Born: 1948 Auckland, New Zealand.
Education
1963-66 Auckland Girls Grammar School, New Zealand.
1966-69 Auckland University Art Dept. New Zealand, (Honours Year.)
1969-70 London University, London UK, (History of Art.)
1969-70 Byam Shaw Art School, Scholarship, UK, (Post Graduate Painting.)
1971-72 Chelsea College of Art, London UK, (Postgraduate Printmaking.)
1972-73 Royal College of Art, London, UK, (Postgraduate Printmaking.)
Public Collections
National Portrait Gallery, London UK.
The Imperial War Museum, London UK.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK.
British Council, UK.
St. Thomas Hospital Art Fund, London UK.
Bradford City Corporation, Bradford UK.
Museum of Modern Art, New York USA.
Philadelphia Museum, USA.
University of California, Davis, Fine Arts Collection USA.
The Robert Blackman Archives, The Library of Congress, USA.
Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Winnipeg City Art Gallery, Canada.
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand.
Falmouth Gallery Falmouth UK.
Fine Arts Museum San Fransisco USA.
Photography
2021 ‘The Manufacturing of Photographic Imagery’ Exhibition using examples of
the artist’s work. Margate School Margate
2021 ‘Thanet photographers’ Group show Primark Building Margate
2018 ‘London Artist Printers’ Group show Pie Factory Gallery Margate.
2017 ‘To be Beside’ Group show Resort Studios. Sidney Cooper Gallery Canterbury Kent.
2010 Photograph of Harry Diamond printed in the Times and independent Newspapers. (Obituary.)
2005 Black and white photographs of Harry Diamond and Dan Farson bought by National Portrait Gallery London W1.
2005 ‘Darcy Lange and Alyson Hunter‘ Exhibition of Black and White Photographs of the East End 1970s, The Fleapit, Ravenscroft Street London E2.
2004 ‘London Bridge‘ Colour photograph Designers‘ and Artists Copyright Society, Mall Galleries London W1.
2001 ‘The Two of Us‘ Photography exhibition. The French House, Soho London W1. Filmed by Mark Windows.
2001 ‘Hunting the imagery’ Photography exhibition, Gerry's Club Soho London W1.
2001 ‘Against the Taliban‘ Photograph exhibition, Gerry's Club Soho London W1. Filmed by Cassie Smith.
1985 ‘Camden Artists Group, Falcon Gallery‘ Black and White Portraits of Artists, London NW3. Catalogue supported by London Arts.
1971 Stills Assistant, black and white photographs. Art films by Darcy Lange. Portrait of Darcy in ‘Video Art Darcy Lange. Published by Department of Film. University of Auckland.
ISBN O-908689-68-3
1970 Colour Print Overseer, Fuji Film company, lsleworth, London lW7.
Printmaking
2020 ‘Tales of the Colony Club’ Bella Posa Gallery Mayfair London Book by Darren
Caulfield exhibited ‘The Colony Room Bar’
2018 ‘Margate and Dieppe’ Alyson Hunter and John White FrenchHouse London
2018 ‘London Artist Printers’ Group Show with Alan Cox (Sky Editions) and John White printer at Curwen Press. Pie Factory Gallery Margate Kent.
2017 ‘To be Beside’ group show of Resort Artists at the Sidney Cooper Gallery Canterbury Kent.
2016 Group Show Chelsea Arts Club. (‘In the Studio’) a self portrait for the internet workshop project Royal College of Art.
2015 Group Show Chelsea Arts Club ( Paradiso) collage of Soho photographs as matrix for photopolymer Gravure.
2018 ‘London Artist Printers’ Pie Factory Gallery Margate. Pastels ‘Judith and Holofernes’ Drawings San Fransisco.
2015 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
2015 'Three Artist/Master Printers', Alyson Hunter, John White, Alan Cox at the FrenchHouse. London.
Illustrated catalogue.
