Nationality: Scottish
Caroline Hunter was born in Edinburgh in 1964, her father a chandler, her mother a classics teacher. In 1968 the family moved to Orkney where Caroline remained until 1982 when she left to study History of Art at Aberdeen University. After graduating, she worked as an archaeological field worker until a period of unemployment and her return to Orkney led her to take up painting for the first time. With no formal training, a wonderful freshness of approach and a distinct and wholly original sense of colour, she held her first solo show in Stromness in 1994 and has been painting full time ever since. She has exhibited regularly with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute and has had several solo shows in Scotland. She lives and works in Argyll.
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Prizes
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Caroline Hunter was born in Edinburgh in 1964, her father a chandler, her mother a classics teacher. In 1968 the family moved to Orkney where Caroline remained until 1982 when she left to study History of Art at Aberdeen University. After graduating, she worked as an archaeological field worker until a period of unemployment and her return to Orkney led her to take up painting for the first time. With no formal training, a wonderful freshness of approach and a distinct and wholly original sense of colour, she held her first solo show in Stromness in 1994 and has been painting full time ever since. She has exhibited regularly with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute and has had several solo shows in Scotland. She lives and works in Argyll.
Solo Exhibitions:
| 2005 | John Martin Gallery | |
| 2003 | Mainhill Gallery of Art, London | |
| 2000 | Mainhill Gallery of Art, Edinburgh | |
| 1998 | Mainhill Gallery, Ancrum | |
| 1995 | Old Gala House, Galashiels | |
| Bu Gallery ,Stromness |
Prizes
| 2002 | Laing Land and Seascape Competition Shortlist, Mall Galleries | |
| 1999 | RGI James Torrance Memorial Prize for most promising young painter | |
| 1997 | Noble Grossart Painting Prize Shortlist, Edinburgh & Glasgow |
Group Exhibitions:
| 2008 | Mainhill Gallery, Glasgow Art Fair | |
| 2004 | Mainhill Gallery, AAF London | |
| John Martin Chelsea, Spring Show | ||
| Catto Gallery Summer Show | ||
| 2002 | RSW, Dundee | |
| RSA, Glasgow | ||
| Laing Seascape and Landscape Competition, London | ||
| Mainhill Gallery at Art London | ||
| Mainhill Gallery at Art Edinburgh | ||
| RGI, Glasgow | ||
| 2001 | RSA Edinburgh | |
| Mainhill Gallery at Art on Paper Fair, London | ||
| Mainhill Gallery at Glasgow Art Fair | ||
| Mainhill Gallery at Art London | ||
| Mainhill Gallery at Art Edinburgh | ||
| 2000 | Mainhill Gallery at Art on Paper Fair, London | |
| RSA, Edinburgh | ||
| 1999 | Mainhill Gallery at Glasgow Art Fair | |
| RGI Glasgow | ||
| 1998 | RSW, Edinburgh | |
| Mainhill Gallery at Glasgow Art Fair | ||
| SSA, Edinburgh | ||
| Noble Grossart, Glasgow and Edinburgh | ||
| Courtyard Gallery, Crail | ||
| 1997 | Ormiston Institute, Melrose | |
| Stable Gallery, Yelholm | ||
| 1996 | West Gate Gallery | |
| 1995 | Bu Gallery, Stromness | |
| Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington |
Caroline Hunter
- Available Works
- Past Exhibitions
- Additional Information
- Past Exhibitions
- Additional Information
Caroline Hunter was brought up on Orkney and only began to paint in 1994. Though entirely self-taught, she quickly won the attention of collectors and fellow artists in Scotland and was soon a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Glasgow Insitute. Her distinct sense of colour and her intimate approach to still life and landscape marks her out as a unique new voice amongst Scottish artists.