SUE HUNT
1978-81 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art - Canterbury College of Art
1985-87 M.A. Fine Art - Cardiff College of Art
Solo exhibitions
1990 Solo exhibition, Association of Artists & Designers of Wales Gallery, Swansea.
1995 Sue Hunt Recent Paintings, St David’s Hall, Cardiff.
1997 ‘Shared Language’. Newport Museum & Art Gallery, & Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea.
Three Person touring exhibition.
1999 ‘Still Life’, New Paintings by Sue Hunt, the New Burlington Gallery,
London.
2003 Sue Hunt - New Paintings, Prints and Drawings. CBAT Cardiff.
2004 ‘New Work on paper’ Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
2005 ‘New Paintings’ one person exhibition, The Great Atlantic Gallery,
Monmouth.
2008 Denise Yapp Fine Art, solo exhibition
2011 Denise Yapp Fine Art solo exhibition
2013 New Paintings at the Sennedd, Millennium Centre Cardiff.
2016 New Drawings and Paintings Sue Hunt, Denise Yapp Fine Art. Monmouth
Selected Exhibitions
1985 Virimau Jones Gallery, University College Cardiff.
Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff College of Art. Two person show.
1986 Wish You Were Here...’ Chapter Arts Centre.
National Museum of Wales. South East Wales Arts Association
Artists-in-residence exhibition
1987 M.A. Exhibition, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1988 St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. Artists-in-residence placement 1988.
1989 Blenheim Gallery, London.
‘News-Print-News’ printmaking exhibition, Chapter Arts Centre, Oriel Cardiff, Oriel Mostyn.
1991 ‘Under the Eye of Saturn’, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno.
Martin Tinney Gallery, West Wharf, Cardiff. Three-person show.
1992 ‘New Art at the Old Library’, Cardiff.
Small Mansion House Gallery.Contemporary printmakers from Wales.
1993 Contemporary Printmakers from Wales. Glynn Vivian museum & Art Gallery, Swansea.
The Square Gallery, London.
1994 Norwich Castle Museum. Exhibition from Norwich School of Art.
Welsh Arts Fair, The Old Library, Cardiff.
‘Roomful of Flowers’, Carmarthen. Touring to Denbigh, Haverfordwest, Durham Art Gallery, & Dublin University.
Expo ‘94, Belgium. 56 Group Wales.
1995 ‘Hedendaagse Kunst uit Wales’. Congres Centrum, Leeuwenhorst, Holland.
Oriel Cymru Llundain, London. Mixed exhibition.
Primavera Gallery, Cambridge.
‘6 x 6’ exhibition. Tricycle Theatre, London. Touring.
Wales / Zaragosa Exchange. Spain. South Glam Collection.
‘Images from Wales’. 56 Group. Old Library, Cardiff
Laing Painting Competition, Mall Galleries, London - Regional Prize
1996 John Martin Gallery,London. ‘Seven Contemporary Artists from Wales’
Brian Sinfield Gallery, Gloucester.
Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi, prints & ceramics from Wales, Jaipur.
Turner House Gallery, National Museum of Wales. 56 Group Wales.
1997 Albany Gallery, Summer exhibition.Cardiff.
56 Group Anniversary Exhibition, Worcester City Art Gallery,
Howard Gardens Gallery and Oriel Bangor.
The Albany Gallery, Christmas Exhibition.
1998 ‘Intimate Objects - A Sense of Place’, Dublin.
Shared Language’ Theatre Brecheiniog, Brecon.
Hay Festival, Arts Pavilion. Invited Artist
1999 Art Direct 1, Cardiff Bay Arts Trust. The Bay, Cardiff. 1999
Three Welsh Artists, Albany Gallery. Cardiff
Crane Kalman Gallery, London.
‘A Still-Life’ The Contemporary Craftsman, Group exhibition, Monmouth.
2000 ‘6’ Printmakers, Howard Gardens Gallery, UWIC, Cardiff.
National Botanic Garden of Wales. Carmarthen.
2001 Six Printmakers in Wales. Glynn Vivian Museum & Gallery,Swansea.
‘House of the Future’, exhibition of digital prints from the UWIC digital portfolio displayed in the House of the Future’ Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, Wales
2002 ‘6’ Printmakers in Wales at Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran.
2003 Six contemporary Printmakers in Wales, Tenby Museum and Gallery.
Virtually Six Printmakers at Gregynog House, Newtown.
‘Surface Language’ Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, Cwmbran.
‘Classic 9’ Biennale,International Arts Fair, Brussels, Belgium.
2004 ‘New Work on paper’ Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Edgar Modern, Bath. Summer exhibition.
