BIO
Sculptor and photographer Menley Hunt is based in the South East, creating work that examines ideas of family, spirituality, home, and the feminine through sculptural and photographic mediums. Originally from South Carolina, she attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities where she studied Visual Arts. Hunt then completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture with a double minor in Art History and Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. In her practice she engages personal objects with photographic materials, presenting an individual's familial lineage through a larger conceptual framework. Hunt uses the physical process of film photography to connect to sculptural objects and often exhibits through installation and performance. Her photographic imagery ranges from portraiture of female figures and unidentifiable landscapes, to sequences that document performative actions. Hunt has presented work in various exhibitions in Richmond, Virginia including Oakwood Arts’ Summer Solstice Benefit Auction at Candela Gallery, Home Sweet Home at the Anderson Gallery, and PhotoWorks: 22 VCU Artists at Plant Zero Art Center.
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Contact
| (864)280-6808 | menleyhunt@gmail.com |
Education
2020
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Sculpture, Art History Minor and
Religious Studies Minor
2016
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Visual Arts
Internships
2020
Capital One Art Program, Henrico, VA
2019
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Education Department, Richmond, VA
Oakwood Arts, Richmond, VA
Exhibition History
2020
SCGSAH 2020 Alumni Virtual Exhibition, based in Greenville, SC
Artisphere Artist of the Upstate Virtual Exhibition, based in Greenville, SC, Juror Jessica Helfrecht
1..2..3..on One!, Sculpture Senior Opening Capstone Exhibition, Anderson Gallery,
Richmond, VA
2019
PhotoWorks: 22 VCU Artists, Plant Zero Art Center, Richmond, VA
Society for Photographic Educators VCUArts undergraduate juried exhibition, Anderson
Gallery, Richmond, VA
Colonial White Project participant, Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA
Oakwood Arts Summer Solstice Benefit Auction, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Home Sweet Home VCUArts undergraduate juried exhibition, Anderson Gallery,
Richmond, VA
2018
Bodies/Borders; Cuerpos/Fronteras, VCU Gender and Women’s Studies Department
Crenshaw House, Richmond, VA
2016
VCUArts undergraduate juried exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Young Women in Art exhibition, Converse College Milliken Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
2015
Street Level II, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, Greenville, SC
Next Innovation Center location specific drawing, Greenville, SC