Frances Hamilton
26 Robinson Street
South Portland, ME
857 205-3781
Pinkmar@verizon.net
FrancesHamiltonArt.com
EDUCATION:
Massachusetts College of Art, M.F.A..
Rhode Island School of Design, M.A.T.
Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., Painting.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
TEACHING:
Massachusetts College of Art, 1979-88, 1990-.
Milton Academy Saturday School, 2008-2019.
Simmons College, Drawing and Color 2007-2008, 2010-2011, 2013, 2016.
New England Conservatory, Fall 2004.
Artist in Residence, Babson College, 2001-2004.
Faculty Advisor, Presidential Mentor Program, Mass.College of Art 1996-9
ANE Summer Workshop, Bennington College, Vermont, July 1997, 2002.
Boston Museum School, Watercolor and the Figure,1995-1996.
Wellesley College- Instructor in Drawing, 1982-1983, 1986.
New England School of Art and Design, 1977-1979.
HONORS:
Visiting Artist, American Academy, Rome, March 2013, March 2017.
Vermont Studio Center- Artist Fellowship, 2007.
Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, 2000.
Massachusetts Fellowship for Visual Arts, Works on Paper, 1998.
Blanche E. Colman Award, 1994.
Bunting Institute Finalist, 1987.
Mass. Grant Finalist , Painting; New Genres, 1984.
Millay Colony for the Arts, Resident, 1982.
NEA Grant Finalist, Artists Books, 1981, 1982.
Mass. Grant Finalist, Drawing and Printmaking, 1981.
Prix de Rome Finalist, 1976.
SOLO EXHIBITS:
2019 Glen Urquehart School, "Raid the Toybox", Beverly, MA.
2012 Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2008 Annisquam Art Gallery, “The Brynmere: Room by Room”, Annisquam, MA.
2007 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, “Annisquam Series”.
2006 Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH.
2006 Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2005 “All Around the House”, Squam Lake paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1998 “Summer Reading”, Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX.
1996 Atrium Gallery, “Cover to Cover” U. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA.
1995 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1991 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1991 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA.
1988 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1982 Cutler /Stavaridis Gallery, Boston, MA.
1981 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY.
SELECTED
GROUP:
2017 Illuminations Exhibit, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA.
2016 “Summer Drift”, Flatrocks Gallery, Gloucester, MA
2016 “PlayFare”, Patricia Carega Gallery, Sandwich, New Hampshire
2015 “Play Time”, ArtBlock Gallery, with Peter Thibeault, Boston, MA.
2015, 2016 Hallspace Drawing Project, Dorchester, MA.
2014 “Out of Square”, 83 Spring Street, Watertown, MA.
2012 “Art that Tells a Story”, Patricia Carega gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2011 Art Matters, Bates Artists at Boston City Hall, Dock Square Gallery.
2011 Art of the Book, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
2010 “Family Tree”, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2006 “Time and Place”, Edwards Art Gallery, , Plymouth, NH.
2002 “Near at Hand”, Horn Gallery, Babson College, Wellesley, MA.
2001 De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2000 “Ten By Ten”, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA.
1997 “Three Lives”, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA.
1997 “Alone Together”, A Women’s Critique Group, New Art Center, Newton.
1995 “Confluence”, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA.
1995 “Contemporary Collage and Assemblage”, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME.
1993 “The Drawing Show”, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts.
1991 “Playing Around, Toys by Artists”, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1987 “The Narrated Earth”, Bank of Boston, Boston, MA.
1986 “Artist Books”- Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1985 “Personal Imagery”, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA.
1985 “Animal as Metaphor”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1985 “Art of the State”, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA.
1982 “Boston Now- Figuration”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Studio Visit Magazine,November 2013, juried by Barbara O'Brien
Cover Artist, Writing Fiction, Longman Co., 2006.
All Around the House, exhibition catalogue, essay by Lasse Antonsen, 2005.
Art New England, Review, Joyce Cohen, Fall 2005.
Cover Artist, The Love Word, book of Poetry, Betty Buchsbaum, 2004.
Naples Illustrated, Potpourri, Sarah FK Coble, February 2000.
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press,1999, Wellesley, MA.
Art New England, Review, January 1998.
Collage Art, Jennifer Atkinson, Rockport Press, 1996.
Boston Magazine, Valentine Illustration, February 1996.
Boston Globe, Review, Nancy Stapen, January 26, 1995.
Boston Phoenix, Review, Rebecca Nemser, April 12, 1991.
Boston Globe, Review, Nancy Stapen , April 25, 1991.
New Art Examiner, Review, Eugene Narret, February 1989.
“Personal Imagery”, Catalogue, Lasse Antonsen, 1985.
Art New England, review, November 1985.
Art New England, “Frances Hamilton, Painterly Narrator”, Rebecca Nemser, 6/84.
Boston Globe, “Perspectives”, Christine Temin, October 14, 1982.
Art New England, Review, February 1981, November 1982.
Dazzle, Cover Artist, April 1984, December 1981
Boston Now: Figuration, Catalogue, ICA, Boston, 1981.
Wilson Library Bulletin, Cover Artist, May, 1975.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
The Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri.
Emerson College Library, Boston,MA.
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete Poetry, Miami, FL.
Putnam Companies, Boston, MA.
Brooklyn Museum, Print Department.
Prudential Insurance Company, NJ.
Ambulatory Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
Mass. Financial Services, Boston, MA.
Deloitte and Touche, Boston, MA.
Wellington Management, Boston, MA.
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
Dana Farber Hospital, Boston, MA.
New England BioLabs, Beverly, MA.
Children’s Museum, Boston, MA.
Boston Public Library, Rare Books Collection, Boston, MA.
Simmons College, Boston, MA.
