Lissa Hunter

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Lissa Hunter
Born (1945-11-13) November 13, 1945 (age 78)
Alma mater Indiana University Bloomington

Lissa Hunter (born November 13, 1945) is an American artist known for her basketry, drawing and mixed media work. Her professional activities include teaching, writing, and a long association with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine as teacher, student and trustee.

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Early life

Hunter was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to C. McCord Purdy, salesman and magician, and Ruth Gordon Purdy, secretary and untrained artist. She attended Indiana University Bloomington where she studied drawing and painting, attaining the BA degree in 1967, and the MFA degree in Textiles in 1971.[ citation needed ]

Professional practice

After having taught at Mansfield State College (now Mansfield University) in Mansfield, Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1978, Hunter left Pennsylvania to work as a full-time artist, living in South Berwick, Maine. At the time, she was weaving tapestries but was soon drawn to the burgeoning fields of papermaking and basketry. It was at this time that she developed her own technique of applying paper to her coiled baskets as well as making collages of painted and stitched paper and fabric. Hunter continued these two paths after moving to Portland, Maine in 1984. In 1994, she merged the two-dimensional and three-dimensional imagery into wall-mounted sculptures that remain her trademark work. While she continues in this vein, Hunter also explores drawing, painting and printmaking. She also teaches workshops and writes as a complementary part of her professional life.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Mother Basket". collections.mfa.org.
  2. "Lissa Hunter | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.