1990s Kentish Town Studio

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.

Auckland University, New Zealand.

Curriculum Vitae

• Photography
• Photoetching
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Film
• Poetry
• Writing
• Social Activity

Photography

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 0-908689-68-3

1970

Colour Print Overseer, Fuji Film company, Isleworth, London TW7.

Photoetching

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 Interactives, 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 Photoetchings' 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 Intaglio 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 273-0140-6

1980

'Photography in Printmaking' exhibition Victoria and Albert Museum London W1.

1979

'Prints by Invited Artists' Penwith Gallery, St Ives, 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. 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

'Fifth 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 Islington 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

'Islington Studio' exhibition Christopher Drake Gallery London W1.

1973

Company Director Islington Studios, Islington 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

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 Contempory 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 Wine 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

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

'2001 A Space Oddity' exhibition Colony Room Club Artists. Resin cast, 'The Colony Room Club Millennium Ashtray' A22 Art Gallery London EC1.

1971

Assistant Sculpture Park, 'British Sculpture' Holland Park London W14

1969

Metal Finisher, Auckland University Collection of sculpture. Darcy Lange, 'Object No.2' Auckland, New Zealand.

1968

'Woman Washing her Hair,' 'Bust of Young Man,' 'Man Walking' New Zealand Graduate Art Prize 2^nd Prize. Three cast bronze sculptures. Wellington. New Zealand.

Film

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 Windows.

1992

Flash animation course Central Graphics London N1.

1988

Animation painter, Frith Street, Soho. W1.

1987

'Roger the Rabbit' Animation painter. Richard Williams 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.

Poetry

2009

Reading in Dick's Bar, Ramilies Street Soho. Madelline Hyland and Tim Woodward with Alyson Hunter reading from 'The Painted Sailor' 'Night Bus' and 'A Sense of Place'. Filmed by Mark Young.

2008

Review of 'Night Bus' in The Ham and High David Crozier. 17th July 2008.

2008

Review of 'Night Bus' in the Tribune Magazine by Cary Gee. 11th July 2008.

2008

Reading of 'Night Bus'. Directed by Eugene O'Hare, with readers Clare Dwyer Hogg, Patricia Leventon, and James Topping, upstairs in the FrenchHouse, Dean Street Soho. Filmed by Eugene O'Hare.

2008

'Night Bus' a collection of poetry 1970 to 2007 published by Adelphi Publishing UK.

2006

Poem 'El Peurto de Santa Maria' read by Nick Gekes at memorial for John Spenser at st Anne's, Soho.

2005

Poet of the month, the Colony Room Club Soho, with the poem 'The Lamplighter'.

2005

Poem 'Vananu' published in Campaign newsletter UK.

2005

51st Venice Biennale Isola Virual British entry 'Glebe and Capri'. Curator Caterina Davinio.

2005

Review of 'The Painted Sailor' New Zealand News U.K. by Erica Fosbinder.

2004

Review of 'The Painted Sailor' signing at the FrenchHouse Soho. West End Final.

2004

Book signing FrenchHouse Soho 'The Painted Sailor'.

2004

Reading and book signing 'The Painted Sailor' readers Nick Gekes and Paul Ryan with Alyson Hunter. The Owl Bookshop in Kentish Town London.

2004

Launch of 'The Painted Sailor' Auckland New Zealand.

2004

Launch of 'The Painted Sailor' New Zealand High Commission, Haymarket, London. Filmed by Collette Valentine.

1987

'A Sense of Place' fifteen poems illustrated with drawings sponsored and printed by the Tweedale press. Launched at exhibition 'Erewhon' New Zealand House. Haymarket London.

1976

A Sense of Place poems exhibited with drawings at the Upstairs Gallery, Queens Elm, read by Laurie Lee.

1969

Collaboration with James K. Baxter, Park road, New Zealand, paintings and poetry.

Writing

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.

Social Activity

2009

Committee member, The Colony Room Club, Soho.

2005

Voting member, Caversham Neighbourhood Directive.

2005

Representative Gaisford Street (600 dwellings), Caversham Neighbourhood.

2005

Writing Campaign 'Stop Kentish Town Road becoming Motorway' supported by the Camden New Journal.

2004

Vanunu campaign for a Nuclear free Middle East.

2002

Anti-War March, Iraq 'Not in my Name' Video, 'Mayday' photographs.

2002

Photographs for the Countryside Alliance March.

1991

Secretary, Gaisford Instant Action Group NW5.

1991

Banners for March, 'Don't asset strip Higher Education.' Holmes Road, Kingsway College London NW5.

1990

Campaign to stop the selling of Artists' Studio head leases. SPACE.

1990

Images exhibited, poetry read, at Feminist Conference, Hammersmith, Chair Amanda Sebastyn. Launch of '68 '78 '88'. Woman's Liberation.

1989

Campaign 'Gardens and Fences' for estates, Tufnell Park. London N19.

1988

Grant, to write report, Arts Council, The London Print Workshop, the Harrow Road.

1989

Grant, to set ethnic prints into London Galleries, Arts Council, through the Print Workshop, Elgin Avenue.

1988

Grant to set up the Falcon Gallery, Camden Artist's Group, London Arts.

1987

'War Paintings' exhibition. Slaughterhouse Gallery, London EC1.

1986

Founded Camden Artists' Group. NW1. Exhibitions.

1986

Secretary, Tenants of Camden Road and Dalmeny Road. London N7.

1976

Greater London Arts Grant, Clerkenwell Printers' Group.

1974

War Prints bought by Imperial War Museum.

1974

Organized the setting up of The Mezzanine Gallery, New Zealand House, Haymarket, London.

1972

Set up the Upstairs Gallery, the Queens Elm, funded by Shaun Treacy, Chelsea.

1972

Meetings, Woman's Group, the Night Workers Campaign, Kings Cross.

1971

Secretary, Woman's Group, Artists Union, Borough Road.

1971

Anti Abortion Law March, London. 'A Woman's right to choose.'

1969

March, Woman's Rights, Auckland.

1968

Campaign to stop the destruction of Settler Cemetery, Uranui.

1964

Anti War Marches, Vietnam war, Auckland.

1963

Junior member Socialist Film Club, Auckland.

1962

Junior member Rationalist Club, Auckland.