Alex Hamilton

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Born: Adelaide Australia
Lives: london uk

Education
1993 - 94 Tutor and Technician Printmaking Department, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
1989 Diploma of Adult Education, Hawthorne Campus, University of Melbourne, Australia
1982 Diploma of Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia


Solo Exhibitions
2008 Empty and Invisable Patrick Heide Contemporary Art
2007 In Space We Trust, T1+2 Artspace June 19.
2005 If you head was closed off on all sides, patrick heide art projects, London
2003 Please do not forget your surface T1+2 Artspace, London
2001 Alex Hamilton - Recent Work Succession Gallery, London
1996 New Works (created during residency), Kunstverein Salzburg, Austria
The straight line Alpha Jetzt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
1995 Sixteen different landscapes British Council, Prague, Czech Republic



Group Exhibitions
2007 Avatar of Sacred Discontent, touring exhibition curated by Flora
Fairbairn
and Wolfe Lenkiewicz, 9 Hillgate Street, London 14 September - 19
October
Obsession durch Technik Berlin, artMbassy Gallery (curator Patrick
Heide), May to June mit Andy Harper, Thomas Kilpper, Dirk Krecker
/seconds. Magazine Issue 5 online publishing project edited by
Derek Horton and Peter Lewis
Salon 2007: New British Painting and Works on Paper' Curated by:
Flora Fairbairn and Sotiris Kyriacou
The Fire Performance and exhibition Sartorial Gallery West London
Ice Trumpet Performance, Loss; the last tuesday society London.
2006 Nada Art Fair Miami Chris Ingles & Associates gallery
Scope London Patrick Heide Art Projects
Zoo Art Fair London T1+2 Antspace
06 Art Fair London, Chris Ingles & Associates gallery

Canibal T1+2 artspace, with Paradice Row Gallery London

Art Forum Berlin, Patrick Heide Art Projects, 30 September 4 October

Newspaper, a newspaper about artists who work with newspapers.
Fiona Banner, Angus Fairhurst, Mark McGowan, Hugh
Mendes, Jamie Reid. Published by Eleanor Brown, September.

Table Top Beth Campbell David Payton Raymond Pettibon Andy
Warhol Amy Wilson. July August, Josee Bienvenu Gallery New
York NY

The End of Civilization, With J & D Chapman, Paul Fryer, Margarita
Gluzberg, Rut Blees Luxemberg, Curated by Nick Hackworth and Wolfe
Lenkiewicz, ( Lisa Samoto). Port Eliot Lit Fest and Zoo Art Fair

Concrete, Sausage and other Team Ghosts, After The Butcher
gallery Berlin May – July.

Ice Trumpet Performance, Loss; an evening of exquisite misery, London.

Water , curated by Jasper Joffe Sartorial Gallery West London

New Gothic (curated by Martin Sexton), Tate Britain, London

/seconds. Magazine Issue 2 online publishing project edited by
Derek Horton and Peter Lewis


Art Chicargo T1+2artspace
Scope New York Patrick Heide Art Projects
2005
Zoo Art Fair “Ark” Wolfe Lenkiewicz t1+2artspace
Scope London and Miami Patrick Heide Art Projects
Art News (incl. Martin Creed & Gillian Wearing), Raid Projects, Los
Angeles
from our cold hands VTO Gallery London (curated by Thomas Kilpper)
2004 Artist’s Association of Autonomous Book Art and Magazines, Book Fair, Berlin
Art News (incl. Martin Creed & Gillian Wearing) Three Colts Gallery, London
The Patterns on the Plans and the Lack of Plan Plan T1+2 Artspace, London
Publish and be damned Artist’s Publication Show, The Crypt, London
2003 Mothers Oxford House, London, (curated by Harry Pye)
Capri supported by Arts Council England, (installation/group event)
2002 Swiss light on the Tate Swiss Embassy, London (Performance)
2000 Stoke Newington Festival (Performance), UK
Pagemakers London Artist’s Book Fair, London
La llama International Artist’s Workshop, Venezuela
1994 - 99 Pagemakers Gracefield Arts Centre (Touring exhibition), UK
Braziers International Artist’s Workshop, Braziers, UK
Super Nature Studio A, London
Lady’s Smoking Room Installtion, Grand Midway Hotel, St. Pancras, London
Worth St. Pancras Station, London
A Matter of Making CSA Alumni, Canberra, Australia
Fragile Objects Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA
De la ville du Locle Winterthur, Switzerland & National Library of Australia, Canberra
Washington Art Book Fair, Corcoran Gallery, DC, USA
Ten Years of Graphic Investigation Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
1991 Books and Boats State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
The City and Beyond La Trobe University Gallery, Melbourne (Touring Exhibition)
1989 Four Bodies Stuart Gertsmann Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1987 Scitture: Pagine e Immagini National Library, Milan, Italy (curated by Gino Gini)




Bibliography
2007 In Space We Trust, Laura K Jones on Alex Hamilton at T1+2 London
Saatchi Website
2006 Tintin and the secret of Literature by Tom Mc Carthy, Gratna Books.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Andrew Colard, Lulu publications
Celeste Art Prize short list catalogue.
2005 Los Angeles Times Calendar weekend September 8
2004 Contemporary Art Magazine, Review of „Art News“, Melissa Gronlund
Contemporary Art Magazin, Review of T1+2 Show, Andy Weir
2003 The Independent, 29th July 05, Review „Please do not forget your surface“
Sue Hubbard
1989 The Age (Melbourne Australia), Review of „Four Bodies“ Exhibition, Elizabeth Cross

Grants/Awards
2000 VACB Travel Grant, Australia Council
1999 Braziers International Artist’s Workshop
1995 Artist in Residence, Künstlerhaus Salzburg, Austria
1993/94 Artist in Residence, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
1992/93 VACB Project Grant, Australia Council
Extraordinary Fellow, Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni



Projects
Saachi Collection London Uk
Baltimore Museum of Art
Denver Museum of Art (Polly&Mark Addison Collection)
The Progessive Collection, Ohio
Victoria&Albert Museum, London
Tate Library, London
National Gallery of Australia
The Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Gino Gigi Archives, Milan
Art Gallery of South Australia
Judith Hoffberg Archives, California, USA
Paragon Press, Charles Booth-Clibbon, London
Private Collections in Australia, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic,
















Publications
Newpaper, an artist's paper publication
Reg Hunt:compelled to move.
Flame Book
Unbelivable Changes
Shadows and Traces
Spickes