ELISA H. HAMILTON
elisa.hamilton@gmail.com
www.elisahhamilton.com
http://everydaydraw.blogspot.com/
EDUCATION
2003-2007 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
BFA Painting, Graduation with Honors and Distinction
2001-2003 C.W. Post, Long Island University, Brookville NY
Concentration in Theater
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Solo Exhibition, The Mayor's Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston MA
2008 “Following Windows,” The Gallery at Fort Point Framers, Boston MA
2007 “Of Grateful Intentions,” Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard Graduate School of
Education, Cambridge MA
2006 “Waiting. Here.” Installation Station, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Fort Point Artists Showcase", Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston MA
"Carry Out", MEME Gallery, Cambridge MA
"The Yellow Show", Boston Children's Museum, Boston MA
"MassArt's 21st Annual Benefit Auction" Susan and David Bakalar Gallery,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2009 "First Annual Small Works Show" Art at 12 Gallery, Boston MA
"In the Round," Art at 12 Gallery, Boston MA
"Open Studios Group Show" , Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston MA
"Eat the Art," Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston MA
"A Fresh Approach", Library Arts Center, Newport NH
“Illuminations”, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston MA
2008 "Open Studios Group Show" , Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston MA
“The Colors of the Americas: East Somerville Art Walk”, Somerville MA
“Gathering”, Drawing Room, Portland ME
2007 “Integral Radiance: The Existence of Art in Everyday Life,” Godine Family Gallery,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
“MassArt’s 18th Annual Benefit Auction,” Susan and David Bakalar Gallery,
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
“Senior Exhibition 2007,” Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and
Design Boston MA
“Bedfellows” Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College
of Art and Design, Boston MA
2006 “Wet Paint,” Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
“MassArt Summer Studios Exhibition,” Kennedy Corridor Gallery, Massachusetts
College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2005 “Rearranging Your Face: A Portrait Show,” Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts
College of Art and Design, Boston MA
“Painting All School Show 2005,” Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and
Design, Boston MA
2004 “Studio Foundation Summer Exhibition,” Brandt Gallery, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston MA
SPECIAL PROJECTS AND AWARDS
2010 Haystack Mountain School Scholarship, MassArt Alumni Association
Fort Point Public Art Series Grant, New England Foundation for the Arts/Fort Point Arts Community
2009 Somerville Switchbox Painting, Sponsored by The Somerville Arts Council and
East Somerville Main Streets
2007 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Award
2004 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Studio Foundation Award
TEACHING
2010 Teaching Assistant to Paul Stopforth, Drawing into Painting, Harvard Summer School
Cambridge MA
2009 Teacher, Art and Artists, Eliot School, Jamaica Plain MA
Teacher, All About Me, Agassiz Elementary Schoo/Eliot School, Jamaica Plain MA
Teacher, Issues and Images, Summer Studios 2009, Massachusetts College of Art and
Design, Boston MA
2006 Teaching Assistant, Form Study, Studio Foundation, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston MA
Teaching Assistant, Pre-semester Program, Studio Foundation, Massachusetts
College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2005 Teaching Assistant, Pre-semester Program, Studio Foundation, Massachusetts
College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2004 Teacher, Summer Arts, Artworks!, New Bedford MA
2003 Teaching Assistant, Summer Vacation Arts Program, Arlington Center For the Arts,
Arlington MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artscope, November/December 2008
The Somerville News, April 29, 2008
The Somerville Journal April 23, 2008
The Boston Globe April 20, 2008
MEMBERSHIPS
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Leadership Council
Fort Point Arts Community