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Dawn Hunter | Artist, Fulbright Scholar, Starr Scholar and Associate Professor at UofSC.





Dawn Hunter | Visual Artist





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Click on an icon tile below to learn about Dawn Hunter's most recent events: news, exhibitions, awards, press, lectures, publications and more! This section features news highlights, see Dawn Hunter's CV for a complete list of events and publications.



The Consilience Journal | Issue #11 | Regeneration



Elected to the Cajal Club Board of Directors



Chasing Ghosts VII | Verum Ultimum



Scientific American® feature



Voyage Exhibition at the Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco



Art of Neuroscience



ArtFields 10th Anniversary Exhibition | Lake City



The Jasper Project 10th Anniversary Celebration



Who are We Portraying | Cabrillo Gallery



Fulbright 75th Anniversary Virtual Curated Exhibition



Solo Exhibition | CSN Artspace Gallery



Visiting Artist Lecture | Aesthetic Instincts



Simulacra | Sulfur Studios | Savannah, GA



UPPERCASE, 50th edition: Visualizing Science



Celebrating 100 years of the Instituto Cajal



National Congress of Spanish Neuroscience



Fulbright Spain Senior Research Award



Ongoing Exhibition | National Institutes of Health



Dawn Hunter's painting, Dueling Cajals, is selected for inclusion in the most recent issue of the international publication, the Consilience Journal, Issue 11: Regeneration, Winter 2022/23.



Dueling Cajals is featured in the Consilience Journal



DESCRIPTION:

"Regeneration happens all around us. We know that even though we see the remains of old leaves in autumn, we expect and look forward to their regrowth in spring. Yet, regeneration does not always mean that what is new will be the same as what was lost. Like the hair you shed daily, the regrowth might look different than the others - perhaps it’s grey or a new texture…"


The Consilience Journal, Issue 11: Regeneration

Above, Dawn Hunter's painting, Dueling Cajals, captures Santiago Ramón y Cajal's death mask shadows juxtaposed with imagery interpreted from his nerve regeneration drawings and Nobel Prize.


Read more about Dawn's artwork in ConciliARTe here!



Chasing Ghosts VII: Art that Pierces the Veil through remembrance, legacy, and beyond



Dawn Hunter's painting, Two Cajals at the Botanical Gardens, is selected for inclusion in an exhibition at Verum Ultimum (meaning the ultimate truth)!



JUROR: Jennifer Gillia Cutshall



Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR 97286


DESCRIPTION: Chasing Ghosts VII: Art that Pierces the Veil through remembrance, legacy, and beyond "A show of hands for these artists! This collection stirs a splendid soup a cauldron of hope and fear that is so bittersweet we might trade our final breath just to taste it. May these 57 unique works of art be the wolf that howls and haunts your psyche!"


-Jennifer Gillia Cutshall


Chasing Ghosts: Verum Ultimum Blog Post



Dawn Hunter, Two Cajals in the Botanical Gardens, featured in the Chasing Ghosts VII catalog, acrylic and ink pen on paper, 11" x 14"



Above, Dawn Hunter's painting, Two Cajals in the Botanical Gardens, captures Santiago Ramón y Cajal's image through his death mask juxtaposed with one of his favorite walks in the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.


Purchase the Chasing Ghosts Catalog Here



Dawn Hunter elected to the Cajal Club's Board of Directors!



Dawn Hunter becomes the first artist to be elected to the Officers and Board of Directors of the prestigious, international Neuroscience organization, the Cajal Club.


Cajal Club Website

Dawn Hunter Art™
Scientific American® Feature



My artwork Dueling Cajals is featured in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN® in an article about the winners of this year's Art of Neuroscience competition out of the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. During the past 11 years, the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam has hosted the annual Art of Neuroscience competition, exploring the intersection of art and neuroscience. A panel of experts judged this year's competition, and my work was selected as one of the winners! "This year's competition received more than 100 submissions, some created by artists inspired by neuroscience and others by neuroscientists inspired by art. The top picks explore a breadth of ideas—from the experience of losing consciousness to the importance of animal models in research—but all of them tie back to our uniquely human brain." ~ Fionna M. D. Samuels & Liz Tormes


You can learn more about the Art of Neuroscience competition and read the entire article by clicking on the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN® icon below.





Voyage Exhibition at the Arc Gallery, San Francisco



Dawn Hunter's painting, Retiro Park Evening Walk, is selected for inclusion in a west coast exhibition!



JUROR: Emilee Enders



VENUE: Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco 94103


DESCRIPTION: “We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson


The exhibition featured artworks related to subject matter of “voyage.” This can be a documentation or a memory of a trip taken, the anticipation of a voyage, a trip to an imagined destination, a wandering without a specific destination in mind, the act of travel, modes of travel, or various phases of a voyage. Artworks encompassed the various passages of one’s life, a path of discovery, or an exploration of one’s mind and/or place.


ABOUT the JUROR (from Arc website): "Emilee Enders with the Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Emilee Enders is the Curator of Exhibitions and Programs at the Bedford Gallery which exhibits the work of historic, modern, and contemporary artists. The gallery is dedicated to providing the public with opportunities to learn about visual arts through public programs that are varied, accessible, challenging, and educational.​ With 3,500 square feet of exhibition space, Bedford Gallery is the largest community-based visual arts facility between the Bay Area and Sacramento. This contemporary art space is housed in the City of Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts.


