Alexis Hunter (4 November 1948 – 24 February 2014) was a New Zealand painter and photographer, who used feminist theory in her work. She lived and worked in London UK, and Beaurainville France. Hunter was also a member of the Stuckism collective.Her archive and artistic legacy is now administered by the Alexis Hunter Trust.
Alexis Jan Atthill Hunter
4 November 1948 – 24 February 2014
Eminent New Zealand born painter and photographer.
Feminist artist Alexis Hunter exhibited artworks in different media to pursue a dialogue on modern society, the role of the feminist movement and conflict between cultures. She lived and worked in London and in Beaurainville, France
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Alexis’s photographic imagery of the male body influenced by the of sexist advertising of women in the 1970s is continued through this decade with images of despotism in Africa and demonstrators in London.
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By using sequential narrative and studio photography her work challenges the photographic image to symbolise the artist’s moral imperative.
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Since 2006 her photographs have been introduced to a new generation; they have been shown in the Norwich Gallery, WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution in the United States and at the Cologne Art Fair in Germany
14 February 2024 • Paul Carey-Kent
I first met Richard Saltoun some 16 years ago, when he was dealing from Savile Row together with Laurent Delaye (who now runs his gallery from Ramsgate) prior to setting up on his own account in 2012
12 February 2024 • Toby Upson
Not a flash pan fad but thick formal plots. Alexis Hunter’s 10 Seconds images acts of revolt which demand we… Read More
25 July 2023 • Mark Westall
This autumn, Tate Britain will present Women in Revolt!, a landmark exhibition of feminist art in the UK from 1970 to 1990.
12 March 2013 • Mark Westall
The order so often heard – ‘Be a man’ – implies that it does not go without saying that manliness may not be as natural as one would think…
