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Allison Janae Hamilton
American, born 1984 Lexington, KY
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Allison Janae Hamilton
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BiographyAllison Janae Hamilton (b.1984 Lexington, KY) is a multi-disciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation, photography, and video who fuses land-centered folklore and personal family narratives into mythologies that address the social and political concerns of today's changing Southern terrain. The artist’s commitment to the land is driven by her own migrations from Kentucky, Florida, and Tennessee to her maternal family’s homestead in New York, where she currently lives. Hamilton’s work connects the landscape with the lived experience it carries, positioning it as critical to understanding both history and contemporary culture. Hamilton’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including monographs at MASS MoCA North Adams, MA (2018) and Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA (2018). Hamilton has also participated in fellowships and residencies, including with the Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; and Fundación Botín; Santander, Spain. She is the recipient of the Creative Capital Award and the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. Hamilton holds a PhD in American Studies from New York University and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University.