Alexis Hunter New Zealand, 1948-2014
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About Alexis Hunter
A New Zealand artist born in 1948, Alexis Hunter studied at the The University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Art and graduated with Honours in Painting and History of Art and Architecture before moving to London in 1972. An active feminist, she showed a series of photographic narratives attacking stereotypes of women. In 1982 Hunter began painting mythological forms to express her feminist concerns. During the 1980’s Hunter became Visiting Lecturer at the School of Visual Arts, New York and Byam Shaw in London; then Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Houston, Texas. She died prematurely from motor neurone disease in 2014.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Alexis Hunter from 1993 and in total 71 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 45 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,950 for The Object Series sold by Art+Object in August 2023. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Alexis Hunter are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Alexis Hunter is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 232
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 125
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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