The Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation holds
an International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration every three years.
These exhibitions feature the best work of
top contemporary botanical artists from around the world - who are listed below.
an International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration every three years.
These exhibitions feature the best work of
top contemporary botanical artists from around the world - who are listed below.
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This page covers:
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It's considered to be a great honour to be invited to exhibit at the Hunt Institutes' International exhibition and to have your artwork added to their collection.
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The Triennial International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration
at the Hunt Botanical Institute of Botanical Documentation
The exhibition is open to all botanical fine artists and illustrators working in any medium on paper or vellum (except photography) whose work has achieved a standard of excellence and who have not yet been represented in the International series.
If you are thinking of exhibiting at the International Exhibition held at the Hunt Institute in Pittsburgh, there are one or two things you need to know
When is the exhibition held? |
Eligibility for exhibition: who and what? |
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Triennial: Every three years i.e. 2019, 2022, 2025, 2028 etc
Dates: usually the autumn (September - December) Venue: Gallery on the 5th floor of the Hunt Library building Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 (Street Address: 4909 Frew Street, 5th Floor, Hunt Library) |
All submissions for the exhibition are juried.
Who: Eligible artists are all botanical fine artists and illustrators whose:
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Call for EntriesThe entry for the next (16th) Triennial exhibition in 2019 is now closed.
Below are the relevant documents for the record. Call for Entries: Links to all relevant documents
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Deadline for EntriesYou should make a particular note that the submission of forms
For the 16th International Exhibition:
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16th International Triennial Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration (2019)
Entry for this exhibition is now closed
The exhibition will be held in the Autumn of 2019 (dates to be announced).
Selected artists will be announced shortly.
The exhibition will be held in the Autumn of 2019 (dates to be announced).
Selected artists will be announced shortly.
15th International Exhibition (2016)
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2016 Cover: Soft Tree Fern, Dicksonia antarctica [Dicksonia antarctica Labillardière, Dicksoniaceae], watercolor on paper by Laurie Andrews (1936–), 2008, 76.5 × 56.5 cm
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15th International
Exhibition of Botanical Art &
Illustration
Front row, from left, Mariko Ikeda, Eunike Nugroho, Silvana Volpato, Robert McNeill, Constance Scanlon, Carrie Di Costanzo,
Jenny Hyde-Johnson, Hideo Horikoshi. Back row, from left, Assistant Curator of Art Carrie Roy. Curator of Art Lugene B. Bruno, Heidi Snyder, Dolores Diaz, Hye Woo Shin, Lauren Sahu-Khan, Rose Marie James, Nan Wiggins and Seung-Hyun Yi.
Missing from the picture are: Suguri Makino, Atsuko Nishiyama and Keiko Kobayashi.
International Exhibition Metrics
The International Triennial Exhibitions are listed below - in order - with dates of the exhibition and the numbers of works and numbers of artists (and countries represented) in each exhibition.
- 1964 (6th April - 1st September) - 241 artworks by 71 artists from 9 countries
- 1968 (20 October 1968 to 15 April 1969) - 362 items by 126 artists from 26 countries
- 1972 (12 November 1972 to 30 March 1973) - 377 works by 181 artists from 29 countries
- 1977 (6 November 1977 – 31 March 1978) - 300+ artworks by 133 artists from 20+ countries
- 1983 (11 April – 15 July 1983) - 95 artworks by 65 artists from 12 countries
- 1988 (8 April – 31 July 1988) - 98 artworks by 95 artists from 16 countries
- 1992 (13 April – 31 July 1992) - 90 artworks by 86 artists from 17 countries
- 1995 (13 November 1995 – 29 February 1996) - 109 artworks by 87 artists from 18 countries
- 1998 (12 October 1998 – 26 February 1999) - 109 artworks by 76 artists from 11 countries
- 2001 (28 October 2001 through 28 February 2002) - 103 artworks by 75 artists from 11 countries
- 2004 (24 October 2004 – 28 February 2005) - 94 artworks by 62 artists from 12 countries
- 2007 (30 September to 20 December 2007) - 111 artworks by 64 artists from 14 countries
- 2010 (24 September – 17 December 2010) - 110 artworks by 72 artists from 15 countries
- 2013 (26 September - 19 December 2013) - 41 artworks by 41 artists from 10 countries
- 2016 (15th September - 15 December 2016) - 43 artworks by 43 artists from 15 countries
Note about the Exhibition Metrics:
- The exhibition has been held consistently every three years since 1992.
- The first four exhibitions were very large exhibitions with many participating artists, many of whom were not botanical artists
- Between 1988 and 2010, there were typically between 90 and 100 artworks on display with between 60 and 90 artists participated representing between 11 and 18 countries
- The artwork and artists in the last two exhibitions have been much reduced compared to previous exhibitions (i.e c.40+ artworks by c.40+ artists).
- Each artist is now selected once only and exhibits one artwork only.
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International Exhibition Catalogues
There are a series of International Exhibition Catalogues - one for each exhibition. Some are now out of print. Those still in print can be ordered direct from the Hunt Institute via the Order Form. The catalogues feature watercolors, drawings and prints by and portraits, biographies and bibliographies of contemporary artists and a cumulative index of those represented thus far in the International series. You can also find second hand copies of out of print catalogues via second hand booksellers and online.
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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The cover of my second-hand copy of the hardback catalogue for the Hunt Institute's Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration in 1972-1973. Cover painting by Marianne Golte-Bechtle
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Botanical Artists who have exhibited at Hunt International Exhibitions
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The artists are listed below BY:
The list of artists (below) is comprehensive for
I will add more of the names and countries of artists participating in earlier exhibitions after I've matched countries to artists (see the Hunt's Cumulative Index of Artists PDF plus information they are sending me). Note: If any artists thinks I've got them listed incorrectly in terms of alphabet or exhibition please contact me |
This unusual and very beautiful image - by Julie Nettleton - was used for the catalogue cover of the 14th International Exhibition.
Heath-leaved Banksia, Banksia ericifolia L.f. [Banksia ericifolia Linnaeus filius, Proteaceae],
watercolor on paper, 38.5 x 57 cm,
by Julie Dagmar Nettleton (Australia), 2012,
HI Art accession no. 8038,
©2012 Julie Dagmar Nettleton, All Rights Reserved
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I will use this list to review which artists need to be added into my listings of botanical artists by continent and media.
See contemporary botanical artists and illustrators in:
UK | North America | Europe | Australasia | Africa | Asia | South America | plus Artists working in other Media
See contemporary botanical artists and illustrators in:
UK | North America | Europe | Australasia | Africa | Asia | South America | plus Artists working in other Media
If ever a botanical art collector needed a shopping list of artists to look at this is it!
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Hideo Hirokoshi at the 15th International Exhibition at the Hunt (Photo courtesy of Pauline Goldsmith)
Kenya
Malta
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
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Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
UK (England)This list includes all GB artists in the 3rd Exhibition as the distinction between countries occurred after this date.
Coral Guest
UK (Scotland)
UK (Wales)
USA
Constance (Connie) Scanlon at the 15th International Exhibition at the Hunt (Photo courtesy Pauline Goldsmith)
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