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THE STORM BREAKS A COSMIC AMERICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOK BY MICHAEL HUNT
The first in Varga Gallery's 2007 Summer Solo Series, Michael Hunt's Pax Americano show
is a series of “chapters” from an imaginary social studies textbook.
Totally unauthorized, ill advised, and non-existent; Pax Americano is a series of naturally fallen,
sandblasted redwood paintings full of humor and mischief with total adherence to
the “everything is connected” ideas of the East while terrifyingly addicted to the Wild West.
The work bends & blends the elements of POP while mocking & emulating FOLK.
Below are some examples from Pax Americano:
Michael Hunt was conceived at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York and born in 1970 in Honesdale, PA -
the birthplace of the American Railroad. He lives and works near Woodstock, NY.
His paintings are Cosmic American Art - a conceptual hybrid of Pop & Folk that examines, indicts, celebrates
& ultimately surrenders to the search for that mythic & ragged "American Dream.”
The work is a rest stop half way between the dream world and the waking life.
He has shown his artwork in forty-one group exhibits since 1999. A February 2001 exhibit at Zeke's Gallery
in Montreal was his first solo show, which was followed by a successful return engagement in summer 2003.
In November 2002, Michael's sculpture, "Heavenly Beatles" was auctioned by Sothebys.com.
He was featured on the Wynwood Arts District Tour at Basel Miami in 2004.
GROUP SHOWS
2007
“My Heart Belongs to Dada,” VARGA Gallery, Woodstock, NY
“Stick, Stone & Bone,” VARGA Gallery, Woodstock, NY
“Inspired by the Hudson Valley,” Freshman Fine Arts, Beacon, NY
“Woman Scorned, Woman Adorned,” VARGA Gallery, Woodstock, NY
30 th Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
“Exhibit B,” VARGA Gallery, Woodstock, NY
2006
“First Show,” Freshman Fine Arts, Beacon, NY
“5X7 Show,” Woodstock Guild, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
“Guerilla Art,” Altered Aesthetics, Minneapolis, MN
“The Diner Show,” Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
2005
“Not Like the Others,” Stewart Hall Galerie d'art, Point-Claire Quebec
“Dream States,” Caladan Gallery, online
“Small Works,” The Space, Austin, Texas
2004
“One Nation Under God,” Liquid Blue Gallery, Wynwood Arts District Tour,
Basel Miami , Miami, Florida
"Trust Communism," Lobot Gallery, Oakland, California
"What Have You Got to Say?" Pro Arts Jersey City,
Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ
Woodstock Guitar Festival Exhibit, Woodstock Gallery of Contemporary Art
Woodstock, New York
The Outdoor Guitar Sculpture Exhibit, Woodstock Guitar Festival
Woodstock, New York
Colony Cafe, Artist Co-op, Woodstock, NY, ongoing
"Equine," Woodstock Artist's Association, Woodstock, NY27th Small Works, Washington
Square East Galleries, NYC
2003
Annual Holiday Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
"5X7 Show," Woodstock Guild, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
"Small Works," Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
"Recent Works," Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
"Chairs," Washingtonville (NY) Arts Society, Brotherhood Gallery, Washingtonville, NY
"Cats & Dogs," Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
“Red, White & Blue," Imaginestation.net
"War & Peace," Studio 8 Gallery, Kingston, NY
2002
25th Small Works", Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
Outdoor Guitar Sculpture Exhibition, Woodstock Guild & Chamber of
Commerce, Woodstock, NY - Auctioned by Sotheby's/eBay,
"Seeing Red," Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
"Woodstock - in word and image," Woodstock Guild, Kleinert/James Art
Center, Woodstock, NY
Annual member show, Woodstock Guild, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
"5X7 Show," Woodstock Guild, Kleinert-James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Annual Holiday Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
2001
"1st Show," Nigel-Hamil, Orchard St, NYC
2000
"23rd Small Works," Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
"Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit", NYC
"Artist Supported Months," Knickerbocker Gallery, NYC
"Color & Texture," Knickerbocker Gallery, NYC
1999
"Mad Summer Nights" CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC
SOLO
2003 "The Inverted Democracy," Zeke's Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
2001 "I Have Seen the Future & It Looks A Lot Like Yesterday" Zeke's Gallery
MEDIA
Newspaper/Magazine:
Montreal Gazette, October 8, 2005
Stationaery Magazine, Issue 5, February 2005
Stationaery Magazine, Issue 4, February 2005
Woodstock Times, NY, 17 February 2005
Miami Art Guide, Basel Miami Issue, December 2004
Stationaery Magazine, Issue 2, Montreal, Nov 2004
Ulster County Townsman, NY, 19 August 2004
Woodstock Times, NY, 19 August 2004
Woodstock Times, NY, 1 July 2004
Montreal Gazette, 11 August 2003
Montreal Mirror, 8 August 2003
Canadian Art, Winter Issue, December 2002
Woodstock Times, NY, 22 November 2002
Woodstock Times, NY, 15 November 2002
Phoenicia Times, NY, 3 July 2002
Woodstock Times, NY, 3 July 2002
Woodstock Times, NY, 8 November 2001
Radio/Television:
Radio-Canada.CA, Cultural Guide, 21 August 2003
CBC Radio One, Homerun, 4-5PM, 22 August 2003
Global TV, CKMI Channel 3, Montreal, 31 July 2003
