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News and Announcements



April 22-30, 2022





I am an accepted artist in the 2022 ArtFields Competition! The entire Darcy Inventory series, an installation comprised of a collection of portraits that I drew of my daughter during the month of October 2021, will be exhibited.


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Individual Portrait from the Series.



Darcy with Portraits from Week #2.



Darcy seated with the entire series.



* Please note, artworks from my Cajal series are currently on display at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain, and at the John Porter Neuroscience Research Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Use buttons below to scroll down this page in order to learn more about those exhibitions.


Instituto Cajal National Institute of Health

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.



Learn more about the exhibit and view artwork here:


Fulbright 75th

Examples of my research at the Instituto Cajal. I investigated journals and sketchbooks of Santiago Ramón y Cajal rarely viewed publicly or researched by scholars. To that end, I investigated the particularities of his approach to drawing and the implications of the approach on the content of his research.



September 24, 2021-November 2021



Solo Exhibition: Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal



CSN Artspace Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV


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October 19, 2021



Artist Talk: Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal



CSN Artspace Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV



September 2-19, 2021



Two of my artworks, "Secluded Play" and "Vegas Garden", are on exhibit in the National Juried Exhibition: "Simulacra" at the Sulfur Studios of Savannah, Georgia. Learn more about the show HERE.



Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31401


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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.



I am delighted to share my work about Cajal with an international audience.


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February 2020 - present



An exhibition of 10 drawings are on display in celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the Instituto Cajal.



Instituto Cajal: Av. Doctor Arce, 37 28002, Madrid tel: 91 585 47 50 fax: 91 585 47 54


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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



Presentation Title: Cajal's Unique and Inventive Visual Language



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



2017-2018



Fulbright Espana Senior Research Scholar



Instituto Cajal: Av. Doctor Arce, 37 28002, Madrid tel: 91 585 47 50 fax: 91 585 47 54


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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.



Presentation title: Irrepressible Spirit: the lessons and inspirations of Cajal's legacy



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.



An ongoing, living exhibition that features Cajal's scientific drawings. It is my great pleasure to have the opportunity to display my drawings about Cajal alongside his work. Jeff Diamond, Senior Researcher NINDS, is the curator of this exhibition.


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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



Presentation title: Bequeathed Aesthetics: the origins of Santiago Ramón y Cajal's artistic perceptions



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.



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