Kenny Hunter

Kenny Hunter (born 1962) is a Scottish sculptor. As of 2016, he is the Programme Director of sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art and lives in Glasgow where he develops his own artwork.[1]

Biography

Born in Edinburgh, Hunter graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1987 and thereafter studied classical sculpture at the British School at Athens.[2] He has exhibited work at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (including a bust of Jimmy Reid), the Centre for Contemporary Arts, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and at Tramway, among others in Britain and abroad.

According to his profile at GENERATION, "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."[3]

Notable works

Perhaps Hunter's most well-recognised piece of public art is Citizen Firefighter in Gordon Street, Glasgow. It was commissioned in 2001 for Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and due to its location on a busy corner near to Glasgow Central station it is passed by hundreds of office workers every day.

Other works in Scotland include:

References

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