ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photo by Suzanne Merritt
Elisa H. Hamilton is a socially engaged multimedia artist who creates artworks and community-centered programs that emphasize shared spaces and the hopeful examination of our everyday places, objects, and experiences. Her work has been shown locally and nationally in solo and group exhibitions, and she has been the recipient of numerous commissions and grants to create various artworks and participatory programs.
In 2021, Hamilton was recognized by WBUR as one of 25 Artists Of Color Transforming The Cultural Landscape. She has worked on projects with organizations including Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Children’s Museum, Boston Center for the Arts, MIT List Visual Arts Center, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, Now+There, HUBweek, ICA Boston, Tyler School of Art, and For Freedoms.
Current projects include Jukebox, a community-centered percent-for-art public art commission for the City of Cambridge, MA, and Creative Union, a participatory public art project being created in collaboration with the Currier Museum of Art and the City of Nashua, NH. Hamilton is a Faculty Member in the Media Design MA program at Emerson College, and is currently Visiting Artist at Olin College of Engineering.
In 2021, Hamilton was recognized by WBUR as one of 25 Artists Of Color Transforming The Cultural Landscape. She has worked on projects with organizations including Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Children’s Museum, Boston Center for the Arts, MIT List Visual Arts Center, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, Now+There, HUBweek, ICA Boston, Tyler School of Art, and For Freedoms.
Current projects include Jukebox, a community-centered percent-for-art public art commission for the City of Cambridge, MA, and Creative Union, a participatory public art project being created in collaboration with the Currier Museum of Art and the City of Nashua, NH. Hamilton is a Faculty Member in the Media Design MA program at Emerson College, and is currently Visiting Artist at Olin College of Engineering.