Hunter Cross
Artist
Hunter Cross (born 1980) received his BA from Trinity University in 2003. He has recently been awarded a large-scale public art commission from the City of Austin. He has exhibited at Austin Museum of Art, Art Palace, Dallas Contemporary and Arthouse. Cross lives and works in Austin, Texas.
As a member of the Open Doors Collective, he co-curated exhibitions at Dallas Contemporary, MASS Gallery and Dougherty Arts Center. Open Doors received a City of Austin cultural grant and an Austin Chronicle nomination for Best Group Exhibition in 2005.
Musician
Hunter Cross performs solo and with his band The Strays. He is currently recording and touring as Hunter Cross and the Strays. Since 2004, he has released free downloads at www.huntercross.com and digital albums through iTunes. During 2004-2007, he played primarily in Austin as part of Cross & Castillo, Handcuff Madrid and Love & Computers.
Hunter Cross started performing live as singer / guitarist for Austin’s Forty Second Scandals. They released 3 albums on Complicate Everything and toured throughout 1998-2003 before disbanding in 2004. They played with Spoon, Theater Fire, Those Peabodys, Recover (now Young Love), Cruiserweight, The Impossibles and Eskimo Kisses.
Forty Second Scandals performed at SXSW 2002 and the Austin Chronicle referred to them as “one of Austin’s best unheralded bands.†Songs from their second album received radio-play in Austin, Chicago and Los Angeles. Members went on to found The Always Already and Mediums.
Entrepreneur
Hunter Cross founded Ponticlaro Inc. in 2006 after working as an independent web developer for 2 years. Ponticlaro specializes in managed ecommerce, design (web, graphic, identity, interface), marketing (online, packaging, email, social) and consulting (open source, integration, analytics, seo).