Dawn Hunter is a visual artist with a diverse range of skills and influences. Throughout her academic career, she has strived to hone her expertise in the creative arts and become a well-rounded professional. She uses her background in observational painting, art education, and video production to create works of art that are diaristic and resonate everyday experiences. Hunter has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in venues such as the Instituto Cajal, the Royal Academy of Art, the Berkeley Art Center, Brown University, Whittier College, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, University of Montana and SCOPE New York. She has also been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Cooper Union, NYC, and the Royal Academy Schools, London, England. Her work is in the collections of the University of South Carolina and the LaGrange Art Museum.
As a young artist, Dawn knew she wanted to pursue her education at some of the top art schools in the United States. She was accepted to the Kansas City Art Institute, where she earned her BFA, and then to the University of California, Davis, where she completed her MFA. She has received several awards and grants, including a Starr Foundation Fellowship to the Royal Academy of Art, London and a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
