David’s particular area of specialisation is metal casting as well as working in steel and wood, often in combination. His present work is constructed from steel pipe elements, which have been tightly wrapped, bound and knotted using processes such as heating, cutting and welding.

Curriculum Vitae

David Hamilton

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

2011 Doctor of Philosophy (Visual and Performing Arts)

University of Tasmania

1969 Diploma of Fine Arts (Major Sculpture)

Education Department of Tasmania (Tas School of Art)

1968 Teachers Diploma of Art (Major Sculpture)

Education Department of Tasmania (Tas School of Art)

1970 Tasmanian Teachers Certificate

Education Department of Tasmania

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014 Lecturer, Tasmanian Creative Arts , Summer School , University of Tasmania.

2013-14 Board Member, Sawtooth Artist Run Initiative.

2012-13 Post Graduate Examiner, School of Art, Australian National University Canberra, ACT.

2012 Consultation and establishment of a Fine Art Foundry on Badu

Island, Torres Strait.

2011 Completion of PhD research, Fragments: Beyond the Object

Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania

2010 Lecturer, Creative Arts Summer School

School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania

Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania

2009 Artist in Residence ANU, Canberra, ACT

Art forum lecture, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

2009 Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania

Lecturer, Creative Arts Summer School

School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania

2008 Honorary Research Associate, University of Tasmania

Volunteer Coordinator 11^th International Architecture

Exhibition, Biennnale di Venezia

2006-2007 Post Graduate Supervisor in Hons, M.F.A and PhD

program (SVPA) University of Tasmania

2003-2005 Post Graduate Supervisor in Hons, M.F.A and PhD

Part Time Lecturer, Sculpture (SVPA)

Part Time Lecturer Design & Technology,

School of Education, University of Tasmania

2000-2002 Sub Dean and Head Fine Arts, School of Visual and

Performing Arts, University of Tasmania

1997-1999 Sub Dean and Deputy Head, Tasmanian School of Art at

Launceston, University of Tasmania

1996 Artist in Residence, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

1996 Six months exchange lectureship,

University of Hawaii, USA.

1995 Sub Dean, Tasmanian School of Art at Launceston

University of Tasmania

1994 Presented paper with Pat Hickman, International

Collaboration in the Pacific Rim at the 15th International

Sculpture Conference San Francisco U.S.A.

1992-1994 Head, Tasmanian School of Art at Launceston, University

of Tasmania

1992-1994 Deputy Academic Dean, School of Visual and Performing

Arts, University of Tasmania

1992 Attended workshop on ceramic shell casting

techniques at the University of the Arts,

Philadelphia U.S.A.

1992 Attended 5th World Sculpture Conference

Philadelphia, U.S.A.

1991 Six months exchange lectureship

University of Hawaii, USA

1991 Curator, Works All Ways,

University of Tasmania, Launceston

1987 Six months exchange lectureship

University of Northern Territory

1986 Acting Chair, Visual Arts and Crafts Panel,

Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board

1984-85 Member, Working Party on Arts Based Industries,

Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board

1983-86 Chair, Working Party on Art in Public Buildings

Committee, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board

1982-85 Member, Visual Arts and Crafts Panel,

Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board

1982 Appointed as an Advisor to the State Government on Art in

Public Buildings

1980 Study tour leader, art galleries and foundries in U.S.A.

1976 Appointed, Lecturer in Sculpture,

Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Launceston

1975-77 Member, Regional Advisory Committee,

Australian Broadcasting Commission

1973 Vice President, Crafts Council of Tasmania

1972 Australian delegate to the World Crafts Council Conference,

Tarabya, Istanbul, Turkey

RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS

2002 Secured two travelling scholarships under the Federal Govt UMAP scheme for SVPA students to study in Thailand.

2002 Secured teaching and development grant with Dr Deborah Malor to investigate off campus/internet teaching of Fine Art theory and studio subjects.

2001 Secured Federal Govt UMAP grant to travel to Thailand to investigate the establishment of the in country elective

Thai Art and Culture.

2000 Secured commission for casting of an aluminium sculpture panel for Gertrude Parker, Tiburon California, USA

1997 Secured major commission for the Pilot Art Foundry to cast three sculpture panels for the Honolulu Convention Centre,

Hawaii, U.S.A.

1996 Awarded six months study leave to research a book on fine art metal casting.

1994 Secured major commission for the Pilot Art Foundry to cast a large bronze sculpture for the SAFTI army base, Singapore.

1993 Secured major commission for the Pilot Art Foundry to cast

five large gates for the Maui Cultural Centre, Hawaii, U.S.A.

1982 Six months development leave to study ceramic shell

casting technique overseas.

1974 Awarded Visual Arts Board grant to establish bronze

casting workshop.

ONE/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010 Fragments: Beyond the Object, Academy of the Arts Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.

