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Richard Hunt's distinguished career spanned seven decades, from the 1950s to the 2020s, with notable accomplishments, including:
 

  • More than 180 solo exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide, from 1958 to now.

  • More than 300 group exhibitions worldwide.

  • Works represented in more than 125 museum collections worldwide.

  • Received 42 awards, 18 honorary degrees, and 22 professorships and artist in residencies.

  • Served on more than 30 Boards, Committees, and Panels for major arts organizations during his lifetime.

The PDF below includes a comprehensive Artist's CV.
 

Dive deeper into Richard Hunt's art and life by exploring his Illustrated Biography.

Solo Exhibitions

1958

Richard Hunt Sculpture, Alan Gallery, New York, September 29–October 18

1960

Richard Hunt, Stewart Rickard Gallery, San Antonio, January 10–30
Richard Hunt Sculpture, Alan Gallery, New York, October 24–November 12

1962

Richard Hunt, B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago , January 12–February 21

1963

Richard Hunt Sculpture, Alan Gallery, New York, February 25–March 16

Richard Hunt–Sculpture, B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, November 15–December 27

1964

Richard Hunt, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, April

Sculpture of Richard Hunt, Kendall Hall Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, April 5–30

Richard Hunt, Stewart Rickard Gallery, San Antonio, TX, May 10–17

1965

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, January 4–23

Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings and Lithographs, Thorne Hall, Occidental College, Los Angeles, October 18–November 12   

Richard Hunt, Stewart Rickard Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1966

Richard Hunt, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, January 9–February 13

Richard Hunt Sculpture, Ohio State University School of Art, Columbus, OH, February 2–25

Richard Hunt, B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, March 4–April 6

1967

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, February 7–26

Sculpture, Prints, Drawings by Richard Hunt, Kendall College, Evanston, IL, Spring 

Sculpture by Richard Hunt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 1–31

Richard Hunt, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, November 3–December 3 **Retrospective**

1968

Richard Hunt, B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, April 1–May 31

Richard Hunt: Welded Metals 1968, Dorsky Gallery, New York, May 14–June 15

1969

Richard Hunt, Dorsky Gallery, New York, April 15–May 15

Richard Hunt, David Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL, May 4–25

Richard Hunt, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, October

1970

Sculpture: Richard Hunt, Mitchell Gallery School of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, January 11–February 6

Richard Hunt, Living Arts Center Gallery, Dayton, OH, February 1–28

Sculpture by Richard Hunt, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, February 9–28

Richard Hunt, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, March

Richard Hunt: Sculpture Lecture & Exhibit, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, March 23–April 22

Richard Hunt, B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, May 20–June 30

Richard Hunt Drawings, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, September 7–October 13

Richard Hunt, Reicher Gallery, Lake Forest, IL, September 15–October 4

Richard Hunt, Boliou Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, October 21–November 15; traveled to Flaten Gallery, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, November 17–December 10

Richard Hunt: Sculpture/Maquettes/Drawings/Photomurals, Parkside Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI, October 30–November 25

1971

The Sculpture of Richard Hunt, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 25–July 9; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, August 21–October 4 **Retrospective**

Richard Hunt: New Sculptures in Aluminum and Steel, Dorsky Gallery, New York, April 15–June 7

Richard Hunt: Large-Scale Sculpture, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL, Summer

Richard Hunt: Welded Metals, Dorsky Gallery, New York, August 21–October 4

1972

Richard Hunt, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, January 19–February 3

Richard Hunt: Small Sculpture, Drawings, Lithographs, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL February 6–27

1973

Inside & Outside with Richard Hunt, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, May 1–June 30; traveled to and titled Inside with Richard Hunt at Indianapolis Museum of Art, July 3–August 26; Dorsky Gallery, New York, September 1–October 31; and Oklahoma Art Center, October 31–November 30

Richard Hunt Sculpture, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, November 4–November 26

1974

Steel and Bronze Sculpture by Richard Hunt, Department of Fine Art, Mosely Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, February 1–March 3

