Alex Hamilton - CV
b. 1958 –
Origin Adelaide, Australia
Currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Education
1989 Diploma of Adult Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
1982 Diploma of Art, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
Institutional Exhibitions
2020 I Built a Road Which Had No Purpose Project Space Deakin University, Geelong, Australia [Postponed] (Solo)
2017 Fremantle Dust: Questions of Usefulness for Art and Architecture Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia (Solo)
2017 Iconic Industry, exhibition and symposium National Wool Museum, Geelong, Australia
2016 Take Home a Nude The New York Academy, New York, USA
2016 Miniature Immensities G3 Artspace Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Once There Was There Wasn’t NARS Foundation, New York, USA
2015 Material, Texture, Surface: Thoughts on Drawing Inflection Journal Launch exhibition at Dulux Gallery, University of Melbourne, Australia
2014 The John Ruskin Drawing Prize Shortlist Exhibition partnering a major Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition, Recording Britain, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2011 Lieder aus dem Morast / Songs of the Swamp Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2010 Constellations: A Large Number of Small Drawings Curated by Vanessa Gerrans, part of International Drawing Out Conference, RMIT University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Open Folds Hockney Gallery Royal College of Art, London, UK
2008 All Capital Letters Deutsche Bank, London, UK
2006 New Gothic Curated by Martin Sexton, Tate Britain, London, UK
2003 Mothers Curated by Harry Pye, Oxford House, London, UK
2002 Swiss Light on the Tate, Ice trumpet performance, Swiss Embassy, London, UK
1997 Pagemakers Gracefield Arts Centre & Touring exhibition, Gracefield, UK
1994 New Works Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
1993 Sixteen different landscapes British Council, Prague, Czech Republic (Solo)
1993 Fragile Objects Touring exhibition, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA, De la Ville du Locle Winterthur, Switzerland & National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
1991 Books and Boats State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
1991 The City and Beyond Melbourne and touring exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Cross, La Trobe University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1989 Scitture: Pagine e Immagini Curated by Gino Gini, National Library, Milan, Italy
Art Fairs
2019 Drawing Now Paris Carreau du Temple Paris, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2018 Art Rotterdam Pablo’s Birthday, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018 Drawing Now Paris Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2018 Art Basel Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
2017 TEFAF Art Fair Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2017 Drawing Now Paris Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2016 TEFAF Art Fair Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2016 Drawing Now Paris Carreau du Temple Paris, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2015 Volta New York Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, New York, USA (Solo)
2015 Drawing Now Paris Carreau du Temple Paris, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2014 Drawing Now Paris Carreau du Temple Paris, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2013 Paper Vernacular: Drawings and Constructions House of the Nobleman, Cutlog Art Fair, New York, USA
2012 Salon du Dessin Contemporain Patrick Heide Contemporary Art Paris, France
2011 Volta 7 Basel Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
2011 Drawing Now Paris Carrousel Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, du Louvre, Paris, France
2010 KALEID Editions curated by Victoria Browne, New York Art Book Fair, New York, USA
2010 Salon du Dessin Contemporain Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2010 PULSE New York Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2009 The Free Art Fair at The Barbican curated by Jasper Joffe London, UK
2008 The Free Art Fair London, UK curated by Jasper Joffe
2008 Aqua Miami Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
2007 Aqua Miami Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
