Yvette Hamilton

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Working on unceded Dharug and Gundugurra lands (Blue Mountains, NSW)

Solo exhibitions

2024: The Appearance and the Disappearance: Sydney University Postgraduate Gallery, Sydney.

2023: The Visible Invisible: First Draft Gallery, Sydney

2022: Space, Time, Light: Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba.

2019: Luminous Capture: Wellington St Gallery, Sydney

2019: Luminous Range: Photo Access Gallery, Canberra

2015: Yvette Hamilton: Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2013: The Path Of Totality: A- M Gallery, Sydney

Selected group exhibitions

2024: Cunning Revived: Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba.

2024: Manipulated: Articulate Project Space, Sydney.

2024: Borrowed Landscapes: Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2024: Afterglow: DRAWSpace, Sydney

2023: Fieldwork: Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney.

2021: Slippery When Wet: Olsen Annexe, Sydney.

2021: Blue Too: WAYOUT, Kandos

2021: Supernatural Light Affinity: ANCA Gallery, Canberra

2019: Pingyao International Festival of Photography: Pingyao, China

2019: Light Matter: Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney

2019: Vanishing Point: ANU Gallery, Canberra

2019: Place and Image: Articulate Project Space, Sydney

2019: Resurfaced Geographies: Verge Gallery, Sydney

2018: The Call: Wellington St Projects, Sydney

2018: Nothing is as Valuable as You: Peacock Gallery, Sydney

2018: A Line Around That We Cannot See: Airspace, Sydney

2018: Vanishing Point: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney

2017: Vanishing Point: Perth Centre for Photography, Perth.

2016: What Next: Articulate Project Space, Sydney

2016: This Was Now Here: KINGS ARI, Melbourne

2016: Her Moving Presence: (artist and curator) Airspace, Sydney.

2015: Outsiders, Imposters And Aliens: Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2015: Cementa15: Kandos, NSW

2015: Screen Romance: Archive Space, Sydney

Education and employment

2024 – present: Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.

2021 – 2024: Associate Lecturer in Photography and Moving Image, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of New South Wales.

2020 – 2024: PhD candidate (practice led) – Art History, The University of Sydney.

2015 – 2021: Associate Lecturer (casual), Photography, Faculty Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney.

2013 - 2014: Master Of Fine Arts (Research), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

Selected residencies, grants and awards:

2024: Blake Prize: Finalist

2024: Bundanon Artist in Residence: Recipient

2023: Linden Observatory: Artist in Residence (ongoing)

2023: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award: Finalist

2022: Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photo Award: Finalist

2022: Woodford Academy: Artist in Residence

2022: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award: Finalist

2021: Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust Grants Program: Recipient

2021: Create NSW Small Project Grant: Recipient

2019: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award: Finalist

2017: Paramor Art Prize: Finalist

2015: Fisher’s Ghost Art Award: Finalist

2015: Australia Council Artstart Grant: Recipient

2015: Paramor Art Prize: Finalist

2014: Dominik Mersch Gallery Award: Winner

2014: Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photo Award: Finalist

2014: Fisher’s Ghost Art Award: Photography Prize Finalist


Selected reviews/text:

2023: The Lens: Photography Falls Apart series: The Power Institute/Chau Chak Wing Museum (speaker)

2022: Space, Time, Light: Anne Ferran, (Space, Time, Light exhibition catalogue essay).

2021: Non Ocular Vision: ‘OVER: The Critical Journal of Photography and Visual Culture for the 21st century’ (author)

2021: Leaning into the Unknown: Nina Stromquist, (Supernatural Light Affinity exhibition catalogue essay).

2019: Luminous Capture: Hannah Jenkins, Running Dog, (Exhibition review).

2018: No Woman Is An Island: Sheridan Coleman, ArtGuide Australia; (Exhibition review).

2018: Vanishing Point, Elli Walsh, Art Almanac, (Exhibition review).