Quinn Alexandria Hunter

Quinn Alexandria Hunter is an Assistant Professor specializing in sculpture and performance art, utilizing hair and the African American female body as primary materials. Her work explores themes of historical erasure, cultural memory, and the labor of Black women in domestic and contemporary spaces.

• MFA in Sculpture + Expanded Practice, Ohio University
• Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramics, Virginia Commonwealth University
• BFA in New Media and Design, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Her practice confronts the invisibility of historic and contemporary labor performed by African American women, using material resistance to reinscribe erased narratives into physical spaces. Hunter has exhibited nationally and received recognition for her contributions to art and culture.

• I. Hollis Parry/Ann Parry Billman Award (2019)

Recent highlights include her selection as the 2025 Stamps Commencement Speaker, honors at the 2025 North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards, and the 2024 exhibition Parable of the Now.