BIO (condensed)
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Lives and works in Houston, TX

EDUCATION

1998-99 Graduate Studies, Fine Art and Women’s Studies, University at Albany, Albany, NY
1997 MFA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1987-90 Diplôme, Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland
1986-87 Undergraduate Studies, Maryland Institute
College of Art, Baltimore, MD
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009    
Allison Hunter, Artspace, Raleigh, NC.

2008
Slower Stil, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Allison Hunter: Zoo Animal Murals, Tootsies (In conjunction with FotoFest 2008)
Houston TX

2007
Allison Hunter: New Animals, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas,
TX
Allison Hunter: New Animals, MKG Art Management, LLC, Houston, TX

2006    
Simply Stunning, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
Allison Hunter, Kinzelman Art Consulting in conjunction
with FotoFest 2006, Houston, TX

2004    
New Work, 511 Gallery, New York, NY

2002    
ALLISON HUNTER: ‘Port of Albany’ Series, University of Massachusetts at North Dartmouth,MA
SIGNMAKERS: Latvia, The Open-Air Art Museum at
Pedvale, Pedvale, Latvia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Suzanne Banning, Elinor Carucci, and Allison Hunter, Naühaus Gallery, Houston TX
Stretching the Truth, John Michel Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI

2007    
Harvest Moon Rising, Space 125 Gallery, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Cold Cuts, Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
Variations on the Horse, 511 Gallery, Lake Placid, NY
Photography Now: 2007, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY. Juried by Alison D.
Nordström, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House
New American Talent 22, Arthouse, Austin, TX. Juried by
Anne Ellegood, Associate Curator,
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Expo 2007, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX, juried by Francis
Colpitt, corresponding editor to Art in America.
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art
2007, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, juried by
Carter Foster, curator of drawings, The Whitney Museum.

2006
Positive/Negative, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
TPS 15: The National Competition, Texas Photographic Society, travels to Dougherty Art Center, Austin, and
Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2005
Extreme: International Photography and Video Art, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany     
The Material Image: Surface and Substance in
Photography, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

2004
Industrial/Landscape, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga County Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY
Hudson Mohawk Invitational Exhibition, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY

COLLECTIONS (photography)

Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY
Numerous private collections in the U.S. and Europe

COLLECTIONS (installation)

Pirkkala Sculpture Park, Pirkkala, Finland
Europos Parkas (Museum of the Center of Europe), Vilnius, Lithuania
Open-Air Art Museum, Pedvale, Latvia

AWARDS / HONORS / RESIDENCIES
2007    
Award: Honorable Mention, "Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2007," juried by Carter Foster,
Curator of Drawings at the Whitney Museum of Art

2006    
DiverseWorks Retreat and Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, Houston, TX
Award: Individual Artist Grant, Houston Arts Alliance,
Houston, TX
Reviewer, “2006 Meeting Place,” FotoFest 2006, Houston, TX
Member, ArtTable.