Alexa Hunter
Much of my design inspiration comes from metal sculpture of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the art that surrounded me while growing up in New York City with a father who was an art writer/curator and a mother who worked intermittently as a gallerist. She briefly ran a gallery called Sculpture to Wear which showed jewelry by world renowned artists like Man Ray, Calder, Pomodoro and Arp. I was smitten. The one jewelry class I’d taken in 8th grade ignited ideas of how to work with silver. I’d also worked with lucite and beads, creating and sporadically selling work to a local boutique. However, it took another 30 years, after a career in the performing arts and teaching to return to metal smithing, this time with a vengeance.
As my work with metal evolves, I’ve discovered a love for lapidary as well, which is incorporated into some of my one of a kind pieces. I am a proud member of the Culver City Rock and Mineral Club and the Metal Arts Society of Southern California. I continue to study with masterful teachers in Los Angeles, always intent at expanding my skillset.
I studied painting with Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe while at Princeton, and most recently started making prints and silkscreens in classes at Barnsdall Art Park and Self Help Graphics.
My early film and music videos are part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Most recently some of my archival footage was included in a 2020 BBC documentary about Keith Haring.
In 2016 I reunited with Disturbed Furniture, an alt rock band started in the late 70’s. Our recent EP as well as our 1980 single are available on the website.