Art Forum with Tom Hunter

Tom Hunter a life in photography, from squats to museums

Tom Hunter will discuss his photographic artworks which reimagine classical painting from the golden age of Dutch Painting and beyond. By taking on classical postures and tableaus in painting Hunter gets his audience to reassess how we look at and judge marginalised groups in society such as squatters, council tenants and immigrants. Hunter takes the maligned and overlooked and casts a golden light on his contemporary subjects, raising their profile with a new sense of grandeur and wonder. Hunter is the only artist to have had a solo photography exhibition at the National Gallery London where his work responded to the permanent collection. 

Tom Hunter is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist working in photography and film. He is Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London. His work is exhibited around the world in leading galleries and museums. 

Tom lives and works in Hackney, East London, where he has worked on numerous community engagement projects including The Serpentine Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Holly Street Public Arts Trust, Help the Aged, Hackney Council and the Museum of London. 

Tom has earned several awards including the Photographic Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and is the only artist to have a solo photography show at the National Gallery, London with his series Living in Hell and Other Stories. His work has been exhibited internationally including Life and Death in Hackney, National Gallery Washington DC, USA and has been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, U.K. Dorky Park Dance company, Germany and The Serpentine Gallery, London. He has produced 8 photographic monographs including The Way Home, Le Crowbar and Where Have all the Flowers Gone. His work is in many museum collections around the world including, The Tate, London, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, The National Gallery, Washington DC, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. 

This forum will be presented live at the Dechaineux LT on the Hunter Street Campus and streamed to the Rory Spence LT on the Inveresk Campus.  If you are unable to attend in person at either campus please join us via Zoom, Meeting ID: 880 5517 6044

Image provided by Tom Hunter