2014 Mixed Show, Chelsea Arts Club. 'Window, Denmark Street', first showing of the artist's photo polymer gravure.
2014 University of Kent ' Underexposed' Female Artists and the Medium of Print.
2014 Blockley Open Studios. Photo-etchings 1970 - 1999.
2010 ‘Valerie Patisserie‘ photoetching, illustration in ‘The Valerie Patisserie Cookbook‘ Giraffe Advertising,
London Wall, London EC2.
2009 Photoetchings Soho and 1970 Landscapes reproduced as carbon prints. Art Fusion, Fencott, Oxford.
2007 ‘The Colony Room Club‘ illustration in ‘Matthew Williamson, a Mischievous Muse‘ by Anthony Meredith and Paulo Harris. Omnibus Press London. ISBN 978-1-84772-102-0.
2005 ‘Exploring 20th Century London‘ Gallery lnteractives, Museum of London and London Transport Museum, London.
2002 ‘Soho Photoetching‘ Exhibition Lopdell House Titirangi, Auckland New Zealand.
2001 ‘Soho Photoetchings‘ exhibited at The Reading Room, Dean Street Soho London W1.
2000 ‘Shopfront Photo Etchings' exhibited at the Contemporary Art Fair, Truman Brewery London E2
(Rebecca Hossack Gallery)
1999 ‘Soho Photoetchings‘ exhibited at Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London W1.
1999 Soho Society, images ‘Soho Square‘ and ‘Old Compton Street‘ published as postcards.
1999 ‘Soho Photoetchings‘ exhibition The London Post, Soho London W1.
1999 ‘Soho Streets‘ exhibition The French House, Soho London W1.
1998 ‘Twenty Five Years of Photoetching‘ Alyson Hunter Retrospective , London Print Workshop London W10.
1996 ‘Digital Cards (Buildings)‘, made for Dr. Johnson's Chambers, Bridwell Chambers, One Raymond Buildings,
Lion Court, and 33 Bedford Row London WC1.
1996 ‘Soho Photo-etchings‘ The Lexington, Soho Jazz Festival, London W1.
1994 ‘Four Printmakers from the London Print Workshop‘ St. Marylebone Crypt London W1.
1992 'Etchings of London Parks‘ Tessa Galleries, Hampstead London NW3.
1992 Mixed print exhibition Cromwell and Ward Gallery, Soho London W1.
1987 ‘The Columbia Road Project‘ exhibition Lamont Gallery E2.
1986 ‘The Print Show 86‘ Angela Flowers Gallery, London W1.
1984 Lectures on Photoetching, Maidstone College of Art UK.
1984 Lectures on Photoetching, Chelsea College of Art London SW5.
1983 Lectures on Photoetching Byam Shaw College of Art London SW10
1983 Lectures on Photoetching University of California Davis USA.
1983 ‘Urban Landscape‘ British Council Touring Exhibition Africa, Australasia.
1982 ‘Faculty Works on Paper‘ University of California, Davis USA.
1981 ‘The Print Workshop‘ Master lntaglio Printer New York USA.
1981 ‘Colour Etchings' exhibition Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney Australia
1981 ‘Sydney Bridge‘ exhibition Wagner Gallery Sydney Australia.
1981 ‘Five Artists‘ Peter Webb Galleries Auckland New Zealand
1981 ‘Photoetchings published by the Port Jackson Press‘ Sydney Australia.
1981 ‘The Complete Guide to Prints and Printmaking Techniques‘. Ed. John Dawson
Phadion Press. London. ISBN 0-7148-2184-5
1981 ‘Collecting Original Prints‘ Rosemary Simmons Studio Vista London. ISBN 0-289-70900-8
1981 'Photography in Printmaking' Charles Newton, Victoria and Albert Museum, Compton Pitman. ISBN 273-0140
1980 ‘Photography in Printmaking' exhibition Victoria and Albert Museum London W1.
1979 ‘Prints by Invited Artists' Penwith Gallery, St lves, Cornwall.
1979 ‘A Spring Collection‘ Penwith Studio Publications, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
1978 Director of Stoneman Graphics, Covent Garden London W1.
1977 ‘Prints at Work‘ ICA Gallery London W1.