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture & Lithographs, Dorsky Gallery, New York, March 12–April 6

1975

Richard Hunt: Selected Sculpture, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, February 4–March 16 

Richard Hunt: Small Sculptures, Drawings, and Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, February 23–March 30

Richard Hunt, University Art Gallery, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO, March 10–14
Richard Hunt: Sculpture/Screenprints, Dorsky Gallery, New York, November 18–December 27

1976

Richard Hunt, Black Cultural Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, February

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings, and Prints, Sears Bank and Trust Company, Chicago, May 24–July 30

Richard Hunt, B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, October 8–November 12

1977

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI, March 8–25

The Sculpture of Richard Hunt, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, May 1–June 5

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings, Lithographs, Pelham-von Stoffler Gallery, Houston, TX, May 11–29

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture, Dorsky Gallery, New York, October 25–November 19

1978

Richard Hunt, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, January 1–February 19

Selected Prints and Sculpture of Richard Hunt, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, February

Richard Hunt, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, February 13–March 3

Richard Hunt Graphics, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, February 5–March 5

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, The Art Center, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, May 6–June 11

Mountain Flight and Selected Works by Richard Hunt, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, September 30–December 17
Richard Hunt: Sculpture, University of Houston, Clear Lake, TX, December

1979

Richard Hunt: Three Places at One Time, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO, February 10–April 1; Washington University School of Fine Arts, Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO, February 10–March 16; Washington University School of Fine Arts, Bixby Gallery, St. Louis, MO, February 10– March 16

Richard Hunt, Art Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, February 25–March 25

Richard Hunt, Colorado State University, Department of Art, Fort Collins, CO, April 22–August 8

Richard Hunt: New Sculptures, Dorsky Gallery, New York, April 17–May 19

Richard Hunt: Prints, Sculptures & New Drawings, Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI, May 23–July 31

Richard Hunt Sculptures: 1962–1979, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, September 9–October 28

Richard Hunt, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, October 11–November 18

1979–1980

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Azalee Marshall Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX, December 9, 1979–February 2, 1980

Prints by a Sculptor: Richard Hunt, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, December 1–December 29, 1979; traveled to Essex Community College, Baltimore, MD, February 4–March 3, 1980; Decker College Center, Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD, May 1–June 2, 1980

1980

Richard Hunt, Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA, January 17–February 7

Richard Hunt, Crystal Britton Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November

Richard Hunt, De Graaf Gallery, Chicago

1981

Richard Hunt, Dorsky Gallery, New York, April 4–25

Richard Hunt, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, February 1–22

Richard Hunt, Maui Unity Art Museum, Maui, HI September 1–30

Richard Hunt, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI, November 10–29

1982

Richard Hunt, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH, Summer

1983

Richard Hunt: Drawings & Prints, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, February 26–March 24

1983–1984

Richard Hunt: An Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Crystal Britton Gallery, Atlanta, GA, December 10, 1983–January 15, 1984

Richard Hunt, De Graaf Gallery, Chicago

1984

Richard Hunt, Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, April 10–May 19 

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, March 3–April 5

1985

Richard Hunt, McGrath Art Gallery, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, March 2–April 5

Richard Hunt, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI, March 1–April 27

Richard Hunt, Martin Gallery, Washington, DC, October

1986

Outside In: Public Sculpture by Richard Hunt, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago, January 17–February 28

Richard Hunt: Sculpture & Graphics, Kilcawley Center Art Gallery, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, January 29–February 22

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, April 5–May 1

1987

Richard Hunt, De Graaf Gallery, Chicago, May 1–27

The Work of Richard Hunt, ABC Entertainment Center, Century Plaza Towers, and other sites, Century City, Los Angeles Art Commission, Los Angeles, June–December 1987

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Dorsky Gallery, New York, November 5–28

1987–1988

Growing Orbit: Richard Hunt, The Black Cultural Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February

Richard Hunt: Sculptures et dessins, Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles; traveled to multiple venues in Africa, including: Lagos, Nigeria; Monrovia, Liberia; Accra, Ghana; Cotonou, Benin; Lomé, Togo; Dakar, Senegal; and Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

