Scott Hunt

Scott Hunt creates enigmatic narrative charcoal drawings. He has had seven solo shows in the U.S. and Europe and has been in many group exhibitions, including Really?, curated by the esteemed American collector, Beth Rudin DeWoody. Hunt received the 2017 FID Prize for Drawing, grants from The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation and is a Yaddo Fellow. His drawings are part of the permanent collection of The Israel Museum and The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Historically, Scott Hunt has made figurative, narrative drawings. With this project, SMILE!, he will be pivoting toward a more sculptural combination of drawing and 3-dimensional elements contained within Cornell-like shadow boxes. The series will explore the intense pressure that the male gaze has placed on women, coercing them to augment their appearance so as to increase their appeal to the opposite gender. The series will scrutinize conceptions of gender roles, beauty, race, sexual power, and feminism.