Kenny Hunter (born 1962) is a Scottish sculptor. He lives and works in Edinburgh. Between 2015 and 2018, he was programme director of sculpture at

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where he now continues to work part-time as a lecturer in Fine Art, Sculpture.

Biography

Born in

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, Hunter graduated from

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in 1987 and thereafter studied classical sculpture at the

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. Hunter makes monumental civic sculpture, he also makes gallery based work and has exhibited at the

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(including a bust of

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), the

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, the

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, Tramway Glasgow, Galerie Scheffel in Germany and at Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, among others in the UK and Internationally. According to his profile at ''

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'', ''"Kenny Hunter makes elegant sculptures in many materials including wood, plastic, iron and bronze. He remains fascinated by the processes involved in making sculpture in the studio and the power that they have to transform materials in order to express his complex and vivid ideas on historical time."''

Public Art Works

Perhaps Hunter's most well-recognised piece of public art in Scotland is ''Citizen Firefighter'' in

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, Glasgow. It was commissioned in 2001 for Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and due to its location on a busy corner near to

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it is passed by hundreds of office workers every day. Other permanent public works : *Blackbird (the persistence of vision),

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, London (2016) *A place is a space remembered, Maison du Site des Deux-Caps, France (2015) *Elephant for Glasgow,

Bellahouston Park Bellahouston Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Bhaile Ùisdean'') is a public park in the Bellahouston district on the South Side of Glasgow, Scotland, between the areas of Craigton, Dumbreck, Ibrox and Mosspark covering an area of . The main ...

, Glasgow, UK (2015) *Portrait of Andrew Grant,

, UK (2015) *Black Swan,

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, Germany (2014) *The Watcher, The Scottish Seabird Centre,

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, UK (2014) *Hawk / Creation,

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, West Yorkshire, UK (2013) *Stand Easy,

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Armed Services Memorial, UK (2012) *The Unknown, Borgie Forest,

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, UK (2012) *Patrick Geddes Monument, The Scottish Storytelling Centre,

, UK (2012) *The Barnsley Mining Artwork,

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, Barnsley, UK (2012) *Liberty Regain'd, The

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Birthplace Museum,

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, UK (2012) *Second Glance at a Roe Deer, Orchard Park, Cambridge, UK (2011) *I Goat, Bishops Square,

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, London (2011) *Monument to a Mouse, The

Birthplace Museum,

, UK (2010) *We Adapt, Victoria Street,

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, UK (2009) *Red Boy,

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, Germany (2008) *Mademoiselle de Fives, Place Degeyter, Fives,

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(2007) *Natural Selection,

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, London (2006) *Lamb, Whitefriars,

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, UK (2005) *''Youth With Split Apple'' outside King's College at the

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(2005) *Girl with Rucksack,

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, Glasgow (2004) *''Calf,'' at the old Meat Market on Gallowgate, Calton in Glasgow (2000) *King of the Castle / Boy Wonder,

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, Glasgow (2000) *''Four Children'' in the pedestrianised area of

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town centre (1998) *''Cherub/Skull'' at the

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in Glasgow (1998) *Your next breath at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2022)

Selected exhibitions

* Reproductive, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh Art Festival (2016) * Kontrapunkt, GENERATION, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow (2014) * The Singing of Swans, GENERATION, Paxton House, Berwick Upon Tweed (2014) * Nothing Lasts Forever, CONNERSMITH, Washington DC, USA (2012) * Then The Animals Said God, Galerie Scheffel, Germany (2012)

Gallery

File:Citizen Firefighter - geograph.org.uk - 546448.jpg, Citizen Firefighter, Central Station, Glasgow (2001) File:Central Glasgow visit 40.jpg, Citizen Firefighter, Central Station, Glasgow (2001) File:Glasgow Firemen.jpg, Citizen Firefighter, Central Station, Glasgow (2001) Blackbird kenny hunter.jpg, Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision) Leicester Square, London (2016) File:Blackbird and Lions decoration (32050935750).jpg, Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision) Leicester Square, London (2016) File:Kenny Hunter Blackbird22.jpg, Blackbird (The Persistence of Vision) Leicester Square, London (2016) File:Kenny Hunter The Unknown.jpg, alt=Iron Sculpture, The Unknown, Borgie Forest, Sutherland, UK (2012) File:The Unknown .jpg, The Unknown, Borgie Forest, Sutherland (2012) File:BMA20.jpg, The Barnsley Mining Artwork, Barnsley Interchange, UK (2012) File:BarnsleyBoy.jpg, The Barnsley Mining Artwork, Barnsley Interchange, UK (2012) File:Igoat18.jpg, I Goat, Bishops Square, Spitalfields, London (2011)

References

External links

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