1977 ‘Bedford Row‘ commission, edition of Photoetchings, David Williams and Ketchum Ltd. London WC1.
1977 ‘Shop Front Photoetchings, an exhibition by Alyson Stoneman Hunter‘ AIR Galleries London W1.
1977 ‘Summer Show‘ Annual Exhibition Royal Academy London W1.
1977 ‘Prints from the Royal College of Art‘ Svea Galleries Stockholm.
1976 Group exhibition AIR Gallery London W1.
1976 ‘Fiflh British International Print Biennale‘ Bradford UK.
1976 ‘Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum‘ exhibition the Victoria and Albert Museum London SW1.
1976 Company Director and Master Printer Stoneman Graphics Earlham Street Covent Garden London WC2.
1976 Company Director lslington Graphics Gallery, London N1.
1975 ‘Albert Bridge‘ Commission of 200 photoetchings by Staddon Hughes Advertising Agency.
1974 ‘Prints by Alyson Hunter 1971-1974‘ Barry Lett Galleries Auckland N.Z.
1974 ‘Alyson Hunter, Paintings, prints, and drawings‘ exhibition New Zealand House London W1.
1974 ‘Graphics published by Christies Contempory Art‘ exhibition, World Trade Centre. London E1.
1973 ‘lslington Studio‘ exhibition Christopher Drake Gallery London W1.
1973 Company Director lslington Studios, lslington London N1.
1973 ‘Summer Show‘ Annual Exhibition Royal Academy London W1.
1973 ‘Prints and Drawings‘ six Royal College of Art students, exhibition Midland Group Gallery Nottingham UK.
1973 ‘British Printmakers' Brooklyn Museum New York USA.
1973 ‘Young British Printmakers' Svea Gallery, Stockholm Sweden.
1973 ‘British Graphics‘ Touring Exhibition, Anderson O‘Day, Australia.
1973 ‘Printmaking 73‘ Royal College of Art London SW1.
1972 ‘Platform 72' Oxford Museum of Modern Art, Oxford UK.
1971 Sale Assistant, prints, Zella 9 Gallery, Chelsea London SW6.
1971 ‘British Printmaking‘ DM Gallery Fulham Road London SW6.
Painting
2021 Open Studio 2021 Paintings The Margate School Margate Kent.
2018 ‘London Artist Printers’ Pie Factory Gallery Margate
Pastels ‘Judith and Holofernes’
Drawings San Fransisco.
2016 Group Show Chelsea Arts Club. Painting ‘Fox in Garden’
2014 Blockley open Studios `Drawings and Paintings.
2006 ‘Norman Ballon' drawing subscription leaving gift, Coach and Horses, Soho London W1.
2003 ‘Stephen Tompkinson and the Band,‘ watercolour commission Dervla Kirwan.
2003 ‘Michael Wojas and Noah Taylor‘ watercolour commission Noah Taylor.
2001 ‘Suzy and Len in the Colony Room Club‘ watercolour commission Len Buckley.
2000 'Watercolours of Soho‘ exhibition The French House, Soho W1
1998 ‘Flower and Park Paintings‘ exhibition Nostalgia Gallery, Teddington Middlesex TW11.
1995 ‘Flower Paintings‘ exhibited Saatchi and Saatchi, Whitfield Street London W1. (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)
1994 ‘Painting and Watercolours' exhibition Le Frisson, Highgate Village London N6.
1993 ‘Painting and Drawings‘ exhibition Le Frisson, Highgate Village London N6.
1992 ‘Drawings with Watercolours' exhibition Lamont Gallery, London E2.
1992 ‘Works on Paper‘ two artists, exhibition Le Frisson, Highgate Village London N6.
1990 Senior Tutor in Drawing Art Venture, Holland Park London W11.
1990 ‘The Last Berry Street Open Studios‘ paintings, Berry Street London EC1.
1991 ‘Large Watercolours' exhibition Lamont Gallery London E2.
