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.
When Hamilton began her professional art career fifteen years ago, she knew that she wanted to use her art call attention to the inherent beauty and joy within our ordinary lives, and to provide ways for people to connect to one another through that experience. Over the years Hamilton's practice has evolved - drawings have climbed off of the wall, and joy has been realized in the form of multimedia installations and community-centered public art.
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 The City of Boston, The City of Cambridge, 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.
When Hamilton began her professional art career fifteen years ago, she knew that she wanted to use her art call attention to the inherent beauty and joy within our ordinary lives, and to provide ways for people to connect to one another through that experience. Over the years Hamilton's practice has evolved - drawings have climbed off of the wall, and joy has been realized in the form of multimedia installations and community-centered public art.
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 The City of Boston, The City of Cambridge, 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.