2009 Beyond Object, Foyer Gallery, ANU, Canberra, A.C.T.

2005 Living Artist Week, Pipers Brook Vineyard,

Pipers Brook, Tasmania

2005 Converging Threads, Ten Days on the Island,

Academy of the Arts Gallery, Launceston

2004 Converging Threads, Shaeffer International Gallery

Maui Arts & Cultural Centre Hawaii, U.S.A.

1989 Design Arts Exhibition,

Design Centre of Tasmania

1984 One person exhibition, Recent Bronze Castings,

Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston

1978 Two person exhibition, Eric Carr Gallery, Perth, W.A.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Think Tank, Artists Visual Diaries, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2010 Finalist, Deakin University Contemporary Small

Sculpture Award, Melbourne.

2010 Eat the View, Mill Gallery, Launceston.

2010 Connections, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston

2007 Island-to-Island Travelling exhibition,

Academy Gallery Launceston; University of Hawaii Gallery, Hawaii; Universiti Sains, Penang, Malaysia

2006 Fifty Trees of Launceston,

Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2006 9th International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition,

University of Hawaii, U.S.A.

2005 Midnight Painters Guild and Associates,

Long Gallery, Hobart

2005 Finalist Woolahra Sculpture Prize,

Woollahra, Sydney

2005 Finalist Peppermint Bay Sculpture Prize,

Woodbridge, Tasmania

2005 Rhapsody 21C Tasmanian Contemporary Art,

Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2004 Dare To Look, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2004 Walls of Jerusalem, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2004 White Line Fever, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2003 Our Piping Lane, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2003 Travelling the Roundabout, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

& Centre for the Arts, Hobart

2002 Melbourne Cup Show, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2002 Spur, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2001 Souvenir Show, University Gallery, Launceston

1999 Jack in a Box, University Gallery, Launceston

1998 Divergent Views, University Gallery, Launceston

1998 The Garden Exhibition, Mclachlan Studio, Deloraine

1997 The Melbourne Cup: Glory in three minutes, two miles,

Northcote Pottery, Melbourne

1997 Boxed: gifts, treasures, memories and possessions,

Institut Teknologi Mara, Malaysia

1996 6th International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition,

University of Hawaii Art Gallery, U.S.A.

1996 Pins and Needles: Identity and Meaning,

Silpakorn University, Bangkok & Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

1995 Made in Norway Sculpture Exhibition, University of Northern Territory, Darwin

1994 Tasmanian Artists exhibition, Freeman Gallery, Hobart

1994 Pins and Needles, University Gallery, Launceston

1994 Fourth Contemporary Art Fair,

Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Melbourne

1994 Sculpture Invitation Exhibition,

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

1994 5th International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition,

University of Hawaii, U.S.A.

1994 5th International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition,

Work selected to travel in USA and Pacific Rim countries

1993 Pins and Needles,

Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart

1993 The October Show,

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston

1993 Hard Hat Show, Centenary Exhibition, Queenstown

1993 The Big Picture Show,

Long Gallery, Hobart

1993 Inaugural Group Exhibition,

Snake Pit Gallery, Launceston

1991 Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Manoa Gallery, U.S.A.

1991 What is the Concept? Artist and Ceramics,

Arthouse Gallery, Launceston

1990 Bangles Show,

Cimitiere St Gallery, Launceston

1990 Art Bacchanalia, Environmental Sculpture Exhibition,

Hollybank Forest, Tasmania

1990 Winter Lights, Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston

1990 Contemporary Sculpture, ACAF.2,

Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1990 The Sculpture Show,

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston

1988 Punt Event Sculpture Exhibition, Launceston

1988 Australian Crafts 88,

Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne

1988 10th Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Victoria

1985 T.S.I.T. Staff Exhibition, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie

1985 Six Contemporary Artists,

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

1984 Second Australian Sculpture Triennial,

National Gallery of Victoria

1984 Alice Craft Acquisition, Alice Springs, N.T.

1982 Lilian Pederson Memorial Sculpture Exhibition,

Queensland Art Gallery

1982 Group Show, Salamanca Place Arts Festival, Hobart

1982 Group Show, Hooks and Holders,

Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston.

1982 Group Show, Winter Collection,

Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston

1981 Group Show, Anything but Flat,

Burnie Art Gallery, Devonport Art Gallery,

Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart.

