Individual Portrait from the Series.
Darcy with Portraits from Week #2.
October 2021-to the present
Fulbright 75th Anniversary Virtual Curated Exhibition. Artwork created during my Fulbright España Senior Research Award at the Instituto Cajal are featured in this prestigious celebration of the Fulbright Organization.
A tremendous honor.
September 24, 2021-November 2021
Solo Exhibition: Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
October 19, 2021
Artist Talk: Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Dawn Hunter, Vegas Garden, graphite, ink and acrylic on paper.
My work, Secluded Play, is featured in the Savannah Morning News.
June/July 2021
My project, Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal featured in the Canadian based, international publication, UPPERCASE, 50th edition: Visualizing Science.
February 2020 - present
An exhibition of 10 drawings are on display in celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the Instituto Cajal.
Drawing of NIH researcher Benjamin White's talk, marker on paper, 11" x 14", 2017.
Cajal's Silhouette with King Alfonso XIII, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14," 2020.
Museo Cajal, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14," 2017.
Cajal's hands, microscope, pyramidal neuron, and mini self-portrait from his sketchbook juxtaposed with his retirement statement and design details from his Nobel Prize - the photographic source imagery was originally black and white. Color has been added and the color of the Nobel Prize design details has been altered, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14."
September 29, 2017
National Congress of Spanish Neuroscience, Alicante, Spain
Dawn Hunter, Photo by Juan De Carlos Segovía.
Dawn Hunter, Photo by Juan De Carlos Segovía.
Dawn Hunter
A drawing I did while in Alicante: Anthropomorphic Mountain with Castle, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14", 2017
Dawn Hunter holding Cajal's Nobel Prize.
Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
May 24, 2017
International Symposium facilitated by the NIH and Instituto Cajal held in honor of Cajal.
Left, the NIH participants in 2017 international conference. From left to right: Jeff Diamond, Benjamin White, Bruno Averbeck, me and Yarimar Carrasquillo seated in the Banco del Duque de Alba, en la Residencia de Estudiantes. Photo by Juan De Carlos Segovía.
Dawn Hunter
Portrait of Cajal from observation of Jorge Zockoll's oversized photograph at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14", 2017.
March 2015- to the present
John Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal exhibition.
Dawn Hunter's work on display alongside the Cajal exhibition.
Dawn Hunter
Man, Sunflower, and Nuclei Nests, graphite, acrylic and ink on paper, 18" x 24," 2014
Dawn Hunter
New Nests and Neurons, graphite and ink on paper, 16" x 20," 2015
Dawn Hunter
May Day: Cajal in Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 26" x 40," 2014
Dawn Hunter
detail May Day: Cajal in Spring (here with a falcon)
Dawn Hunter
Man as Sunflower, acrylic and graphite on paper, 14" x 17," 2014
Dawn Hunter
Fledgling, acrylic, ink and graphite on Yupo, 18" x 24," 2015
October 28, 2015
Bridging the Legacy of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Poster from the conference.
After the conference, all of the presenters were honored with an invitation to a special reception celebrating the event at the Spanish Ambassador's, Ramón Gil-Casares, home.