1990 'Fuchsias for Dr. Mengele's Twins‘ sold to Saatchi and Saatchi Ltd. (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)
1989 ‘Endangered Wildlife' WWF-UK at Lamont Gallery London E2.
1988 ‘Berry Street Open Studios‘ paintings (in conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery) Berry Street London EC1.
1988 ‘Three Conlempory Watercolourists‘ exhibition Lamont Gallery London E2.
1989 ‘Alyson Hunter. an exhibition of Watercolours' Chequers Camden London NW1.
1988 ‘Berry Street Open Studios‘ paintings, Berry Street London EC1.
1988 ‘Alyson Hunter- New Drawings and Watercolours' Smithy‘s Vifine Bar Kings Cross London WC1.
1988 ‘Alyson Hunter Paintings 1988‘ exhibition Litvanoff Gallery, Camden London NW1.
1987 ‘Black War Paintings‘ exhibition Slaughterhouse Gallery, London EC1.
1987 'Erewon' exhibition, six artists. New Zealand High Commission, New Zealand House London W1.
1986 ‘Judith and Holofernes‘, paintings and drawings. London Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia London W14.
(Lamont gallery.)
1984 ‘Family Ties‘ Review of Paintings, Adrian Frost and Alyson Hunter Spectator Magazine Giles Auty.
1984 ‘Adrian Frost and Alyson Hunter, Paintings‘ exhibition Pentonville Gallery London N1.
1982 ‘Artists’ Open Studios‘ paintings, Boot Street, Hoxton Square London N1.
1983 Visiting Professor in Drawing University of California, Davis, Sacramento USA.
1982 ‘Davis‘ exhibition of paintings and drawings, University of California, Davis, Sacramento USA.
1982 Visiting Professor in Drawing University of California, Davis, Sacramento USA.
1980 'Australia‘ paintings and drawings, Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney Australia.
1978 ‘Paintings and Drawings of the East End of London‘ Grafikhuset Futura Gallery Stockholm Sweden.
1976 ‘Hugh at North Corner‘ painting, annual exhibition, Newlyn Gallery Cornwall.
1975 ‘Paintings, Poems and Prints‘ exhibition Queens Elm Gallery London SW3.
1974 ‘Alyson Hunter, Paintings Prints and Drawings‘ New Zealand High Commission, New Zealand House London SW1.
1969 Scholarship Byam Shaw College of Art Campden Square London W8.
1969 ‘New Painters from Auckland‘ Wellington, New Zealand
1969 ‘Some New Painters‘ Society of Arts, Auckland New Zealand.
1969 Scholarship Elam Trustees, Auckland University, Auckland New Zealand.
1969 Painting bought by Auckland University, Auckland New Zealand.
1968 'Nativity‘ painting for Auckland Cathedral, Auckland New Zealand.
Sculpture
2019 ‘Dale Farm The Eviction’ Tate Modern Gallery.Fibreglass sculpture.Curated by
Phien O’Phien.
2018 London Art Fair Jamm Gallery Fired Glazed Clay Islington London.
2018 Resort Studios at Pie Factory Gallery. Group show Margate Kent Uk.
2018 JAMM Gallery at Hampstead Affordable Art Fair.London UK
2018 Clayspace Group exhibition Urchin Wines Margate. UK
2018 ‘London Artist Printers’ Group show Pie Factory Gallery Margate Kent. Uk
2017 JAMM Gallery Affordable Art Fair Battersea.London UK
2017 Resort Studio at pie Factory Gallery. Group show.Margate Kent UK. 2010 Sculpture of Gerry's Club Soho.
2006 ‘The Colony Room Club Auction‘ Exhibition. ‘Damien Hurst's Hands‘, ‘Colony Room Club Millennium Ashtray.‘
Silver and lead cast sculpture. Lyon and Turnbull Galleries. London W1.
2001 Assistant Sculpture Park, ‘British Sculpture‘ Holland Park London W14
'2001 A Space Oddity' exhibition Colony Room Club Artists. Resin cast, ‘The Colony Room Club 1971 Millennium Ashtray‘ A22 Art Gallery London EC1.
