John Porter Neuroscience Research Center National Institutes of Health
The Exhibition of Dawn Hunter's Artwork about Santiago Ramon Y Cajal is Currently on display alongside the Featured Exhibition of his SCientific Drawings on loan from the Instituto Cajal. Below are a Selection of Dawn Hunter's work Currently on Display.
Display of Santiago Ramon y Cajal's Scientific Drawings
The National Institutes of Health commissioned the construction of special display case to ensure Cajal's drawings would not be exposed to too much UV light and to hold the drawings at the correct temperature and humidity while on display.
Dawn Hunter
Man, Sunflower, and Nuclei Nests, graphite, acrylic and ink on paper, 18" x 24," 2014
Dawn Hunter's Biographical drawings about Cajal on exhibit alongside Cajal's original Scientific Drawings
Senior Researcher Jeff Diamond, the curator of the Cajal exhibit in the John Porter Neuroscience Research Center, invited Dawn Hunter to display her work about Cajal in the spring of 2015. Her works have continued to be exhibited and are currently on display.
Dawn Hunter
Detail: Man, Sunflower, and Nuclei Nests, graphite, acrylic and ink on paper, 18" x 24," 2014
Dawn Hunter
Man as Sunflower, acrylic and graphite on paper, 14" x 17," 2014
John Porter NeuroScience Research Center National Institutes of Health
THE EXHIBITION OF DAWN HUNTER'S ARTWORK ABOUT SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY ALONGSIDE THE FEATURED EXHIBITION OF HIS SCIENTIFIC DRAWINGS ON LOAN FROM THE INSTITUTO CAJAL. BELOW ARE A SELECTION OF DAWN HUNTER'S WORK CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY.
Dawn Hunter
Detail: Fledgling, acrylic, ink and graphite on Yupo, 18" x 24"
Dawn Hunter
Dawn Hunter's portrait of Cajal was used for the poster designed for the first annual collaborative symposium held between the National Institutes and the Instituto Cajal in honor of Cajal.
Dawn Hunter
Fledgling, acrylic, ink and graphite on Yupo, 18" x 24"
Dawn Hunter
Detail: May Day: Cajal in Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 26" x 40," 2014
Dawn Hunter
May Day: Cajal in Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 26" x 40," 2014
Dawn Hunter
Detail: May Day: Cajal in Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 26" x 40," 2014
Dawn Hunter
Detail: May Day: Cajal in Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 26" x 40," 2014
Dawn Hunter
Cajal's Birth. study #7, pencil and ink on board, 10" x 11," 2013
History of the Exhibition at the National Institutes of Health
Follow the link on the button below to view the exhibition history and visual archive of Cajal's drawings displayed at the John Porter Neuroscience Center from November of 2014 to - present.
Follow the link on the button to Cajal's Wikipedia page. Featured in the "In society and culture" section is more information, from a cultural perspective, about the Cajal exhibit at the John Porter Neuroscience Center and public events associated with the exhibition.