Myles Hunt

How do I thrive with silence in a very loud world? As a person with hearing loss and a lifelong use of hearing aids, observing people and faces has been one of the many ways. With a taught lip-reading practice, I create portraiture with muted color in tandem with slushy brush strokes. In my work, I catch the details of eclectic visages layered with texture. My paintings showcase wrinkles and facial blurs that offer a moment of hushed speech. My work has been fueled by the shared wariness of the present and taking note of people throughout their day in candid instants. In contrast with my creations in portraiture has been an abstract figurative focus tied to choreography. I reveal a sense of musical levity on the basis of body and fabric tone with frozen dance. These undefined figures are flowing yet sometimes entwined on the canvas. Freedom begs from within, with a goal to let it out with the brush.

My past work dealt with forced optimism using abstraction and joyful primary colors. That is no longer the case. My attention to an empathetic depth of faces, bodies and movement feel more organic to my creation. Alongside that foundation, I now lead with achromatic hues before adding any semblance of dampened color. As present day emo...

B.A. Arts and Education - Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Salon Show
Greenpoint Gallery, Greenpoint, NY, 2023

Pancakes and Booze
MIKA, Brooklyn, NY, 2022

Dreamland: The Art Pile
AlterWork Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2022

Alphabet Soup
AlterWork Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2020

The Other Art Fair
Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2017

Minds Ahead - Group Show and Silent Auction
The Lofts, New York, NY, 2017

Solo Show: The Art of Myles Hunt @ City Swiggers sponsored by Beer Art Events
New York, NY, 2015

Con Artist Collective - Sound & Vision
New York, NY, 2015

QNS Collective - Love
Queens, NY, 2015

Con Artist Collective - Conicon 2.o
New York, NY, 2014

HWS Art Show
Geneva, NY, 2011