1978 Mildura Sculpture Triennial,

Arts Victoria, Melbourne

1977-78 Tasmanian Blue Gum Festival,

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

1975 Craft Australia '75, Canberra

1973 Launceston Art Purchase,

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2009 Sculpture, Twist, Newnham Campus, University of Tasmania

2007 Sculpture, Earthdrill Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

2007 Sculpture, Bolt Academy of the Arts Campus, UTAS

2006 Collaborative Sculpture, Somersault, Punchbowl Primary School, Launceston

2006 Sculpture, Wrap, Tasmanian Fire Service, Youngtown

2001 Sculpture, Y2, Newnham Campus, UTAS

2000 Rack, Degrees Restaurant, Newnham Campus, UTAS

1998 Rack, University Bistro, Newnham campus, UTAS

1996 Sculpture, Strainer, Spreyton Primary School, Tasmania

1994 Sculpture, Pulse, Hellyer College Burnie, Tasmania

1989 Sculpture, Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania

1988 Sculpture, Rack, Tasman Regional Library,

Rosny, Hobart, Tasmania

1975 Cross, St. Georges Church of England,

Launceston

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston

Visual Arts Board Collection, Australia Council

Burnie Art Gallery

City of Mildura Arts Centre

University of Tasmania, Newnham campus

University of Tasmania, Inveresk campus

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

Wesley College, University of Melbourne

University of Northern Territory

Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

School of Art Collection, ANU, Canberra, ACT.

REFERRED TEXTS AND JOURNALS

Backhouse, S 1988

Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century

Pandari Press Hobart, pp 92-93

Berg, Pamille September 2004

Converging Threads

Maui Arts & Cultural Center pp 5

Brown, Paul James September 12 2004

MACC's Cool Threads

The Maui News C1

Davies, J 1978

Earth and Steel, Mildura's Seventh SculptureTriennial.

Art and Australia Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 45-46.

Freedman, Steve Sept ember 2004

Hamilton & Hickman 'Converging Threads'

Maui Arts & Cultural Center

Exhibition Catalogue pp 1,2,3.

Germaine, M 1979

Artists and Galleries in Australia

Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, p 219

Goldman, Rita August/Sept 2004

'Unlikely Connections'

Centerpiece, Maui Arts and Cultural Magazine

pp 14,15,16,17

Hansen, D 1994

City of Hobart Art Prize

Australian Art Monthly March No 67 pp12

April No 68, pp 38

Hutchison, N. 1985

Australian Sculpture Now

Art Network No. 17, pp 35

Kolenberg, H. 1985,

Six Contemporary Artists,

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

pp 6, 8 and 9

Malor, Deborah 2005

Claiming Ground, 25 years of Tasmania's

Art in Public Building Scheme pp 14, 38

Milford, Madeleine Oct 2001

University of Tasmania

David Hamilton

Alumni magazine Issue no 20,

pp 12 and 13

Morse, Marcia, September 2005

David Hamilton and Pat Hickman at

The Maui Arts and Cultural Center

Art in America pp163, 164

Newport, Mark Summer 1995

Pat Hickman

Fiberarts, pp 11.

Ridgers, J 1983/1

Pilot Art Foundry

Craft Australia, Autumn, pp 64-65

Scarlett, K 1980

Australian Sculptors 1830-1977, pp 237

Thomas Nelson Australia, Melbourne

Sturgeon, G 1982

Sculpture at Mildura,

Mildura City Council, n.d. pp. 86, 105

Sturgeon, G 1984

Australian Sculpture Now, Second Australian

Sculpture Triennial.

National Gallery of Victoria pp 36, 100, 101

Taylor, Peter April 2005

The problem with Creative Sculpture and why

we care, Open Gates Converging Threads pp 2

University of Tasmania, Academy Gallery

Thomas, Daniel May 2005

Ten Days on the Island 2005

The exhibition round-up

Art Monthly pp 33

University of Tasmania May 1996

Warriors in bronze, Research News, Number 11

CONSULTATIVE WORK / WORKSHOPS

2012 Badu Island Art Centre, Torres Strait, Queensland

2004 Maui Arts and Cultural Centre, Hawaii

Conservation of cast aluminium gates

1998 Maui Arts and Cultural Centre, Hawaii

Conservation/surface treatment of cast aluminium gates

1997 Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute

Patination and instruction of conservation team

1996 Maui Arts and Cultural Centre, Hawaii

Conservation advice on gates and steel sculptural screens

1988 University of Northern Territory

Bronze casting workshop

1988 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Assess and recommendation report on foundry

1986 Newcastle College of Advanced Education

Advice and report on establishment of Ceramic shell casting facility

1983 Western Australian Maritime Museum

Advice on RTV rubber moulding of artefacts

1983 Fremantle Arts Centre

Foundry and metal casting workshop.

1982 Western Australian Maritime Museum

RTV mould making of maritime artefacts for reproduction

1982 Wembley Technical College, W.A.

Ceramic shell casting workshop

1982 Claremont School of Art, W.A.

Student foundry construction workshop

1982 Canberra School of Art

Ceramic shell foundry advice

1980 Prahran College of Advanced Education

Ceramic shell lecture and foundry advice