Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter is a visual artist focused on the human relationship to nature or how humans think about nature. Since 2015, they have been working on Cosmogenesis, a durational worlding project that includes photos, videos, sculptures, textiles, found objects, and writing. Hunter’s work has been exhibited at Mother Gallery, New York; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Wisconsin; The Luminary, Missouri; Vox Populi, Pennsylvania; and Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Florida. They have been an artist in residence at Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL; Palazzo Monti, Italy; ACRE, Wisconsin; I-Park Foundation, Connecticut; and Vermont Studio Center, Vermont. Hunter earned a BS in Arts & Letters from Portland State University and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. Hunter lives and works in Champaign, IL.
Gouache Studies, 2023. Size variable, gouache & paper. Image courtesy of artist.
Epona’s Hoof, 2022. Use unknown, gound in Cas O’Brien’s personal items; E00032, alabaster, 6 x 4 x 5 inches.
Fertility Goddess (rabbit/squid); Ritual use unknown; OTO Revival Travel Group; E00032, 2021, 8 x 11 x 7.5 inches, alabaster and obsidian. Image courtesy of artist.
Belief in the Age of Disenchantment, 2022. Sculptures from Cosmogenesis Archive, alabaster carvings, variable dimensions. Image courtesy of Mother Gallery.
Dragon Aquamanile, 2023. 9 x 6 inches, gouache and paper. Image courtesy of artist.
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