Albany Gallery, Cardiff, summer exhibition.
Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff.
Virtually-6 Printmakers, The Gate Art Centre, Cardiff.
New paintings at the Great Atlantic Gallery. St Just, Cornwall.
2005 ‘Identity’ Group exhibition, The Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth.
Take Five,’ Virtually-6 printmakers at Brecon Jazz Festival,
Theatre Brecheiniog, Brecon.
The Cardiff Portfolio’ a celebration of 100 years of Cardiff as a City.
St Davids Hall, Cardiff. V6 printmakers.
‘56’ Group at the Washington Gallery.
Artists from Wales in Stuttgart, Germany. Organised by St David's Hall, Cardiff.
Cultural Capital Exhibition - Bay Art Gallery. Cardiff.
2006 ‘New Paintings’ Church St, Gallery, Monmouth.
Mid Glamorgan Purchase Prize Exhibition, Mid Glamorgan University,
The Millenium Centre, Cardiff.
Artist of the Year 2006 St Davids Hall: Painting Award Prize-winner.
‘The Painted Pot’, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Gwent
‘56 Group Retrospective’ at the National Library of Wales.
‘New Paintings’ at The Royal Glamorgan Hospital,Llantrissant.
2007 V 6 at SIGGRAPH digital conference and exhibition, San Diego.
USA, touring to Los Angeles and Korea
Edgar modern Gallery, Affordable Art Fair Bristol.
Thompson Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
V6/V9 IMPRINT Millennium Centre, Cardiff.
The Great Atlantic Gallery, Monmouth.
56 Group, St Davids Hall Cardiff.
56 Group Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran.
2008 INTAGLIO St Davids Hall, Cardiff
‘Exhibiting at Home’ 56 Group at Howard Gdns Gallery, Cardiff.
‘Threesum’ Three-person show at St Davids Hall, Cardiff.
The Better Life Appeal, Washington Gallery, Penarth.
56 Group at Tenby Museum.
The Thompson Gallery Summer Show, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
‘Sue Hunt Recent Work’,
One person show at Denise Yapp Contemporary Fine Art, Monmouth.
‘All of these Things…’ 56 group at Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen.
WAVE, ‘Blurring the Boundaries’, The FAB Gallery, a collaborative printmaking exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2009 ‘Limited Edition’,
working title for curation of exhibition at Newport Museum and Art Gallery
‘Vario’, portfolio invitation, by Impress, Brisbane Printmakers of Queensland, Australia and touring to Hawaii, USA and Virtuall-6 Printmakers based in Cardiff.
‘Flora’ exhibition, Denise Yapp Contemporary Art.
Three person group exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
‘The State of the Estate’, Penpont, Brecon.
RWE Open Print show, Royal West of England Academy
2010 ‘Intaglio’ St Davids Hall, Cardiff.
56 Group Wales at Queens Hall, Narberth.
15thIntenational Mini Print exhibition, Tallin.
Group exhibition, Denise Yapp Fine Art, Monmouth.
2011 ‘Artemisia’, Group exhibition, St Davids Hall, Cardiff.
Wales-Rajasthan exhibition, Jawah Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India.
Wales Rajasthan exchange exhibition Howard Gdns Gallery, Cardiff.
Sue Hunt New Paintings and Silverpoints
One person exhibition of New Work Denise Yapp Fine Art, Monmouth.
56 group Wales at Oriel Canfas, Cardiff.
‘Wild and Cultivated’, botanical based imagery, The Makers Gallery. Cardiff.
2012 Open books, touring exhibition, National Library, Aberystwyth.
Monsterous Regiment of Women, International Womens Day, Cynon Valley Gallery.
Sue Hunt at the Sennedd Gallery, National Assembly Buildings, Cardiff.
Marking 56 years, 56 Group Wales, Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff
Sue Hunt, Liam O Conner, Andy Short, New Paintings, Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff.
PRINT Invited Artist St Davids Hall , Cardif
‘Cardiff Contemporary’, St Davids Hall, Cardiff.
56 Group at the Y Tabernacle , Machynthleth,
A Taste of the Avant Garde 56 years of 56 Group and book launch
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Open Books, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Open Books at the UWEA Gallery and Library, Bristol.
2013 ‘Portfolio’ Howard Gardens Gallery Cardiff.
56/56 Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport, Sue Hunt, Annie Giles Hobbs,
new work at the Pierhead building, Welsh Assembly, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff.
DRAWN Royal West of England Acadamy, Bristol.
‘Open Books’ Bay Art Gallery” Cardiff.
‘Drawing in between’ University of Wales, Cardiff. A contemporary examination of contemporary drawing.
