Ann Hamilton (artist)

Ann Hamilton
Born
Lima, Ohio, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, KS – BFA in Textile Design; Yale University, New Haven, CT – MFA in Sculpture
Known for
  • Installation
  • textiles
  • sculpture
  • video
  • performance
  • photography
  • printmaking
MovementInstallation art

Ann Hamilton is an American visual artist who emerged in the early 1980s known for her large-scale multimedia installations. After receiving her BFA in textile design from the University of Kansas in 1979, she lived in Banff, Alberta, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada before deciding to pursue an MFA in sculpture at Yale in 1983.[1] From 1985 to 1991, she taught on the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Since 2001, Hamilton has served on the faculty of the Department of Art at the Ohio State University. She was appointed a Distinguished University Professor in 2011.[2]

  1. ^ Simon, Joan (June 1999). "Ann Hamilton: Inscribing Place". Art in America.
  2. ^ Ann Hamilton, Distinguished Professor | College of Arts and Sciences