Allison Janae Hamilton

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Allison Janae Hamilton
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Hamilton in front of her installation, "The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm," at Storm King Art Center in 2018
Born1984 (age 36–37)
Lexington, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University, Columbia University
Websiteallisonjanaehamilton.com

Allison Janae Hamilton (born 1984) is a contemporary American artist who works in sculpture, installation, photography, and video.

Early life and education[]

Allison Janae Hamilton was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1984 and raised in Florida, with family rooted in Tennessee and South Carolina. Hamilton received her PhD in American Studies from New York University and her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University.[1][2][3]

Work[]

Hamilton has stated that she is "always using the southern landscape as [her] primary medium."[4] Hamilton's work draws on her experiences of the American South and uses dramatic landscapes to trigger an emotional response in the viewer.[5] Unsettling figures and narratives pieced together from folklore, hunting and farming rituals, African-American nature writing, and hymns are featured in Hamilton's work.[6]

Hamilton was a 2013-2014 Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program, sponsored by the Whitney Museum of American Art.[7]  She has been awarded artist residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY), Recess (New York, NY), and Fundación Botín (Santander, Spain).[8][9][10] She was included in the 2019 traveling exhibition Young, Gifted, and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art.[11]

Selected solo exhibitions[]

Selected collections[]

Personal life[]

Hamilton has lived in New York, New York since 2006.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ "Biography - Allison Janae Hamilton". Allison Janae Hamilton. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ^ "Studio Visit: Allison Janae Hamilton". The Studio Museum in Harlem. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ "Allison Janae Hamilton". The Studio Museum in Harlem. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. ^ "Allison Janae Hamilton Is Drawing Attention to Environmental Damage in Her New Work". Observer. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ "An Interview with Allison Janae Hamilton". Berlin Art Link. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  6. ^ "A Tangible History of the American South". Art21 Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  7. ^ "Whitney Independent Study Program: Critical Studies Symposium". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  8. ^ "Studio Visit: Allison Janae Hamilton". The Studio Museum in Harlem. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  9. ^ "15 artistas procedentes de 10 países participarán en el Taller de Artes Plásticas de Villa Iris de la artista Joan Jonas en Santander". www.fundacionbotin.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  10. ^ Recess Art. "Recess Presents: Wonder Room" (PDF). Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Sargent, Antwaun (2020). Young, gifted and Black : a new generation of artists : Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art. New York, NY: D.A.P. pp. 106–109. ISBN 9781942884590.
  12. ^ "Kingdom of the Marvelous". Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  13. ^ "Allison Janae Hamilton: Wonder Room". Recess. 2017-05-27. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  14. ^ "Allison Janae Hamilton: Pitch | MASS MoCA". massmoca.org. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  15. ^ Studio, Familiar. "Allison Janae Hamilton". Atlanta Contemporary. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  16. ^ "Allison Janae Hamilton | Hush (Online) | April 20 - May 3, 2020". Marianne Boesky Gallery. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  17. ^ "Waters of a Lower Register". Creative Time. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  18. ^ "Allison Janae Hamilton | A Romance of Paradise | March 27 - April 24, 2021". Marianne Boesky Gallery. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  19. ^ "Blackwater Creature III". Hood Museum. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Yard Sign with Yellow and White Constellation, Yard Sign with Blue Constellation". Nevada Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  21. ^ Margolies, Jane (2020-12-06). "In Brooklyn Bridge Park, Artwork Confronts Climate Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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