Alexis Jan Atthill Hunter (4 November 1948 – 24 February 2014)[1] was a New Zealand painter and photographer, who used feminist theory in her work.

From 1966 to 1969, Hunter studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, where she was influenced by a tutor Colin McCahon's ethics that the artist has responsibility as a member of society.

A series, Approach to Fear II: Change – Decisive Action (1977), depicts red nail varnish being taken off and fingernails being cut with a razor blade.

[7][8] Her Sexual Rapport series (1972–1976) consists of image of men, whom she had photographed in the street in Hoxton, London and Little Italy in New York: they include workers on lunch break and policemen, who are shown in a friendly and good-natured fashion.

In an interview with Lisa Sabbage, she explained how she returned to painting in the early 1980s to explore the political difficulties of the medium, using it to examine psychology and fantasy from a feminist perspective.

[2] Kathy Battista in Frieze said the show, "situated her practice as an important contribution to Britain's feminist movement within the visual arts."

[2]The black-and-white image used for the exhibition catalogue cover from her 1970s Sexual Rapport series, showed a man's bare torso, wearing leather trousers, with the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the background as the "ultimate phallic symbols",[7] while he holds a smoking cigarette at the level of his penis.

[12] She lectured at art schools in the United Kingdom and other countries and in 1986 was visiting Associate Professor of Painting and Photography at University of Houston, Texas.

Hunter was married to ex-rugby player Baxter Mitchell, who owned The Falcon pub in Camden, which supported independent bands such as Blur in the 1980s.