Kenny Hunter

Kenny Hunter (born 1962) is a Scottish sculptor. He lives and works in Edinburgh. Between 2015 - 2018, he was Programme Director of Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art[1] where he now continues to work part-time as a lecturer in Fine Art, Sculpture.[2]

Kenny Hunter
Born1962
NationalityScottish
EducationGlasgow School of Art
Known forSculpture
Not to be confused with Kenneth Hunter.

Biography
Youth with Split Apple by Kenny Hunter, King's College, Aberdeen

Born in Edinburgh, Hunter graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1987 and thereafter studied classical sculpture at the British School at Athens.[3]

Hunter makes monumental civic sculpture, he also makes gallery based work and has exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (including a bust of Jimmy Reid), the Centre for Contemporary Arts, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Tramway Glasgow, Galerie Scheffel in Germany and at Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, among others in the UK and Internationally.

According to his profile at GENERATION, "Kenny Hunter makes elegant sculptures in many materials including wood, plastic, iron and bronze. He remains fascinated by the processes involved in making sculpture in the studio and the power that they have to transform materials in order to express his complex and vivid ideas on historical time."[4]

Public Art Works

Perhaps Hunter's most well-recognised piece of public art in Scotland is Citizen Firefighter in Gordon Street, Glasgow. It was commissioned in 2001 for Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and due to its location on a busy corner near to Glasgow Central station it is passed by hundreds of office workers every day.

Other permanent public works :

Selected Exhibitions
  • Reproductive, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh Art Festival (2016)
  • Kontrapunkt, GENERATION, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow (2014)
  • The Singing of Swans, GENERATION, Paxton House, Berwick Upon Tweed (2014)
  • Nothing Lasts Forever, CONNERSMITH, Washington DC, USA (2012)
  • Then The Animals Said God, Galerie Scheffel, Germany (2012)
  • Citizen Firefighter, Central Station, Glasgow (2001)
  • Citizen Firefighter, Central Station, Glasgow (2001)
  • Citizen Firefighter, Central Station, Glasgow (2001)
  • A Place is a Space Remembered, Maison du Site Deux-Caps, France (2015)
  • Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision) Leicester Square, London (2016)
  • Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision) Leicester Square, London (2016)
  • Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision) Leicester Square, London (2016)
  • The Unknown, Borgie Forest, Sutherland, UK (2012)
  • The Unknown, Borgie Forest, Sutherland (2012)
  • The Barnsley Mining Artwork, Barnsley Interchange, UK (2012)
  • The Barnsley Mining Artwork, Barnsley Interchange, UK (2012)
  • I Goat, Bishops Square, Spitalfields, London (2011)

References
  1. "Kenny Hunter - Artist Talk". Summerhall - Open Minds Open Doors. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. "Kenny Hunter | Edinburgh College of Art". www.eca.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. "Edinburgh Printmakers". Edinburgh Printmakers. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. GENERATION – Kenny Hunter
  5. "Improvements around Rutherglen Train Station officially unveiled". Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. Ingleby gallery – Kenny Hunter
  7. "King of the Castle". Archaeology Community Co-Production of Research Data (ACCORD). 7 November 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. People Make Glasgow – Street Sculptures
  • Profile at Glasgow - City of Sculpture
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