Hunt Slonem
- Actor
- Art Department
Since 1977, Hunt Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at
prestigious galleries and museums internationally. Globally, more than
100 museums include his work in their collections, among them the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the
Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He has been
commissioned to paint large-scale murals for the Bryant Park Grill, New
York City and the former World Trade Center, NYC. Hunt Slonem is the
subject of a monograph from Vendome Publishers with text by Dominique
Nahas. The 30-year survey features more than 600 vibrant illustrations.
"Pleasure Palaces: The Art & Homes of Hunt Slonem" with text by Vincent
Katz, was published by PowerHouse Books in 2007. In 2002 Henry R.
Abrams published "Hunt Slonem, An Art Rich & Strange" which features
text by Donald Kuspit. Slonem divides his time between Louisiana where
he owns two plantation homes on the historic register, Albania in St.
Mary's Parish and Lakeside in Pointe Coupee; and New York City where he
has lived and worked since 1973. Hunt Slonem received the prestigious
"Stars of Design" award in art October 2009 in New York City, the
Greenshields Foundation award in 1976, the National Endowment for the
Arts Grant in 1991, and numerous others. He studied painting at
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine;
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN; and received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Tulane University of Louisiana.