Alexis Hunter
Her work is expressive, provocative, and reflective of her interest in the role of women and society. From feminist photo-narratives in the late 1970s, Alexis has gone on to investigate historical ideas of the goddess and the artist's muse in painting, using animals to suggest human passions and conflicts depicted in emotionally charged landscapes.
Alexis Hunter grew up in Epsom, Auckland. She graduated with
honours from Elam School of Art studying paining with Colin
McCahon, Don Binney, and Garth Tapper. In 1971 Alexis sailed to
England via the Panama Canal with the writer Louise Rennison. In
London she became a member of The Women's Workshop of the Artists
Union and her practice focused on collective strategies and
feminist politics. Alexis became a prominent feminist artist and
writer in the 1970s and 80s. Participating in the Feminist Art
Movement in London, she also traveling across the United States to
collaborate with feminist artists there.
Best known for her feminist work which has been exhibited and
collected extensively throughout the U.K, Germany, and New Zealand,
Alexis is also an accomplished illustrator having worked in
animation productions for films and television series.
Alexis' oeuvre is continually evolving. She is an
accomplished painter, illustrator, photographer, printmaker as well
as a teacher and curator, and her feminist writings have been
published. Her work is expressive, provocative, and reflective of
her interest in the role of women and society.
Alexis lives and works in London and has returned to New
Zealand over the years to work and exhibit. Alexis has exhibited
extensively including prestigious solo exhibitions at the Institute
of Contemporary Art in London, a retrospective
Fears/Dreams/Desires at the Auckland Art Gallery, and
several galleries in New York.
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