J. Kara Hamilton Work | Artist Statement & CV | Return to Artist List
You must be logged in to advance Nominee.
You must be a selection to view advance submissions.
Artist Statement
CRITICAL DECORATION
a response to criminal ornament
Players activate the stage,
upright and virtuous.
Potential has a partner.
Degeneration is part of the cycle,
decadence the sibling of decay.
Assembling and disassembling diagrams of faith and desire.
Moral justification for shiny objects,
reflecting implied histories.
Live still lifes.
Borrowed signs rendered fanciful,
transcending material authority.
Precariously precious.
Images 1-12
Originally inspired by vague descriptions of lost Fabregè eggs.
Eventually part of an installation of 30 pieces in a created environment.
Image 13-15
From a series of crown jewels.
Installation of lost/found precious metal and stones.
Image 16-17
From a series precious landscapes.
Contextualized gold.
Image 18-19
From a series site specific wallpapers.
Attempting to extend space through the walls, critical decoration.
Image 20
Public art project.
An attempt to block electromagnetic fields (cell phone reception) using a thin web of stainless steel wire which grew over a three week period.
CRITICAL DECORATION
a response to criminal ornament
Players activate the stage,
upright and virtuous.
Potential has a partner.
Degeneration is part of the cycle,
decadence the sibling of decay.
Assembling and disassembling diagrams of faith and desire.
Moral justification for shiny objects,
reflecting implied histories.
Live still lifes.
Borrowed signs rendered fanciful,
transcending material authority.
Precariously precious.
Images 1-12
Originally inspired by vague descriptions of lost Fabregè eggs.
Eventually part of an installation of 30 pieces in a created environment.
Image 13-15
From a series of crown jewels.
Installation of lost/found precious metal and stones.
Image 16-17
From a series precious landscapes.
Contextualized gold.
Image 18-19
From a series site specific wallpapers.
Attempting to extend space through the walls, critical decoration.
Image 20
Public art project.
An attempt to block electromagnetic fields (cell phone reception) using a thin web of stainless steel wire which grew over a three week period.
CV
J. Kara Hamilton
Lives and works in upstate NY
b.1967 Toronto, Canada
EXHIBITED
2011 Salon 94, NY, NY
2009 Sue Scott Gallery, NY, NY, We’re all gonna die
2009 Number 35 Gallery, NY, NY, We’re all gonna die
2008 Design and Art Armory Show, NY, NY
2007 Salon 94 Freeman, NY, NY, Crown Jewels
2007 Number 35, NY, NY, Holiday Reading
2006 Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Could Have Been the Weather
2006 Lennon Weinberg Gallery, NY, NY, WallpaperLab
2006 Art Lot, NY, ”Lost Reception”
2005 Kramlich Collection, NY, NY, “#0905 Park”
2004 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Nothing Compared to This: ambient, incidental and new minimal tendencies in current art
2004 Fine Art in Space, NY, NY, Working Editions: An Exploration of Art and Function
2004 Salon 94, NY, NY, Forest by Paula Hayes with outdoor “Wallpaper” by Kara Hamilton
2003 Salon 94, NY, NY , Morning Call by Katy Grannan with “Wallpaper” by Kara Hamilton
2003 General United, Brooklyn, NY, Prototypes for New Landscapes
2002 Terlingua House Projects, Alpine, TX, Loving El Paso
2002 Siegel House, Marfa TX, “What More Do You Know Joe”
2001 White Box, New York City, 6’ Under
2001 Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, TX, Untilted
2000 Ally, London, England, “Waiting for Celebrity”
2000 Marfa, TX, curated by Steffen Boddeker, Non Stop Beautiful Ladies
1999 Onward, Paris, France, Ant
1999 Marfa ,TX, curated by Steffen Boddeker, Dog Show
1998 Marfa, TX, curated by Steffen Boddeker, Big Deal
EDUCATION
1999 Yale University, New Haven, CT, M.F.A (Sculpture)
1993 University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Bachelor of Architecture
1989 Concordia University, Montreal, Que., B.F.A
AWARDS
1999 Barry Cohen Prize
COLLECTIONS
HBO NY
Edelman NY
Kramlich Collection NY
J. Kara Hamilton
Lives and works in upstate NY
b.1967 Toronto, Canada
EXHIBITED
2011 Salon 94, NY, NY
2009 Sue Scott Gallery, NY, NY, We’re all gonna die
2009 Number 35 Gallery, NY, NY, We’re all gonna die
2008 Design and Art Armory Show, NY, NY
2007 Salon 94 Freeman, NY, NY, Crown Jewels
2007 Number 35, NY, NY, Holiday Reading
2006 Tatar Gallery, Toronto, Ont., Could Have Been the Weather
2006 Lennon Weinberg Gallery, NY, NY, WallpaperLab
2006 Art Lot, NY, ”Lost Reception”
2005 Kramlich Collection, NY, NY, “#0905 Park”
2004 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Nothing Compared to This: ambient, incidental and new minimal tendencies in current art
2004 Fine Art in Space, NY, NY, Working Editions: An Exploration of Art and Function
2004 Salon 94, NY, NY, Forest by Paula Hayes with outdoor “Wallpaper” by Kara Hamilton
2003 Salon 94, NY, NY , Morning Call by Katy Grannan with “Wallpaper” by Kara Hamilton
2003 General United, Brooklyn, NY, Prototypes for New Landscapes
2002 Terlingua House Projects, Alpine, TX, Loving El Paso
2002 Siegel House, Marfa TX, “What More Do You Know Joe”
2001 White Box, New York City, 6’ Under
2001 Haggerty Gallery, Dallas, TX, Untilted
2000 Ally, London, England, “Waiting for Celebrity”
2000 Marfa, TX, curated by Steffen Boddeker, Non Stop Beautiful Ladies
1999 Onward, Paris, France, Ant
1999 Marfa ,TX, curated by Steffen Boddeker, Dog Show
1998 Marfa, TX, curated by Steffen Boddeker, Big Deal
EDUCATION
1999 Yale University, New Haven, CT, M.F.A (Sculpture)
1993 University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Bachelor of Architecture
1989 Concordia University, Montreal, Que., B.F.A
AWARDS
1999 Barry Cohen Prize
COLLECTIONS
HBO NY
Edelman NY
Kramlich Collection NY
#0101 Pink Orientsterling silver, pink coral, lady bugs
7"x5"x24” 2009
#0101 Pink Orient (detail)
#0703 Diplomacysterling silver, shell,fur
7"x5"x8” 2009
#0704 Diplomacysterling silver, shell,fur
7"x5"x8” 2009
#0401 Temperance in Garnetsterling silver, pyrite, garnet, quartz
7"x5"x22” 2008
#0401 Temperance in Garnet (detail)
#0801 Monarch Jubileesterling silver, citrine, butterfly
7"x5"x22” 2009
#0801 Monarch Jubilee
#0501 Expedition Northsterling silver, pearl, feathers, shell
7"x5"x22” 2008
#0501 Expedition North (detail)
#0601 Lady Nsterling silver, coral, quartz
16"x5"x16” 2010
#0601 Lady N WinterDigital Print, 9"x12”
2010
Crown Jewels for Prince Miguel2009
Crown for Prince Miguel2009
Crown Jewels for Ina2007
GoldforkDigital Print, 9"x12” 2008
ChainlandDigital Print, 9"x12”
2008
Wallpaper (site specific)2002
Night MothsWallpaper 2005
Lost ReceptionStainless Steel Wire
2000