1988

Richard Hunt: Exhibition of Sculptures, Lithographs & Photo Murals, Gallery of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, April 10–June 3

Richard Hunt, De Graaf Fine Art, Chicago, May

Richard Hunt: Sculpture and Drawings, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, September 19–November 25

Richard Hunt, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI, November–December

1988–1989

Richard Hunt: Sculpture and Works on Paper, Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University Gallery, West Lafayette, IN, August 22–September 25, 1988; traveled to Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, November 13–December 22, 1988; Eugene Johnson Gallery of Art, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, January 3–February 8, 1989

Richard Hunt: Outdoor Sculpture, Harper College, Palatine, IL

1989

Richard Hunt: Lithographs, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL, January 17–March 10

The Sculpture and Drawings of Richard Hunt, Dorsky Gallery, New York, April 6–29

1990

I've Been to the Mountain: Drawings and Sculpture Maquettes by Richard Hunt, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, January 14–February 25

Richard Hunt, McHenry County College Art Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL, January 15–February 12

Richard Hunt, Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, February

Richard Hunt Sculpture: Past, Present, Future, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, March 30–May 6

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI, June 16–July 21

Richard Hunt, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, September 7–October 13

Richard Hunt, University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, November 16–December 21

1991

Richard Hunt, University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, January 5–February 8

Richard Hunt, Governors State University, University Park, IL, February 2–28

Richard Hunt Sculpture, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, April 26–June 1

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture, Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, November 21– December 5

Richard Hunt: Public Sculptures, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI, June 23–September 30

1992

Richard Hunt, Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, July 3–July 27

Richard Hunt, Fine Arts Gallery, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, September 16–October 16

1993

Richard Hunt: Contemporary Master of Sculpture, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, February 5–March 14

1994

Richard Hunt: A Sculptor on Paper, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE, August 2–October 16

Richard Hunt, Woodlot Gallery, Sheboygan, WI, June 10–October 31

Richard Hunt: Starwalk, University Museum at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

1995

Richard Hunt, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, April

Richard Hunt: New Sculptures, Worthington Gallery, Chicago, September 8–October 31

Richard Hunt, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI

1996

Richard Hunt: Recent Works, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC, April 5–May 1

Richard Hunt: Prints, Drawings, and Sculptures, Old Town Studio and Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, May 5–June 30

Richard Hunt: Sculptor & Printmaker, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, August 10–12

Richard Hunt, Worthington Gallery, Chicago, November 8–December 31

1996–1998

Richard Hunt: Growing Forward, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, June 16–September 1; traveled to The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, December 18, 1996–June 29, 1997; The Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, August 5–October 5, 1997; Illinois Art Gallery, April 3–May 29, 1998

1997

Richard Hunt: Recent Sculpture, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, February 11–March 29

Richard Hunt, The Dorsky Gallery, New York, September 30–October 25

1998

Richard Hunt: Affirmations, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI, March 14–June 21 **Retrospective**

Richard Hunt Sculptor, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI, March 14–May 2 

Balancing Act: Sculpture by Richard Hunt, Illinois State Museum, Chicago and Springfield, IL, August 1–September 7

Richard Hunt: Linked Forms, Maximilianpark Hamm, Hamm, Germany, April 19–June 21

Richard Hunt: New Sculpture and Works on Paper, Worthington Gallery, Chicago, November 6–December 31

Richard Hunt, Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI

1999

Richard Hunt: Sculpture, Models, Works on Paper, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, June 10–November 11

Richard Hunt: Public Works, Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO, ​​August 5–October 3

2000

Richard Hunt, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA, January 11–March 3

Richard Hunt, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

2000–2001

Richard Hunt: American Visionary, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, September 17, 2000–January 3, 2001

2001

Richard Hunt, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA, January 13–March 3

Richard Hunt: Wings, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, February 8–March 23

Richard Hunt, Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC, May 1–June 2

2002

Richard Hunt, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA, November

2003–2004

Sculptor's Choice: Making and Collecting, Krasl Art Center, Benton Harbor, MI, November 1, 2003–January 3, 2004

