1958
Alan Gallery, New York
Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago
1960
Alan Gallery, New York
Stewart Rickard Gallery, San Antonio
1962
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
1963
Alan Gallery, New York
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
1964
Stewart Ricard Gallery, San Antonio
1965
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Occidental College, Los Angeles
Stewart Rickard Gallery, San Antonio
1966
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Ohio State University School of Art,
Columbus
1967
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Milwaukee Art Center (retrospective)
1968
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Fisk University Art Gallery, Nashville
1969
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,
Kalamazoo, MI
1970
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Living Arts, Dayton, OH
1971
The Art Institute of Chicago
(retrospective)
Dorsky Gallery, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New
York (retrospective)
1972
Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1973
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
1975
Dorsky Gallery, New York
University of Iowa Museum of Art,
Iowa City
1976
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Sears Bank and Trust Company,
Chicago
1977
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Pelham-von Stoffler Gallery, Houston
1978
The Art Center, Waco, TX
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-
Dade Community College, Miami
Greenville County Museum of Art,
Greenville, SC
1979
Art Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,
Kalamazoo, MI
Laumeier Sculpture Park,
Washington University Gallery of Art,
and Bixby Gallery, Washington
University, Saint Louis
Wichita Art Museum
1979–80
Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
1980
Crystal Britton Gallery, Atlanta
DeGraff Gallery, Chicago
1981
Springfield Art Museum,
Springfield, MO
Maui Unity Art Museum, Maui
1982
Miami University Art Museum,
Oxford, OH
Richard Hunt
Born: September 12, 1935, Chicago
Died: December 16, 2023, Chicago
Education
1957
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Arts Education
Solo Exhibitions
1983
Crystal Britton Gallery, Atlanta
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
1984
Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
1985
G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit
Martin Gallery, Washington, DC
1986
Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
Youngstown State University,
Youngstown, OH
1987
ABC Entertainment Center, Century Plaza Towers, and other sites,
Century City, Los Angeles Art
Commission
DeGraff Gallery, Chicago
Dorsky Gallery, New York
1987–88
Venues in Lagos, Nigeria; Monrovia, Liberia; Accra, Ghana; Cotonou, Benin; Lom., Togo; Dakar, Senegal; and Abidjan, C.te d’Ivoire (USIA touring exhibition organized by the Museum of African American Art,
Los Angeles)
1988
Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Purdue University Gallery, West
Lafayette, IN
Waterloo Center for the Arts,
Waterloo, IA
1988–89
Harper College, Palatine, IL
1989
Dorsky Gallery, New York
Eugene Johnson Gallery of Art,
Bethel College, Saint Paul, MN
1990
Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz
G. R. N’Namdi Gallery,
Birmingham, MI
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,
Kalamazoo, MI
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art,
Memphis
Printworks Gallery, Chicago
University Art Museum, State
University of New York at Binghamton
1991
The Charles H. Wright Museum of
African American History, Detroit
Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago
Louis Newman Galleries, Los Angeles
University of Central Florida Art
Gallery, Orlando
1992
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
1994
University Museum at Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale
Woodlot Gallery, Sheboygan, WI
1995
G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit
Worthington Gallery, Chicago
1996
Addison/Ripley Fine Art,
Washington, DC
Snite Museum of Art, University of
Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Worthington Gallery, Chicago
1997
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
The Studio Museum in Harlem,
New York
1998
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit
Holland Area Arts Council,
Holland, MI
Illinois State Museum, Chicago and
Springfield
Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI
Worthington Gallery, Chicago
1999
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis
Turman Gallery, Indiana State
University, Terre Haute
2000
Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Frederik Meijer Gardens and
Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Illinois State Museum, Chicago
2001
Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton
Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2002
Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
2004
H. C. Taylor Gallery, North Carolina
A&T State University, Greensboro
Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
2006
Worthington Gallery, Chicago
2007
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
Lubeznik Center for the Arts,
Michigan City, IN
2008
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland
2009
Art and Design Gallery, Andrews
University, Berrien Springs, MI
David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago
G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah
College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA
2010
515 North State Street, Chicago
Belian Art Center, Troy, MI
Th!nkArt, Chicago
Willis Tower, Chicago
2011
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport
News, VA
2012
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso
University, Valparaiso, IN
Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs,
New York
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2013
Galesburg Civic Art Center,
Galesburg, IL
Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture
Museum, Saginaw Valley State
University, Saginaw, MI
2014
San Antonio Botanical Garden
2014–15
Chicago Cultural Center
Museum of Contemporary
Art Chicago
2015
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
2015–16
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2016
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2018
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton
Community College, Des Plaines, IL
2020–21
The Art Institute of Chicago
2022
KANEKO, Omaha
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
2023
Governors State University, University Park, IL
2024
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX
White Cube, New York
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College,Oberlin, OH
Amon Carter Museum of American Art,
Fort Worth
Applewood–Ruth Mott Foundation, Flint, MI
Art, Design and Architecture Museum,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
The Art Institute of Chicago
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Baltimore Museum of Art
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Bowdoin College Museum of Art,
Brunswick, ME
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
The British Museum, London
Brooklyn Museum
The Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Chazen Museum of Art, University of
Wisconsin–Madison
Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Denver Art Museum
DePaul Art Museum, DePaul University, Chicago
Detroit Institute of Arts
The DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago
Elmhurst University Art Collection, Elmhurst, IL
Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington
Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Gallery of Art, Howard University,
Washington, DC
Georgia Museum of Art, University of
Georgia, Athens
Greenville County Museum of Art,
Greenville, SC
Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Public Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Hunter Museum of American Art,
Chattanooga, TN