Prior to 2020, Emilee held the Assistant Curator position at Bedford Gallery where she helped curate and organize a number of exhibitions, several of which have gone on to travel nationally including BLOW UP II, The World of Frida and Tradition Interrupted. Before her time at the Bedford Gallery, Emilee worked at several other galleries including Franklin Bowles Gallery and Patricia Sweetow Gallery. From 2016-2018, Emilee ran an independent artist and creative professional advisory company where she helped individual artists advance their careers through establishing an online and social media presence, applying to artist calls, and developing public facing content."


Arc Gallery Website



Dawn Hunter, Retiro Park Evening Walk, featured in the Voyage catalog, acrylic and ink pen on paper, 11" x 14"



Above, Dawn Hunter's painting, Retiro Park Evening Walk, captures one Santiago Ramón y Cajal's favorite walks in El Retiro Parque, Madrid, Spain.


Purchase the Voyage Catalog, here



Art of Neuroscience, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience



Dueling Cajals receives Honorable Mention in prestigious international sciart competition.



Jurors Dr. Bevil Conway, Dr. Flora Lysen and Dr. Sabine Niederer



"This submission struck the jury because of its emphasis on the history of neuroscience. The work highlights how any scientific process, particularly scientific image-making, can be influenced by a multilayering of cultural and historical factors. The jury admired how diverse periods in time from this historical perspective were weaved into one image, and appreciated the effort that went into investigating the sources that Cajal was exposed to. Dueling Cajals serves as an important reminder for neuroscientists to recognize history and its influence on their work. " - AoN, NIN, NL


Art of Neuroscience Website



Dawn Hunter, Dueling Cajals, marker, ink and pen on paper, 11" x 14"



Portrait of Dawn Hunter pictured with the primary sources housed in the Legado Cajal, Instituto Cajal, Madrid, that inspired her artwork Dueling Cajals. Below, link to the Instagram reel about her process.


See the creative process reel on Instagram, here.

OTHER EXHIBITIONS THAT FEATURE DAWN HUNTER'S ART ABOUT SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL



* 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 Institutes of Health



ArtFields
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.


ArtFields Website
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Individual Portrait from the Series.



Darcy with Portraits from Week #2.



Installation of The Darcy Inventory at The ROB, 10th Anniversary, ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC.





The Jasper Project 10th Anniversary Celebration



The Jasper Project 10th Anniversary celebration at 701 Whaley on April 14, 2022, is an amazing event that is planned in celebration of a publication that defines and highlights the cultural scene in Columbia, SC. Spearheaded by Cindi Boiter, the magazine keeps the greater Cola Community up to date on what's happening while featuring interviews that take deep dives into the lives of artists, performers, dancers, musicians, and writers. The evening of April 14 will feature music from Adam Corbett, Post-Timey String Band, DJ Preach Jacobs, and Dick Not Richard. Dance performance from Columbia Repertory Dance Co.

Art sale featuring work from some of Columbia's top visual artists: Thomas Crouch, Cait Maloney, Dawn Hunter, Candace Thibeault, Michael Krajewski, Lucas Sams, Pam Bowers, Lori Isom, Eileen Blythe, B.A. Hohman, Bohumila Augustinova, Rachel Church, Gina Langston Brewer, Lindsay Radford, Jennifer Hill, Laura Garner Hine, Adam Corbett, Mike Dwyer, Jeff Donovan, and Will South.

Below is a selection of my works that will be featured at the event—two landscapes and figurative work from my Personified Doubles and Complementary Opposites series.


Instagram Reel
Feature on South Carolina Sunshine
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Dawn Hunter, Berkeley Marina



Marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14."



Dawn Hunter, SC State Capitol



Acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36."



Dawn Hunter, Vegas Garden



Graphite, pen, ink, and acrylic on paper, 36" x 58."


more at dawnhuntergallery.com

701 POOL Hall Space



Feature In The Jasper Project



List of Participating Artist





Art Exhibition at the Cabrillo Gallery
March 7, 2022-April 8, 2022



Multiple Artist Exhibition: Who We are Portraying



Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Greater Los Angeles area, California



Dawn Hunter's artwork Messy Buns BLM NFL Pick, from The Darcy Inventory selected by juror Pauli Ochi for inclusion in the exhibition, Who We are Portraying. There was a tremendous response to the call for entries, with with 320 artworks submitted. Of those entries, the juror only 30 artworks to be included in this exhibition!


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Dawn Hunter, Messy Buns BLM NFL Pick, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14"


more at dawnhuntergallery.com

Who We are Portraying exhibition photos, images courtesy of the Cabrillo Gallery.





75th Anniversary Art Exhibition
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:


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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.





Solo Exhibition
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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Visiting Artist Talk
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



Exhibition installation photo, image courtesy of CSN Artspace Gallery.





Exhibition in Savannah, Georgia
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.


more at dawnhuntergallery.com

My work, Secluded Play, is featured in the Savannah Morning News.





International Publication
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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Celebrating 100 years
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."





International Conference
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





Fulbright Research
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.





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.





Art Exhibition with Cajal
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





International Symposium
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


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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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