2006 The End of Civilization with Jake & Dinos Chapman, Paul Fryer, Margarita Gluzberg, Rut Blees Luxemberg, Curated by Nick Hackworth Wolfe Lenkiewicz and Lisa Samoto, Port Eliot Literature Festival UK and Zoo Art Fair, T1+2artspace London
2006 Chicago Art Fair T1+2artspace, Chicago, USA
2006 Scope New York Patrick Heide Art Projects, New York
2005 Ark, Zoo Art Fair curated Wolfe Lenkiewicz, T1+2artspace, Royal Academy of Arts London, UK
2004 Artist’s Association of Autonomous Book Art and Magazines Book Fair Berlin, Germany Curated by artist and curator Calum F Curr
1993 Washington Art Book Fair Corcoran Gallery, DC, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 I Built a Road Which Had No Purpose Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Melting and Migration: How to Make a Trumpet Out of Ice Testing Grounds, Melbourne, Australia
2017 The Weird Wiles of Reprehensible’s Pensibles Pablo’s Birthday, New York, USA 2017 Vacant Reading Material Memory Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK As a part of the London Festival of Architecture
2016 Vacant Geelong Waterfront Gallery, Geelong, Australia
2013 And I would see flowers through your eyes Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2012 Under a White Sky Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2009 Arches and Seizures Kaleid Editions Project Space, London, UK
2008 Empty and Invisible Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2007 In Space We Trust T1+2 Artspace, London, UK
2005 If your head was closed off on all sides Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2003 Please do not forget your surface T1+2 Artspace, London, UK
2001 Alex Hamilton – Recent Work Succession Gallery, London, UK
1994 The straight line Alpha Jetzt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
1991 Alex Hamilton Stuart Gertsmann Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions & Performances
2020 Timeout Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2020 Works on Paper Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Between the Sheets, Artists Book Exhibition Gallery East, Perth, Australia
2019 Fin de la Décennie Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2017 A Stranger Comes to Town, Ten Korean and International Artists Sejul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 Post-Terminal & Ex-Ultimate, our barely indistinguishable differences made empty Douglas Park & invited guests’ performance and film, Galerie West Den Haag, Groenewegje The Netherlands
2016 “shoom fwoosh swoosh” Bookwork and Film Performance with David Chesworth and David Paliser, Conduit Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 The Art World Demystified, Lives of the Most Excellent Artists, Curators, Architects, Critics and more Interview, Yale University Radio WYBCX, hosted by Brainard Carey Media/Radio Interview
2015 HEARSE Alex Hamilton/David Palliser, Ice trumpet performance, Conduit Gallery Melbourne, Australia
2014 Down to Zero: with Prunella Clough, David Connearn, Simùn Granell, Andrea Gregson, Bridget Riley, Dieter Roth and Piers Wardle Curated by Michael Roberts Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2013 /seconds Magazine Issue 13 online publication edited by Derek Horton and Peter Lewis https://www.slashseconds.co.uk/alex-hamilton/13/84/submission/drawing-series/
2010 Eraserhead with Jonathan Callan, Jurgen von Duckerhoff, Alex Hamilton, Bertram Hasenauer, Christian Holstad, Hansjurg Schneider, Mark Sheinkman, John Sparagana Fruehsorge Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 Moving Still Curated by Jonathan McLeod, Guillochon Gallery, London, UK
2010 Please Don’t Let me be Misunderstood Save 10 Murray Street, Hobart, Australia
2010 Sound Sculpture Performance, under the auspices of Masato Takasaka, Sutton Gallery Melbourne, Australia
2009 The Grand Plasto-Books Kaleid editions Curated by Deeqa Ismail, Project Space, London, UK
2009 If you melted I would melt myself into you Drawing show & ice trumpet performance, Alex Hamilton & Christian Holstad, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK
2009 /seconds Magazine Issue 11 online publication edited by Derek Horton and Peter Lewis http://www.slashseconds.org/issues/003/003/articles/ahamilton/index.php
2008 Dead City Curated by Hugh Mendes, St Pancras Crypt, London, UK
2008 /seconds Magazine Issue 9 online publication edited by Peter Lewis http://www.slashseconds.org/isues/003 /001/articles/ahamilton/index.php 2007 Tribute to Malcolm Lowry The Last Tuesday Society, London, UK
