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Solo Exhibition
September 24, 2021-November 2021
Solo Exhibition: Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Visiting Artist Talk
October 19, 2021
Artist Talk: Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Exhibition installation photo, image courtesy of CSN Artspace Gallery.
Exhibition in Savannah, Georgia
September 2-19, 2021
My work, Secluded Play, is featured in the Savannah Morning News.
International Publication
June/July 2021
My project, Aesthetic Instincts: the Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal featured in the Canadian based, international publication, UPPERCASE, 50th edition: Visualizing Science.
Celebrating 100 years
February 2020 - present
An exhibition of 10 drawings are on display in celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the Instituto Cajal.
Drawing of NIH researcher Benjamin White's talk, marker on paper, 11" x 14", 2017.
Cajal's Silhouette with King Alfonso XIII, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14," 2020.
Museo Cajal, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14," 2017.
Cajal's hands, microscope, pyramidal neuron, and mini self-portrait from his sketchbook juxtaposed with his retirement statement and design details from his Nobel Prize - the photographic source imagery was originally black and white. Color has been added and the color of the Nobel Prize design details has been altered, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14."
International Conference
September 29, 2017
National Congress of Spanish Neuroscience, Alicante, Spain
Dawn Hunter, Photo by Juan De Carlos Segovía.
Dawn Hunter, Photo by Juan De Carlos Segovía.
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A drawing I did while in Alicante: Anthropomorphic Mountain with Castle, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14", 2017
Dawn Hunter holding Cajal's Nobel Prize.
Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Madrid, Spain
May 24, 2017
International Symposium facilitated by the NIH and Instituto Cajal held in honor of Cajal.
Left, the NIH participants in 2017 international conference. From left to right: Jeff Diamond, Benjamin White, Bruno Averbeck, me and Yarimar Carrasquillo seated in the Banco del Duque de Alba, en la Residencia de Estudiantes. Photo by Juan De Carlos Segovía.
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Portrait of Cajal from observation of Jorge Zockoll's oversized photograph at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14", 2017.
Art Exhibition with Cajal
March 2015- to the present
John Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal exhibition.
Dawn Hunter's work on display alongside the Cajal exhibition.
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Man, Sunflower, and Nuclei Nests, graphite, acrylic and ink on paper, 18" x 24," 2014
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New Nests and Neurons, graphite and ink on paper, 16" x 20," 2015
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May Day: Cajal in Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 26" x 40," 2014
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detail May Day: Cajal in Spring (here with a falcon)
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Man as Sunflower, acrylic and graphite on paper, 14" x 17," 2014
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Fledgling, acrylic, ink and graphite on Yupo, 18" x 24," 2015
International Symposium
October 28, 2015
Bridging the Legacy of Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Poster from the conference.
After the conference, all of the presenters were honored with an invitation to a special reception celebrating the event at the Spanish Ambassador's, Ramón Gil-Casares, home.
