Artist Bio

Hunt Rettig is known for his analog 3D assemblages that produce the illusion of 2D, backlit, digital illustrations. Rettig’s process-based discipline is a continual quest to transform quotidian material into the sublime. In Rettig’s hands, moldable synthetics and reflective acrylics become encapsulated sculptures implying kinetic movement if not actuating it. He has been drawn to the op and kinetic art movement since adolescence.

An explorer of both geographic and psychological terrain, Rettig is most at home on a dirt path or body of water observing “familiar patterns that connect us as one, like source code.” Biomorphic shapes seen in Rettig’s work suggest sensual elements omnipresent in nature. How connected are we? “If it didn’t exist, if it didn’t resonate, we wouldn’t be here.”

Artist’s Statement

Process. And then more process. This is my means of continual discovery. I mine my subconscious for unforeseeable forms and begin the transfer. I mold, shape and embed polyester on an acrylic substrate and then overlay this with proprietary “coats” developed through

years of experimentation with paint, film and negative surfaces. The three-dimensional configurations that emerge invariably evoke the recognizable - sometimes subtle, sometimes complex - and offer an inviting bridge to our natural world.

Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1968, El Paso, TX

Lives: Aspen, CO
Education: 1990, BS Babson College, Wellesley, MA

Solo and/or Two Person Exhibitions

2020, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Natural Target"

2017, FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA, "I'm Twelve Push-ups Away From A Perfect Body"

2016, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, "In the Atrium"

2013, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Cracked and Absorbed"

2013, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, "Cracked and Absorbed"
2010, Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA, “Between Gesture and Geometry”
2009, David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Infuse"
2009, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Francisco Pizarro- as Gay as a French Horn"
2009, C Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, "New Work"
2008, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX, “So Goes the Blow, Clouds Follow, Forms Emerge”
2008, C Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, “Right Side Up Duplex”
2007, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO, "Really Mom, Nibsey Russel?”
2004, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO, “New Assemblage”
2004, Finesilver Gallery, San Antionio, TX, “Containment”

Group Exhibitions

2021, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Stay Inspired"

2020, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, "Blue"

2019, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, "At the Doors of Perception"

2017, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA, "Artist as Subject"

2015, FP Contemporary, Culver City, CA, "Shine"
2012, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA, "Media Matters"
2010, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO, New Gallery Opening
2010, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO, New Gallery Opening
2009, Gebert Gallery, Venice, CA, Anniversary Group Show
2004, (+) Zeile/Judish, Denver, CO, “Director’s Choice”
2004, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, “2004 AAM Biennial”

Bibliography

Lynn Trimble, "Here's the Best Art We Saw...", Phoenix New Times, December 5, 2016

Kate McGraw, “Out of a Dream”, Journal Santa Fe, August 1, 2008
Cathrine Walworth, “Hunt Rettig at Finesilver Gallery”, Voices of Art Magazine, April 26, 2006
Anjali Gupta- “Reviews- Finesilver Gallery”, Art Papers, September/October 2004
Jennifer Jankauskas- “Paul Doran, Hunt Rettig and Jason Rognes”, Art Lies, summer 2004
Jim Baker- Director, Anderson Ranch Arts Center- “All About Arts”, KDNK, February 18, 2004
Wolf Schneider- “In High Gear”, Southwest Art, April 2004
Michael Paglia- "Artbeat", Westword Weekly, February 5 - 11, 2004
Mary Chandler- "T-Rex Never Looked So Good", Rocky Mountain News, February 6, 2004
Stewart Oksenhorn- "All He Had to Do is Dream", Aspen Times Weekly, December 14, 2003

Projects

2010 - 2011 Chiang Mai, Thailand, "The Flying Kakapo" outdoor art installation
2010, San Francisco MOMA, San Francisco, CA, “Sculpture LA”, collaborator/performer with The Mustardeaux Collective

Art Fairs

Aqua Art Miami

Aqua Wynwood

Art Aspen

Art Miami

Art Silicone Valley

Art Southampton

Context Art Miami

LA Contemporary Art Fair

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
Red Dot New York

Seattle Art Fair

SF artMKRT

Collections

Barry Berkus Estate- Santa Barbara, CA
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy- New York
Suzanne Cochran- New York
Joe Cocker Estate- Los Angeles
Paula and Jim Crown- Chicago, IL
Suzanne Farver- Aspen, CO
Steve Hansen- Aspen, CO

Hilton Riyadh Hotel and Residences- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jennifer Johnson- Jacksonville, FL
Microsoft- Redmond, WA

Mandarin Oriental, Doha, Qatar

Ernesto Poma- Miami, FL
Progressive Insurance- Cleveland, OH
Glenn Schaeffer- Las Vegas, NV
Paula Zahn- New York

and in other Central and South American, European, Middle East and Asian collections

Hunt Rettig

Roundabout II, 2022