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.::.Biography.::.
Ann Hamilton was born in 1956 in Lima, Ohio. She trained in textile design at the University of Kansas, and later received an MFA from Yale University. While her degree is in sculpture, textiles and fabric have continued to be an important part of her work, which includes installations, photographs, videos, performances, and objects.While her degree is in sculpture, textiles and fabric have continued to be an important part of her work, which includes installations, photographs, videos, performances, and objects.Hamilton’s sensual installations often combine evocative soundtracks with cloth, filmed footage, organic material, and objects such as tables. She is as interested in verbal and written language as she is in the visual, and sees the two as related and interchangeable.
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.::. .::.Honors.::.
2002
Honorary Doctorate, Rhode Island School of Design
EDRA/Place Design Award, Allegheny Riverfront Park, Pittsburgh, PA., with Michael Van Valkenburgh, Michael Mercil, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
2001
Award of Distiction, Artist, Conference of the National Council of Art Administrators,hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts
2000
White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy
Alumna of the Year Award, Columbus School for Girls
1999
Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame
U.S. Representative for 1999 Venice Biennale.
1998 Larry Aldrich Foundation Award.
1997 Progressive Architecture Citation Award with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates for the design of the Allegheny Riverfront Park, Pittsburgh, PA.
1995 Wexner Center for the Arts Residency.
1993 MacArthur Fellowship.
N.E.A. Visual Arts Fellowship.
1990 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.
Awards in the Visual Arts 9.
1989 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.
1988 Bessie Award, New York Annual Award in the Performing Arts, Creator Category.
.::.Selected Works.::.
The body in its vulnerability
is Ann Hamilton’s welle (detail seen below), a wall that
weeps barely visible beads of water, as if it were a functioning
body rather than an architectural element. Here she turns
architecture into a seemingly living membrane, reawakening
the viewer to otherwise conventional surrounds.
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Welle, 1998
In 2001, Ann wished to capture the world from her mouth
by using tiny pinhole cameras-which she created herself.
Of her idea she states,
“…I started thinking about when you're really immersed
in what you're doing, often your mouth falls open, and
you know you're never supposed to have your mouth open
in public. Like you don't see people standing around,
you know. It's a vulnerable position; it's a place
where you've relaxed and you've let yourself be open
and vulnerable in a way. And so I started thinking, "Well,
I want to take my own picture in that situation."
These are a few of the pictures that resulted.
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.::.Links to Ann Websites.::. .::.Personal Page on CPS.::.
http://www.wanas.se/artists/hamilton.htm
http://www.gregkucera.com/hamilton.htm
http://www.skny.com/lasso-bin/artist_detail.lasso?-token.ID=40
Lindsey Hawley
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