collection, Amsterdam, Holland
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Saint Louis University, Cupples House & McNamee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Saint Mary’s College, Saint Mary City, MD
Saint Petersburg Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL
Samford University, Birmingham, AL
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Salt Queen Foundation, Southampton, NY
Sidney Art Gallery and Museum, Port Orchard, WA
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
The Taubman Museum of Art, West Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
United States Department of State, Washington D.C.
The University of Arizona, Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
The University of Maine at Machias Art Galleries, Machias, ME
University of Michigan, Art Museum Project, Dearborn, MI
The University of Oklahoma, Fred Jones Art Center, Norman, OK
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Von Leibig Art Center, Naples, FL
Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Wurth Museum, Kunzelsau, Germany
Awards & Honors
2015 Russian Academy of Art Medal of Merit
2013 Louisiana State Arts Council Inaugural Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award, Baton Rouge, LA
2013 The Horticultural Society of New York Award of Excellence, New York City, NY
2009 D&D’s Stars of Design, Award in Art, New York City, NY
2007 ARTrageous Children’s Expressions Project, Gala Dinner and Art Auction Honoree, New York City, NY
2006 Urban Stages Award for Fine Art, New York City, NY
1991 National Endowment for the Arts
1986 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
1984 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
1983 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
1983 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1982 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
1978 Cultural Council Foundation Arts Project, New York, NY
1976 Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation, Grant for Painting, Montreal, Canada
1968 Rotary International Exchange Student, Managua, Nicaragua
Interviews
2020 Hunt Slonem at Home in his Brooklyn Studio, Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach