Allison Janae Hamilton

Plats: Lexington

Född: 1984

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Allison Janae Hamilton is a contemporary American artist who works in sculpture, installation, photography and film. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1984. Hamilton received her MFA in visual arts from Columbia University, PhD in American studies from New York University, MA in African-American studies from Columbia University and two BS degrees from Florida State University. Hamilton's relationship with the locations of her upbringing and family roots forms the cornerstone of her artwork, as particularly seen in her engagement with the landscapes of Northern Florida and Western Tennessee. Using plant matter, layered imagery, complex sounds, metal, and found objects, Hamilton creates immersive spaces that consider the ways that the American landscape contributes to our ideas of 'Americana'; and social relationships to space in the face of a changing climate, particularly within the rural American south. Hamilton is known as an interdisciplinary artist, whose artwork ranges from immersive multi-channel film installations, monumental outdoor sculpture, and environmental portraits.