Sue Hunt New Paintings and Silverpoints and Prints, Parc y Ffyn, North Wales.
Open Books, in Sanshang Gallery, Hangzhou, China; touring exhibition of Chinese Folding B Books.
2014 56 Group Wales Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran
Open Books, Canberra, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Open Books, Logan Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia.
Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Sha Tin.
Denise Yapp Contemporary Fine Art, Monmouth.
The Albany Gallery, Cardiff.
Parc y Ffyn, Bettws y Coed.
MADE IN ROATH, Open weekend
2015 Museum of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong CHUHK
Verdant, M. A.D.E. in Roath Gallery, Cardiff.
MADE in the MUSEUM Work in response to the collection at NMGW
2016 Sue Hunt , New works, Denise Yapp Contemporary Fine Art, Monmouth
2017 Open Books, ‘The Art of the Folding Book.’ International collaboration, and touring exhibition between China, India and…. Chui Griffis Asian Gallery, Connecticut College, USA.
‘Derive’, group exhibition, Helsinki, Finland.
Open Books,Lalit Kala Acadamy, Jaipur, India
‘Offerings’, a collaboration with Susan Adams, St Edwards Church.
MADEINROATH Cardiff.
2018 Avanti,Womens arts festival, Westwharf Gallery, Cardiff.
Flourish group exhibition, MADE Gallery, Cardiff.
'Nature Morte' Bath Fringe Festival, Bath.
'56 /18' 56 Group Wales, Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester.
2019-21 Sue Hunt and Mary Husted, New work, Cardiff Business and Technology Centre. Cardiff.
Paper Exchange Wales/China Cultural Exchange, BayArt, Cardiff.
2020 'Repetition' 56 Group members exhibition, Oriel Henry Thomas, Carmarthen.
'Flora' exhibition instalation, Ysbyty Seren, field hospital, Cwn Taff Morgannwg, Bridgend.
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Curated exhibitions since 2012
2012 ‘Mothers for Africa exhibition’ in aid of the Mothers for Africa Charity,
Butetown History and Art Gallery, in conjunction with Cardiff Metropolitan University Students
Mothers for Africa/Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University
The Senedd National Assembly for Wales Buildings
Mothers for Africa / Cardiff school of Art and Design
‘The Pierhead Building’ National Assembly for Wales, Showing student work from Cardiff Metropolitan University
2013 ‘Open Book’s, a touring exhibition, curated for Sanshang Gallery,Hangzhou, China.
2014 Exhibition of curated solograms in Chongwe District Hospital, Zambia. Work made by the village of Shyiala, Zambia.
2014/15 Open Books at the Museum of Fine Art the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2015 ‘Health messages’ a photographic collaborative exhibition from Zambia and Wakes.
Butetown History and Art Gallery, Cardiff.
2016 ‘Health Messages’ Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny.
Cultural Exchanges / Research / Awards
1984 Commonwealth Cultural Youth Exchange. Hong Kong.
1986 Welsh Arts Council Masterclass to study & work in the USA & Mexico City,
researching mural painting.
1988 Wales/Philadelphia Exchange Programme, Brandywine Print
Workshop. Mural commissioned - ‘Homage to Matisse’.
1992 Welsh Arts Council Travel Grant, researching papermaking & woodblock printmaking in Rajasthan, India (the initiation of the Wales / Rajasthan Exchange Programme for visual artists).
1995 Selector & Curator of Wales / Zaragosa exhibition, Spain.
Laing Painting Competition - Regional Award Winner.
2002 Research Award, University Wales Institute Cardiff
Arts Council Award to commission essay by Norbert Lynton
Arts Council Award for Virtually - 6 Printmakers to publish portfolios
2003/4 Research Award, University Wales - to take up the opportunity to exhibit in Jawahar Kala Kendra, Rajasthan, India.
2006 Artist of the year 2006, Painting Award, St David’s Hall,Cardiff
2008 V6 ACW grant for International exchange with Australia and Hawaii 2009 Arts Council of Wales training grant,
CFAR UWIC towards Symposium Speakers
Wales Arts International Travel Grant to attend the Venice Biennale 09
SIP Grant towards collaboration with Newport Museum of Wales
2009-10 ACW Training grant to work at Edinburgh Print workshop.
2012 Visit to the Royal collection at Windsor Castle to research silverpoint techniques and to view Leonardo da Vinci drawings in discussion with Mr Alan Donnithorne curator of the Queen's drawing collection.
2013 ZAMBIA. Joint Community art mural and collaboration with University of Wales Hospital, Cardiff and Shiyala Village, Chongwe, Zambia. Funded by Africa/Wales development fund and Mothers for Africa Charity.
