ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photo by Kate Preftakes
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Elisa H. Hamilton is a socially engaged multimedia artist who creates artworks and community-centered projects that emphasize shared spaces and the hopeful examination of our everyday places, objects, and experiences. She holds a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an MA in Civic Media from Emerson College.
Hamilton is a 2023 Brother Thomas Fellow, and she has been recognized by WBUR as one of 25 Artists of Color Transforming The Cultural Landscape. Her work has been shown locally and nationally in solo and group exhibitions. She has been the recipient of numerous commissions and grants to create artworks, community projects, and participatory programs. These works include “Jukebox,” a permanent public art installation and archive of community narratives, commissioned by the City of Cambridge; “Sound Lab,” an interactive installation commissioned by The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and showcasing the sounds and voices of Boston-area community organizations, and "Glimpses of Glapion," an augmented reality public art project created as part of the Emerson Contemporary's "Hidden Histories" initiative and funded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s Un-monument project, supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. Her work is in the collections of Fidelity Investments, Bank of America and CitizenM Hotels. Hamilton has created projects for institutions including ICA Boston, The Currier Museum of Art, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Tyler School of Art, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Boston Center for the Arts, The MGH Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, For Freedoms and Boston Public Art Triennial (formerly Now+There). A proud alumna and a dedicated member of the MassArt community, Hamilton served on the MassArt Board of Trustees from 2013-2023 (as Chair from 2021-2023). In 2024, MassArt recognized Hamilton with an honorary doctorate, and she served as the commencement speaker for the class of 2024. In addition to her work as an artist, Hamilton is an educator who has served in multiple roles at institutions in the Greater Boston academic community. She is currently an Artist Research Fellow at Emerson College. |