JOHN HUNDT

JOHN HUNDT
Biography
John Hundt is a painter and collage artist whose work combines the personal effects of others, i.e., journal entries, personalized recipes, hastily written notes, stained ticket stubs, etc., with his hand-drawn and painted images to create storylines filled with dark humor, absurdity and insight. Current pieces are often composed of found materials from different time periods, cultures and generations, blended into an unexpected order. This process took root when, as a 4-year-old, John began drawing figures, cutting them out, and storing them under his parents' bed. These early creations were the seeds of what has evolved into a language that continues to influence his work today.
Education / Selected Honors
1990	San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1988	AICA Honors Program, New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2007	Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont CA, Hybrids: The New Surrealists Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA Juried Annual 2007 Juried by Berin Golonu O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Is DADA dead?
2006	Peninsula Art Museum, Belmont CA, Hybrids: The New Surrealists Marin Art Center, Ross, CA, National Juried Exhibition - Cash Award Juried by Renee DeGuzman Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA New Visions:Introductions 2006 Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX. Con(text). Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Collages. Solo exhibition.
2005	Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA New Visions:Introductions 2005 Juried by Catherine Clark and Jack Hanley. Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA Untitled (2) Show Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA Annual Show-Honorable Mention Award. Juried by Phillip Linhares.
2004	Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA Annual Show- Award
2003	ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA Art Walk Embarcadero Belcher Studios Spring Show, San Francisco, CA
2002	Gallerie Hotel Beron, San Francisco, CA Excavation Rites. Solo exhibition.
2001	Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA California Small Works Show. Juried by Kenneth Baker.
2000	Schloharie County Council of Arts, New York National Small Works 2000 -Honorable Mention Award
1999	Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA Driven to Abstraction. Juried by Roy DeForest.
Press
The Mercury News & The SF Gate