Meet the Artist

Alison Hunter feature in Encyclopedia of Ceramics by Uppercase Magazine
Alison Hunter is an artist from Sligo, Ireland. Alison’s work is inspired both by the Irish built and natural landscape. She is drawn to exploring everyday objects and instilling new life into them through the use of traditional and contemporary techniques. Found broken tableware is a source of inspiration for Alison as it acts as a reminder of the Irish vernacular heritage and past. By creating a new function for the plate as an art piece, old memories are preserved in the process while new memories take root in its new form.
“I create art works through the interpretation and re-imagining of patterns on found plates. Building on its original form and exaggerating elements, I combine contrasting textures of found plate pieces and soft wool fibres using traditional wet felting and contemporary needle felting techniques”
She also creates a series of original landscapes and seascapes, Irish wildlife insect collection and abstract pieces using Irish tweed and wool
Alison exhibits her work nationally. In 2016 her work was selected for the RDS Design and Craft Awards Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland. She holds a BA (Hons) Degree in Heritage Studies and a Diploma in Textiles and is a member of both the Design & Craft Council of Ireland and Made in Sligo.


Alison Hunter CV
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 – Hyde Bridge Gallery, Plate Finds, Sligo
2019 – Leitrim Design House, Alison Hunter Art Wall, Co. Leitrim
2018 – Solas Art Gallery, Pieces, Co. Leitrim
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 – Farmleigh Gallery, Made in Ireland, Dublin
2022 – Royal Hibernian Academy, 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2022 – Hamilton Gallery, St Brigids’s Well, Sligo
2021 – National Design & Craft Gallery, Made in Ireland, Kilkenny
2021 – Royal Ulster Academy, 140th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2021 – Royal Hibernian Academy, 191st Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2021 – Hamilton Gallery, Meditations in Time of Civil War, Sligo
2020 – Royal Hibernian Academy, 190th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2020 – Westival Gallery, Westival online , Westport, Co. Mayo
2020 – Royal Hibernian Academy, 190th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2020 – Hamilton Gallery, Among School Children, Sligo
2019 – Westival Gallery, Westival festival exhibition, Co. Mayo
2019 – Irish Consulate NYC ,Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen, New York
2019 – Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Summer show, Co. Leitrim
2019 – The Model, Cairde Visual, Sligo
2019 – Hamilton Gallery, Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen, Sligo
2019 – Hamilton Gallery, St. Brigid’s Day Exhibition, Sligo
2019 – 12 Star Gallery, St. Brigid’s Day Exhibition, London
2018 – Hyde Bridge Gallery, RÚN, Sligo
2018 – Royal Ulster Academy, 137th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2018 – The Model, Cairde Visual Exhibition, Sligo
2018 – Solas Art Gallery, Solas Summer Exhibition, Co. Leitrim
2018 – Longford pop up Gallery, Cruthú Arts Festival Exhibition, Longford
2018 – Hamilton Gallery, Yeats Invited Artists exhibition, Sligo
2018 – Hyde Bridge Gallery, Connections, Sligo
2017 – The Dock, Winter Show, Co. Leitrim
2017 – Hyde Bridge Gallery, 9 Walls, Sligo
2017 – Solas Art Gallery, Solas Summer Exhibition, Co. Leitrim
2017 – Longford pop up Gallery, Cruthú Arts Festival Exhibition, Longford
2017 – Carnegie Arts Centre, Summer Exhibition, Co. Kerry
2017 – The Model, Cairde Visual, Sligo
2017 – Hamilton Gallery, Crazy Jane, Sligo
2017 – Hyde Bridge Gallery, Reaction, Sligo
2016 – National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, RDS Craft Awards Exhibition 2016, Co.Mayo
2016 – RDS, RDS Craft Awards Exhibition 2016, Dublin
2016 – Teach Bán Gallery, Petticoat, Sligo
2015 – Teach Bán Gallery, Vivid Cloths, Sligo
2013 – RDS, Pattern DCCOI, Dublin
2013 – The Cat and The Moon, Diploma Exhibition, Sligo
Book/Magazine Publications
2020 – Ceramics: Profiles of Potters and Artisans, Canada, Encyclopedia of Inspiration Series,Uppercase Magazine, pg 342-349
2018 – Be Creative with Workbox Magazine, Issue 170, pg. 17