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Jewish Museum, New York
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries,
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
Milwaukee Art Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, MI
Museum Moderner Kunst (mumok), Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn
Harbor, NY
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governors State University, University Park, IL
National Academy of Design, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York at Purchase
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
North Carolina Central University Art Museum, Durham, NC
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
The Obama Presidential Center, Chicago
Paul R. Jones Museum, University of Alabama Museums, Tuscaloosa
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Sheldon Museum of Art, University
of Nebraska–Lincoln
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Speed Art Museum, Louisville
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
Tougaloo College Art Collections, Tougaloo, MS
Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA
UCF Art Gallery, University of Central Florida, Orlando
University Museum at Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale
The University of Arizona Museum
of Art, Tucson
University of Michigan Museum of Art,
Ann Arbor
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Wichita Art Museum
Williams College Museum of Art,
Williamstown, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1956
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Medal and Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago
1957
James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Pauline Palmer Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago
1961
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Medal and Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago
1962
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Medal and Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago
Walter M. Campana Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago
1962–63
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1965
Tamarind Artist Fellowship, Ford Foundation
1970
Award, Cassandra Foundation
1978-79
Distinguished Louis D. Beaumont
Professor of Art at Washington University School of Fine Arts
1980
James Van Der Zee Lifetime Achievement Award, Brandywine Workshop and Archives
1990
Sidney R. Yates Art Advocacy Award, Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation
Selected Awards
1993
Laureate, Lincoln Academy of Illinois
1997
Artist Award, The Studio Museum in Harlem
1998
Distinguished Artist, Union League Club of Chicago
Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1999
Chicago African American History Maker Award, The DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago
Member, National Academy of Design
2003
Harry W. Watrous Prize and Elizabeth N. Watrous Medal, National Academy of Design
2004
Archibald Motley Jr. History Maker Award for Distinction in Visual Arts, Chicago History Museum
2005
Malvina Hoffman Artists Fund Award, National Academy of Design
2009
Charlotte Dunwiddie Prize, National Academy of Design
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center
2010
Legacy Award, United Negro College Fund
2011
Ruth Horwich Award to a Famous Chicago Artist, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2014
Fifth Star Award, City of Chicago
Lifetime Achievement Award, Howard University
2015
Alain Locke International Art Award, Detroit Institute of Arts
Lifetime Achievement Award, Partners for Livable Communities
2017
Legendary Landmarks Honoree, Landmarks Illinois
2022
Legends and Legacy Award, The Art Institute of Chicago
Richard Hunt Day proclaimed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, City of Chicago, June 10
2023
Chicago Public Library Foundation Arts Award
Dorsky Lifetime Achievement Award, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Music of the Baroque Honoree, Chicago
Richard Hunt Day proclaimed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, State of Illinois, April 24
1968–74
Member, National Council on the Arts
1970–75
Member, Illinois Arts Council
1972–76
Board of Directors, College Art Association
1974–81
Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival
1974–94
Board of Directors, American Council for the Arts
1975–79
Board of Trustees, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
1977–97
Visiting Committee on the Visual Arts, University of Chicago
1978–79
International Exhibitions Committee, American Federation of Arts
1978–83
Committee on Art and Architecture, University Council, Yale University
Professional Activities
1979–84
Board of Governors, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1980–82
Board of Trustees, American Academy in Rome
1980–88
Commissioner, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
1981–89
Board of Trustees, Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago
1982–88
Founder and President, Chicago Sculpture Society
1983–87
National Chairman, Alumni Council, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1983–92
Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival
1984–88
Advisory Committee, Getty Center for Education in the Arts
1984–96
Board of Trustees, International Sculpture Center
1985–91
Board of Governors, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1994–97
National Board, Smithsonian Institution
1995
Art Advisory Council, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
1996–2014
Board of Directors, The Arts Club of Chicago
1996–2001
Board of Trustees, Ravinia Festival
1997
Board of Directors, International Arts and Artists
2002
Life Trustee, Ravinia Festival
2003-2023
Loyola University, Board of Regents
2023
Founder, Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation
1960-1961
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1960-1962
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1964
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1964
CalArts (formerly Chouinard Art School), Los Angeles, California
1965
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
1968
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
1968-1969
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Selected Professorships and Artist Residencies
1969
Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
1969
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1970
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
1975
University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana
1977
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1977-1978
Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
1980
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1982
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1985
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1988
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
1989-1990
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1990
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
1990
State University of New York, Binghamton, New York
1997
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Honorary Degrees
1972
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
1973
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1976
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1977
Illinois State University, Normal
1979
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1984
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1986
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
1987
Roosevelt University, Chicago
1991
Tufts University, Medford, MA
1996
Columbia College, Chicago
1997
Governors State University, University Park, IL
2004
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro
2007
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2013
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
2015
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)
2022
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
2023
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville