Dr. Quinn Hunter

Biography

Quinn Alexandria Hunter is a sculpture and performance artist who primarily works with hair and the African American female body as material. Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, she completed her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Expanded Practice at Ohio University, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media Design from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, along with a Post Baccalaureate in Ceramics from Virginia Commonwealth University. Recognized with the Hollis Parry/Ann Parry Billman Award in 2019, Quinn has exhibited and performed nationally. Her artistic practice revolves around uncovering and unveiling truths, particularly about the histories of African Americans, and addressing issues of erasure in cultural narratives. She focuses on the effects of historical labor on contemporary spaces and the visibility of Black bodies within these contexts. Her work seeks to reinsert the labor of African American women into the narrative, creating a dialogue about the intersection of past and present erasure of labor and identity.

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