HUNT SLONEM

HUNT SLONEM Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo- expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Since his first solo show at the Fischbach Gallery in 1977, Slonem’s work has been showcased internationally hundreds of times, most recently at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2017 and 2018, he will be featured by the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Gallery in Bulgaria, and in countless galleries across the United States, Germany and Dubai.
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood.

Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.

After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces were exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene.

As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted in dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald House in Long Island.

Slonem continues to draw great inspiration from history, forging palpable connections to the past through his art. His popular portraits of Abraham Lincoln reframe the historic figure as a pop-art icon, and he is currently working on a nine-foot-tall bronze sculpture of French explorer Robert De La Salle, to be displayed publicly in Louisiana.
Yet Slonem’s most ambitious project has been his mission to save America’s often forgotten historic buildings. Realizing too many of the country’s architectural gems have fallen into disrepair, Slonem has found himself drawn to these national landmarks, inspired by the depth of their age and old-world beauty.

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HUNT SLONEM
HER MAJESTY MONDAY
Oil on Wood
20 X 16 in
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TONDO GREEN WAVE
Oil on Canvas
50 X 70 in
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ALONG RIDE CHINENSIS
Oil on Canvas
40 X 40 in
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BLUE HUTCH
Oil on Canvas
40 X 40 in
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4 PLAY 14
Oil on Wood
17 X 36 in
HUNT SLONEM
3 IN BLUE DIAMONDS
Oil and acrylic with Diamond Dust on Wood
26 X 17 in
HUNT SLONEM
3 AQUA SPLASH
Oil on Wood
10 X 17.5 in
HUNT SLONEM
SILVER ASCENSION
Oil on Canvas
40 X 60 in
HUNT SLONEM
GREEN SINGERS
Oil on Wood
25 X 22 in
HUNT SLONEM
DUO
Oil and Acrylic with Diamond Dust on Wood
19 X 19 in
HUNT SLONEM
HORTENCIA
Oil on Wood
10 X 8 in
HUNT SLONEM
BAYOU
Oil on Wood
24.5 X 37.25 in
HUNT SLONEM
RHAPSODY
Powdercoated Stainless Steel
72 X 72 X 36 in
HUNT SLONEM
TIFFANY
Neon on Aluminum
72 X 36 X 7 in
HUNT SLONEM
KENARD
Handblown Glass
17.5 X 7 X 8 in
HUNT SLONEM
SULA
Handblown Glass
16 X 9 X 8 in
HUNT SLONEM
GERMAIN
Handblown Glass
17.5 X 7 X 9 in
HUNT SLONEM
4 PLAY HUTCH
Oil on Wood
24 X 20 in
HUNT SLONEM
PRES, LINCOLN
Oil on Canvas
48 X 48 in
HUNT SLONEM
BLACK DIAMOND DUST WATCH
Oil and Acrylic with Diamond Dust
30 X 40 in
HUNT SLONEM
RIMONA
Handblown Glass
27 X 17 X 10 in
HUNT SLONEM
ALEXIS
Handblown Glass
27 X 17 X 8.5 in
HUNT SLONEM
ANESIO
Handblown Glass
10.5 X 7 X 6.5 in
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MINKA
Handblown Glass
11 X 6.5 X 5.5 in
HUNT SLONEM
TRIO MARCH
Painting on Acrylic with LED Lightbox
53.5 X 44.5 in
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VIOLET
Oil on Wood
10 X 8 in
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ORANGE HOMBRE III
Oil and Acrylic with Diamond Dust
50 X 70 in
HUNT SLONEM
BLUE DIAMOND HAWAII
Oil and Acrylic with Diamond Dust
60 X 60 in
HUNT SLONEM
BUNNIES
Book
14 X 11 X 1.25 in
HUNT SLONEM
GATEKEEPER: WORLD OF FOLLY
Book
13 X 10 X 1.6 in