Hunter Cross
Artist
Hunter Cross 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 in Texas, New York, California and France. He lives and works in Austin, Texas.
His work deals primarily with organizational norms, populations, emergent behavior and digital production made physical.
Open Doors 2004-2008
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 were “one of Austin’s best unheralded bands” according to the Austin Chronicle. Songs from their second album received radio-play in Austin, Chicago and Los Angeles. Members went on to found The Always Already, Letterform and Mediums.
Entrepreneur
Hunter Cross founded Ponticlaro in 2006. Ponticlaro specializes in e-commerce, web development and digital branding.