Matthew C. Hunter

Matthew C. Hunter is Associate Professor in McGill University's Department of Art History and Communication Studies, specializing in 18th-century visual art and architecture with focus on science-technology interactions. His research examines artistic engagements with insurance economies, liberalism, and research-creation methodologies.

Recent publications explore actuarial imagination in art, insurance histories, and aerial imagery. Articles demonstrate consistent focus on risk representation, financial aesthetics, and historical epistemologies across visual culture. Hunter co-edits Grey Room and has received support from Getty Research Institute, SSHRC, and Paul Mellon Centre.

Teaching includes seminars on risk, drawing methodologies, and liberalism's impact on artistic production. Supervisory interests encompass art-science intersections and Atlantic world visual cultures.