2007 Zoo Art Fair T1+2artspace, Royal Academy London, UK
2007 Avatar of Sacred Discontent Touring exhibition curated by Flora Fairbairn and Wolfe Lenkiewicz, Flora Fairbairn Branch Arts , London, UK
2007 Obsession durch Technik Berlin with Andy Harper, Thomas Kilper, Dirk Krecker, artMbassy Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2007 /seconds Magazine Issue 5 online publication edited by Derek Horton and Peter Lewis http://www.slashseconds.org/issues/002/001/articles/ahamilton/index.php
2007 Salon 2007: New British Painting and Works on Paper Curated by Flora Fairbairn and Sotiris Kyriacou, London, UK Flora Fairbairn Branch Arts 319 Portobello Rd, London, UK
2006 Loss: an evening of exquisite misery Ice trumpet performance The Last Tuesday Society, London, UK
2006 Art Forum Berlin Patrick Heide Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
2006 Newspaper, a newspaper about artists who work with newspapers A newspaper published by Eleanor Brown, with Fiona Banner, Angus Fairhurst, Mark McGowan, Hugh Mendes, Jamie Reid. Artists Newspaper Paper Publication Art News London Four Cults Gallery and Raid Projects Los Angeles
2006 Table Top Exhibition with Beth Campbell, David Payton, Raymond Pettibon, Andy Warhol, Amy Wilson, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Concrete, Sausage and other Team Ghosts After The Butcher Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006 Water, Multimedia Sartorial Gallery curated by Jasper Joffie and Gretta Sarfaty Marchant, West London UK
2006 /seconds. Magazine Issue 2 online publication edited by Derek Horton and Peter Lewis http://w ww.slashseconds.org/issues/001/002/articles/ahamilton/index.php
2005 Art News curated by Hugh Mendes incl. Martin Creed & Gillian Wearing, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2005 from our cold hands curated by Thomas Kilpper VTO Gallery, London, UK
2004 Art News curated by Hugh Mendes incl. Martin Creed & Gillian Wearing, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK
2004 The Patterns on the Plans and the Lack of Plan Plan T1+2 Artspace, London, UK
2004 Publish and be damned Artists Book fair The Crypt, London, UK
2000 Stoke Newington Festival, Ice trumpet performance, Stoke Newington, UK
2000 Pagemakers London Artist’s Book Fair Gracefield Arts Centre, traveling show curated by Sarah Bodman, London, UK
2000 Exhibition & Ice trumpet performance, La Llama International Artist’s Workshop, Venezuela
1998 Super Nature curated by Mike Marshal, Studio A, Bermondsey London, UK
1997 Exhibition & Ice trumpet performance, Braziers International Artist’s Workshop, Braziers
1997 A Matter of Making CSA Alumni exhibition, Canberra, Australia. Canberra School of Art Gallery Celebrating 20th Anniversary of ANU Canberra School of Art. Curated by Merryn Gates, Lucina Ward
1997 Ten Years of Graphic Investigation Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
1996 Lady’s Smoking Room Installation and group exhibition Saskia Olde Wolbers, Lee Meltzer, Alex Hamilton Curated by Alex Hamilton, Grand Midway Hotel, London, UK
1987 Four Bodies Stuart Gertsmann Gallery, with Paul Uhlmann, Melbourne, Australia
Awards Grants Residencies
2017 Winner, FID Drawing Prize
2016 International Artist Studio Residency, NARS Foundation New York
2016 Development Grant, Australia Council
2014 Shortlisted, John Ruskin Drawing Prize, UK
2009 Runner-up, Marmite Drawing Prize UK
2008 Runner-up, Marmite Drawing Prize, UK
2000 VACB Travel Grant, Australia Council
2000 La Llama International Artist Residency, Venezuela
1999 Braziers International Artist’s Workshop, UK
1994 Artist in Residence, Kunstlerhaus Salzburg, Austria
1993 Artist in Residence, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
1992/93 VACB Project Grant, Australia Council
1992/93 Extraordinary Fellow in Residence, Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Institutional Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Saatchi Collection, London, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Tate Library, London, UK
Baltimore Museum of Modern Art, USA
Denver Museum of Modern Art, USA
Gino Gigi Archives, Milan, Italy
Judith Hoffberg Archives, California, USA
Paragon Press, Charles Booth-Clibbon, London, UK
Private Collections
Australia, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Russia, UK and USA