2004

In Honor of Progress...The Sculpture of Richard Hunt, H.C. Taylor Gallery, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, May 7–July 30

2006

Richard Hunt: Sculptures, Worthington Gallery, Chicago, September 14–October 14; traveled to Worthington Gallery West, Pleasanton, CA, October 21–November 30

2007

Richard Hunt: Lithographs and Sculpture, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, January 30–February 28

Richard Hunt: Past & Present, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, September 15–December 9

2008

The Art of Richard Hunt, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, March 1–March 30

Shaping the Spirit: Recent Sculpture by Richard Hunt, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, September 5–October 25

2009

Sculpture of Richard Hunt, William W. Crapo Gallery, Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA, January 13–January 30

Richard Hunt: Promethean Mythmaker, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, February 6–March 31

Richard Hunt, David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, April 17–May 30

Richard Hunt: Legendary Sculptor, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, May 1–June 30

Richard Hunt, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, Summer

Richard Hunt: Sculpture and Works on Paper, Art and Design Gallery, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, October 2–29

2010

Richard Hunt: Visions and Revisions, Willis Tower, Chicago, January 23–May 7

Richard Hunt: Improvisations on Modernism, Belian Art Center, Troy, MI, August 27–October 8

Richard Hunt: A Force of Nature, Th!nkArt Salon, Chicago, October 7–December 10

Richard Hunt, 515 North State Street, Chicago

2011

Richard Hunt, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, April 9–July 10

Richard Hunt, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, June 2–23

2012

Richard Hunt: Drawing in Space, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, New York, April 1–29

Richard Hunt: Mutable Currency Past and Present, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, June 1–August 11

Richard Hunt: Extending Form, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN, July

Richard Hunt Sculpture, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, August 21–November 16

2013

Richard Hunt, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL

2014

Richard Hunt, The Art of This Century, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI, October 3, 2013–January 25, 2014

2014–2015

Art in the Garden, Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX, February 28, 2014–January 31, 2015

Richard Hunt: Sixty Years of Sculpture, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, December 6, 2014–March 29, 2015
**Retrospective**

MCA: DNA Richard Hunt, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, December 13, 2014–May 17, 2015

2015

Somewhere There’s Music: An Exhibition Honoring Richard Howard Hunt, Governors State University, University Park, IL, August 24–September 26

2015–2016

The Public Life of Richard Hunt: 21st Century Projects, Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI, June 26–September 13, 2015; traveled to the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, November 5, 2015–January 26, 2016

2016

Richard Hunt: Framed and Extended, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, July 14–October 30

2017

Richard Hunt: American Sculptor, McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, September 20–October 29

2018

Sculpting a Chicago Artist: Richard Hunt and his Teachers: Nelli Bar and Egon Weiner, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, July 12–September 14

2018–2019

Richard Hunt: Synthesis, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October 20, 2018– February 3, 2019

Richard Hunt: Graceful Fluidity, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, December 21, 2018–September 2, 2019

2020–2021

Richard Hunt: Scholar’s Rock or Stone of Hope or Love of Bronze, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, September 17, 2020–September 20, 2021

2022

Richard Hunt: Details, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA, February 25–July 4

2022–2023

Richard Hunt: Monumental, KANEKO, Omaha, NE, October 13, 2022–February 5, 2023

2023

Richard Hunt, Governors State University, University Park, IL

2024

Richard Hunt: Early Masterworks, White Cube, New York, March 13–April 13

2024–2025

Richard Hunt: From Paper to Metal, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX, October 12, 2024–March 2, 2025

Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL, October 25, 2024–April 20, 2025; traveled to Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, July 11–November 15, 2025

Line to Form: Richard Hunt's Prints and Sculpture, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, September 4, 2024–January 5, 2025

2025

Richard Hunt: Metamorphosis—A Retrospective, White Cube, Bermondsey, London, April 25–June 29
**Retrospective**

2025–2026

Richard Hunt: Pressure, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, FL, December 2, 2025–March 29, 2026

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