Colin Hunter is also an interdisciplinary academic researcher whose work spans deployable space structures, experimental materials and structures, impact absorption systems, additive manufacturing, and 3D design and visualization. At the University of Michigan, he collaborated across disciplines such as aerospace and mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics, art history, and archaeology..
Colin Hunter is an artist whose work investigates how materials shape meaning. His sculptural practice engages with the function and symbolism of domestic, everyday, and found objects. Grounded in formal design principles and a deep commitment to craft, he reworks familiar forms through conceptual processes that invite viewers to reconsider the purpose and significance of how objects are defined by their surroundings.
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Education
2021-2026
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, USA
Solo exhibition
2024 Torsions, Sometimes Space, Ypsilanti, MI
2024 Arch & Angle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi
Group exhibitions
2026 Commence, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2025 Not Long Before Up Until Now, Sometimes Space, Ypsilanti, MI
2025 Perspectives, Stamps IP Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2025 The Stampede, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2024 L’Assemblage, Stamps Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2023 Realities Unveiled: A Visual Exploration, Duderstadt Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 Art by Number, PenArt Gallery, Peninsula, WI
2021 Scale and Substance, Creal Microgallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Aqueous XXXVI, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Press
2024 TedxYouth Talk, Tedx Plymouth
2022 Remediation Project, Stamps School of art and Design
2022 Stamps Student Spotlight, Stamps School of art and Design
Academic Publications
2025 Stable response of axially compressed prismatic polygonal shells
2025 On the Design of Large Aperture, High Precision, and Mass-Efficient RF Antenna Structures
2025 Axial Compressive Response of Thin Polygonal Shells: Computational Study and Experimental Validation
2024 The Effect of Axial-Torsion Coupling on the Compressive Collapse Behavior of Kresling Tubes
2024 Strain Energy Storing, Self-Deployable Hinges for Multi-Material Monolithic Space Structures
2024 Self-Deployable Hinges for Monolithic Space Structures Using Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing