1. Alexis Hunter lived and worked in London UK, and Beaurainville France.
11 Facts About Alexis Hunter
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Alexis Hunter was raised in Titirangi in the Waitakere Ranges in Auckland.
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From 1966 to 1969, Alexis Hunter studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, where she was influenced by a tutor Colin McCahon's ethics that the artist has responsibility as a member of society.
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Alexis Hunter was a member of the Women's Workshop of the Artists Union and the Woman's Free Arts Alliance.
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The series Identity Crisis consists of six photographs of Alexis Hunter, each taken by a different person over a two-week period, showing how they saw her, ranging from the feminity of wearing a pearl necklace to a defiant stance wearing a hard hat.
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Alexis Hunter photographed men, in common with feminist practice of the 1970s, to reverse the traditional position of men's visualization of women - 'the male gaze'.
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Alexis Hunter showed work in group shows at the Stuckism International Gallery in 2003.
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Alexis Hunter lectured at art schools in the United Kingdom and other countries and in 1986 was visiting Associate Professor of Painting and Photography at University of Houston, Texas.
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Alexis Hunter was married to ex-rugby player Baxter Mitchell, and together they owned The Falcon pub in Camden, which supported independent bands such as Blur in the 1980s.
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The reputation of Alexis Hunter has continued to grow since her death in 2014 through a series of exhibitions and public purchases:.
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Alexis Hunter's work is represented in the Tate Modern, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, University of Otago and the Arts Council of Great Britain collections.