CHINA . Joint curator in ‘Open Books Plus’, Sanshang Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China.
Funded by Wales Arts International; included 60 invited artists from China.
2014 Open Books, Logan regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia.
University of South Wales, Canberra, Australia.
Hui Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Sha Tin. Funded by Wales Arts International; including 60 invited artists from China
Return visit to Zambia, facilitating a workshop and installation of art works in the local hospital in Chongwe: ‘Health Messages’ project
2016 Open Books at the National Library of Canada, Ottawa
2017 Open Books India , Lalit Kala Acadamy, India. Funded by Wales Arts International.
Derive’Galleria 4, KUUS. Helsinki, group exhibition.
56 Group Wales, Pembroke.
‘Offerings’ Made in Roath Collaborative piece ,Susan Adams
OPEN BOOKS , A new dialogue, Open Books in Connecticut.USA;
2018 Funded by Wales Arts International; included 60 invited artists from China
2019 Kick Start, International Entrepreneurism. Wales Chinese trade commission.
2020 Arts Council of Wales Stabilisation Grant to aid the wellbeing of frontline health workers in Cwm
Taf Morgannwg.
Public and Private Collections
Private collections and Nationally and Internationally
Welsh Contemporary Arts Society,
Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
‘Paintings for Hospitals’, Royal Gwent Hospital.
Brandywine Printworkshop,
Philadelphia,
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre,
Newport Museum and Art Gallery,
Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.
National library of Wales
National Museum and Art Gallery, Wales.
National Museum of Australia
.Keir Hardie Medical Centre, Bridgend.
Paintings for Hospitals 2013
Llandough Hospital new wing opening 2014.
Employment / Commissions
1981 Member of Artists & Designers of Wales.
1981-89 Member of Pioneers Community Arts Group, working with community groups & schools on collaborative arts projects.
1984 Welsh Arts Council commission to design a mural & landscape a garden for a centre for unemployed youth.
1984-90 Artist-in-Residence Programme, setting-up etching workshops in
secondary schools. South-East Wales Arts Association.
1991 Selector & Curator of South Glamorgan Collection 1991.
Commission to design a print for the Japan / Wales Festival.
1992 Selector & Curator of South Glamorgan Collection 1992.
1994-98 Member of Visual Arts Advisory Board, Arts Council of Wales.
1995 Selector & Curator of Wales/Zaragosa exhibition, featuring work from the South Glamorgan Collection.
2002-06 Arts Council of Wales National Advisor.
2003-07 External Examiner to Leeds Metropolitan University.
2015 External Validation panel member to University of South Wales.
Teaching
1990-91 Mid Glamorgan College of Art & Design, Foundation Course.
1991-94 0.5 Senior Lecturer, Fine Art, Norwich School of Art.
1991- 2017 0.5 Senior Lecturer, Fine Art, Cardiff Metropolitan University.
2014 Visiting lecturer in University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
Visiting Lecturer at The China Academy of Art, Hanghzhou, China.
2017 Speaker and curator, Connecticut College. Connecticut. USA
2020 Guest Visiting Artist and Lecturer to Bangor University.
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Bibliography
1988 Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia Herald
1994 Uned Gelf - Spring/Summer Review
1995 Fine Time Review.
1996 Voices at the Door, illustrated anthology of poems for Shelter.
1997 Arts Review, April.
1997 Shared Language’ Catalogue Essay written by Norbert Lynton.
2002 Six Contemporary Printmakers in Wales, Catalogue and technical handbook.
2002 Catalogue Essay to accompany ‘Sue Hunt - New Work’ written by Norbert Lynton.
2005 Catalogue Essay written for ‘A private View’ by Karin Hiscock for 56
Group exhibition. Newport .
2006 Catalogue Essay written for ‘A painted Pot’ CD Rom by Karin Hiscock
2009 ‘In Response’ Catalogue and essays written for Newport Museum and Art Gallery.
2011 Catalogue essay written by Karin Hiscock, for Sue Hunt New Paintings and Silverpoints.
2012 56 Group, 56 Years of the Avant Guard, by David Moore
2014 OPEN BOOKS essay, ‘Decanter Ink’ catalogue, Hangzhou, China.
2015 Open Books a sequence of Events’, co-written essay published by IMPRINT Magazine, Australia.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/suehunt-artist/albums
https://www.openbooks-international.org
Cyanotype, Art in Hospitals and in the community Zambia UHW
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gozambia/sets/72157644304634226/
Health Message project Sept 2014 Zambia, UHW
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gozambia/sets/72157647290106561/
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