26 Robinson Street
South Portland, ME
857 205-3781
Pinkmar@verizon.net
FrancesHamiltonArt.com
EDUCATION:
Massachusetts College of Art, M.F.A..
Rhode Island School of Design, M.A.T.
Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., Painting.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
TEACHING:
Massachusetts College of Art, 1979-88, 1990-.
Milton Academy Saturday School, 2008-2019.
Simmons College, Drawing and Color 2007-2008, 2010-2011, 2013, 2016.
New England Conservatory, Fall 2004.
Artist in Residence, Babson College, 2001-2004.
Faculty Advisor, Presidential Mentor Program, Mass.College of Art 1996-9
ANE Summer Workshop, Bennington College, Vermont, July 1997, 2002.
Boston Museum School, Watercolor and the Figure,1995-1996.
Wellesley College- Instructor in Drawing, 1982-1983, 1986.
New England School of Art and Design, 1977-1979.
HONORS:
Visiting Artist, American Academy, Rome, March 2013, March 2017.
Vermont Studio Center- Artist Fellowship, 2007.
Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, 2000.
Massachusetts Fellowship for Visual Arts, Works on Paper, 1998.
Blanche E. Colman Award, 1994.
Bunting Institute Finalist, 1987.
Mass. Grant Finalist , Painting; New Genres, 1984.
Millay Colony for the Arts, Resident, 1982.
NEA Grant Finalist, Artists Books, 1981, 1982.
Mass. Grant Finalist, Drawing and Printmaking, 1981.
Prix de Rome Finalist, 1976.
SOLO EXHIBITS:
2019 Glen Urquehart School, "Raid the Toybox", Beverly, MA.
2012 Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2008 Annisquam Art Gallery, “The Brynmere: Room by Room”, Annisquam, MA.
2007 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, “Annisquam Series”.
2006 Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH.
2006 Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2005 “All Around the House”, Squam Lake paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1998 “Summer Reading”, Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX.
1996 Atrium Gallery, “Cover to Cover” U. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA.
1995 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1991 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1991 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA.
1988 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1982 Cutler /Stavaridis Gallery, Boston, MA.
1981 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY.
SELECTED
GROUP:
2017 Illuminations Exhibit, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA.
2016 “Summer Drift”, Flatrocks Gallery, Gloucester, MA
2016 “PlayFare”, Patricia Carega Gallery, Sandwich, New Hampshire
2015 “Play Time”, ArtBlock Gallery, with Peter Thibeault, Boston, MA.
2015, 2016 Hallspace Drawing Project, Dorchester, MA.
2014 “Out of Square”, 83 Spring Street, Watertown, MA.
2012 “Art that Tells a Story”, Patricia Carega gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2011 Art Matters, Bates Artists at Boston City Hall, Dock Square Gallery.
2011 Art of the Book, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
2010 “Family Tree”, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH.
2006 “Time and Place”, Edwards Art Gallery, , Plymouth, NH.
2002 “Near at Hand”, Horn Gallery, Babson College, Wellesley, MA.
2001 De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2000 “Ten By Ten”, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA.
1997 “Three Lives”, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA.
1997 “Alone Together”, A Women’s Critique Group, New Art Center, Newton.
1995 “Confluence”, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA.
1995 “Contemporary Collage and Assemblage”, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME.
1993 “The Drawing Show”, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts.
1991 “Playing Around, Toys by Artists”, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1987 “The Narrated Earth”, Bank of Boston, Boston, MA.
1986 “Artist Books”- Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1985 “Personal Imagery”, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA.
1985 “Animal as Metaphor”, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA.
1985 “Art of the State”, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA.
1982 “Boston Now- Figuration”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Studio Visit Magazine,November 2013, juried by Barbara O'Brien
Cover Artist, Writing Fiction, Longman Co., 2006.
All Around the House, exhibition catalogue, essay by Lasse Antonsen, 2005.
Art New England, Review, Joyce Cohen, Fall 2005.
Cover Artist, The Love Word, book of Poetry, Betty Buchsbaum, 2004.
Naples Illustrated, Potpourri, Sarah FK Coble, February 2000.
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press,1999, Wellesley, MA.
Art New England, Review, January 1998.
Collage Art, Jennifer Atkinson, Rockport Press, 1996.
Boston Magazine, Valentine Illustration, February 1996.
Boston Globe, Review, Nancy Stapen, January 26, 1995.
Boston Phoenix, Review, Rebecca Nemser, April 12, 1991.
Boston Globe, Review, Nancy Stapen , April 25, 1991.
New Art Examiner, Review, Eugene Narret, February 1989.
“Personal Imagery”, Catalogue, Lasse Antonsen, 1985.
Art New England, review, November 1985.
Art New England, “Frances Hamilton, Painterly Narrator”, Rebecca Nemser, 6/84.
Boston Globe, “Perspectives”, Christine Temin, October 14, 1982.
Art New England, Review, February 1981, November 1982.
Dazzle, Cover Artist, April 1984, December 1981
Boston Now: Figuration, Catalogue, ICA, Boston, 1981.
Wilson Library Bulletin, Cover Artist, May, 1975.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
The Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri.
Emerson College Library, Boston,MA.
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete Poetry, Miami, FL.
Putnam Companies, Boston, MA.
Brooklyn Museum, Print Department.
Prudential Insurance Company, NJ.
Ambulatory Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
Mass. Financial Services, Boston, MA.
Deloitte and Touche, Boston, MA.
Wellington Management, Boston, MA.
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.
Dana Farber Hospital, Boston, MA.
New England BioLabs, Beverly, MA.
Children’s Museum, Boston, MA.
Boston Public Library, Rare Books Collection, Boston, MA.
Simmons College, Boston, MA.