1969 Metal Finisher, Auckland University Collection of sculpture. Darcy Lange, ‘Object No.2‘ Auckland, New Zealand.
1933 ‘Woman Washing her Hair,‘ ‘Bust of Young Man,‘ ‘Man Walking‘ New Zealand Graduate Art Prize 2"“ Prize. Three cast bronze sculptures. Wellington. New Zealand.
Film
2021 ‘Stop the War on People Society Nature make the Wave‘. Video of banners
Margate School for G7 Global warming.
2016 'The Hunter Twins' Film Editor Ivan Berg.
2009 ‘Poetry at the Penthouse‘ 2005. Production and editing, colour, 12 minutes. New Zealand House. Haymarket London. Directed Collette Valentine, edited with Mark Long.
2009 ‘Reading at Dicks Bar, Soho.‘ 7.29 minutes. Production and editing, camera Mark Long Edited with Mark Long.
2005 ‘White Voices, Black and White Keys‘ 30 minutes. First exhibition of Art Films with Darcy Lange‘s 1970 Art Videos. (1945-2005) the Fleapit Gallery Ravenscroft Street London E2.
2003 ‘Davisville Bank.‘ Film concept.
2003 ‘Soho, the Bohemians, Artists and Writers.‘ Interview Film Four. Concept. Rushes of Soho personalities shown.
2003 ‘Black and White Keys‘, 30 minutes ‘Deli Diner,‘ 8 minutes ‘My High Street.‘ 2 hours. Camera, production, editing. Art Videos.
2002 ‘Mayday Soho‘ 7.41 minutes ‘Artist in Soho‘ 9 minutes ‘Art Speaks‘ 23 minutes. Production and editing. Artists, writers, poets and photographers. Camera Mark Vtfindows.
1992 Flash animation course Central Graphics London N1.
1988 Animation painter, Frith Street, Soho. W1.
1987 ‘Roger the Rabbit‘ Animation painter. Richard Vwlliams Soho square W1.
1986 Channel Four animation logo, Animation Painter London W1.
1971 Art Video, filming, sound, transcript. Assisted Darcy Lange in Chelsea and East End London, Kent, Bradford, Scotland.
1970 Editor Super 8 Film, Assisted Royal College of Art film students Kensington, London SW7.
Writing and Poetry
2021 ‘Arne Loot’s Photographs of Brian’s Piha Parties’ Art New Zealand Magazine.
2019 ‘Spirit of Soho’ Publication by John White, Alyson Hunter, David Collard,
Michael Heath. French House Soho London
2018 Short Play ‘TS Eliot’s Application to be a Spy for the US Army.’ Shown at The Pie Factory Gallery in conjunction with the Turner Gallery Margate Kent.
2018 Thanet Writers Poetry Anthology. poem ‘Margate Sands’ Kent UK.
2018 Thanet Writers Poetry Anthology. poem ‘Margate Sands’ Kent UK.
2015 'Celebration & Memoir' The London Printmaking Workshops and Studios 1970-1990
2008 'Night Bus' Collection of poetry ISBN 978-0-955-84-460-7
2005 Writing project in the Camden New Journal ‘Save our High Street.‘ Kentish Town London NW5.
2004 Travel article ‘Cadiz’ published in the Spectator Magazine.
2003 Agent. Pollingers Limited, authors‘ agent London WC1.
1998 Two short stories ‘Maori Cowboys,‘ and ‘Useful Ulysses‘ published in ‘Seeing in the Dark‘ A Compendium of Cinema going, Serpent‘s Tail, Editors Hammond and Breakwell. ISBN 1-85242-166-5
1985 Agent. Ruth Needham, MBA Authors‘ agent London W1
1989 Writer researcher London Print Workshop Harrow Road, grant Arts Council UK.
1988 ‘Transparent Positives‘. Essay published in '66 '77 '88 From Women's Liberation to Feminism‘ Prism Press Editor Amanda Sebastian. ISBN 1-85327-022-9
1985 Writer for artists‘ catalogues, London.