DMG AWARD 2015 YVETTE HAMILTON 29.01. – 28.02.2015
DOMINIK MERSCH GALLERY AWARD is an annual award in collaboration with the University of Sydney – Sydney College of the Arts. As part of the award, DOMINIK MERSCH GALLERY provides an exhibition space in the gallery to show one or more artists from Sydney College of the Arts. A panel selects the artist from SCA’s end of year Postgraduate Degree Show. “Offering an exhibition space to show their works, is the best way to support young and promising artists” says Dominik Mersch. According to best practice in Europe and the USA, such awards are very important to give young artists a head start. Dean of SCA, Prof Colin Rhodes said, “This is a great collaboration between one of Sydney’s top contemporary galleries and one of the country’s best art schools. It gives an opportunity for one of our best to reach a wide, appreciative audience.”
Yvette Hamilton is an Australian artist working in photomedia, video and installation. Her interdisciplinary practice creates work that explores both physical and virtual space through the convention and framework of portraiture. This exploration acts as a launching platform to explore the enmeshed concepts of place and being-in-the world. She is currently a Master of Fine Arts (Research) candidate at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney and has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney. She has exhibited widely in Australia and has also exhibited in London and Slovenia. In 2014 she was a finalist in the Josephine Ulrick & Winn Schubert Award, the Fishers Ghost Art Prize, the Meroogal Womens Art Prize and the Iris Award at the Perth Centre for Photography. In 2013 she held two solo exhibitions in Sydney, ‘A Loved One Sleeping’ at Articulate as part of the Head On Festival and ‘The Path of Totality’ in November at A-M Gallery.
‘Are You There’, (2014), Mirror, plinth, LCD screen, micro camera, computer, facial detection software, servo motors. Dimensions variable, Edition 1/3 +1AP, $9,500 ‘Hello’, (2014) Custom made animated lightboxes, microprocessors, LED lights, 50cm x 50cm x 5cm each, Edition 1/3 +1AP, $2,800 ‘Here/There’, #1 - #13 (2014) Archival Pigment prints mounted on gator board, 53cm x 80cm each, Edition 1/5+1AP, $9,800 for series or $950 each
Terms of sale of all works shown: 10% deposit on reservation. Balance on collection. Prices as of January 2014. All prices listed may change without notice. All prices include GST.
solo exhibitions 2015: YVETTE HAMILTON, DMG Award 2015, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney 2013: THE PATH OF TOTALITY: A- M Gallery, Sydney 2013: A LOVED ONE SLEEPING: ArticulateUpstairs, Sydney 2010: DUOSCOPE: Gaffa Gallery, Sydney selected group exhibitions 2015: CEMENTA15: Kandos, NSW (upcoming) 2014: COLOUR, FORM, LINE: Articulate Project Space (upcoming) 2014: POSTGRADUATE DEGREE SHOW: Sydney College of the Arts 2014: 29.10.14: Home @735 Gallery 2014: OTHER WORLDS: Sydney College of the Arts Gallery 2014: BUNKERED: Branch 3D 2013: BLAKE PRIZE DIRECTOR’S CUT: online exhibition 2012: OUR HOUSE: Frasers Studios, Sydney 2011: CINECITY: AIA National Conference Melbourne 2011: EXPANDED ARCHITECTURE: Carriageworks, Sydney 2011: WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE: Index Space, Sydney 2010: EXPANDED ARCHITECTURE: Performance Space, Sydney 2010: MARRICKVILLE WOMEN'S SALON: ESP Gallery, Sydney 2010: NO PEOPLE: At The Vanishing Point Gallery, Sydney 2010: EXPANDED ARCHITECTURE: Performance Space, Sydney
residencies and awards: 2015: PARAMOR ART PRIZE: Finalist 2014: DOMINIK MERSCH GALLERY AWARD: Winner 2014: JOSEPHINE ULRICK & WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD: Finalist 2014: FISHER’S GHOST ART AWARD: Photography Prize Finalist 2014: MEROOGAL WOMEN’S ART PRIZE: Finalist 2014: IRIS AWARD: Finalist 2014: SYDNEY UNI POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT SCHEME: Recipient 2014: GUNYAH ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Port Stephens, NSW 2012: MARRICKVILLE CONTEMPORARY ART AWARD: Finalist 2012: FRASERSTUDIOS: Residency, Sydney writing: 2014: BUNKERED: ‘The House, the World’ catalogue essay 2014: 15.05.14: Review for Home@ 735: Gallery, Head On Photography Exhibition 2013: EXPANDED ARCHITECTURE: ‘An Important Survivor’ in Reverse Projections, Broken Dimanche Press Berlin reviews: 2014: WHERE ART BELONGS, Stella Rosa Mcdonald, review of 29.10.14. 2014: BUNKERED, Maria Miranda, The ARI Experience, 15 September 2013: THE PATH OF TOTALITY, Charlotte Karp, ‘Something Else’, Eastside 89.7FM 2013: YVETTE HAMILTON: ARTICULATEUPSTAIRS INAUGURAL EXHIBITION: Art Almanac education 2014: MASTER OF FINE ARTS (CANDIDATE) - SCA University of Sydney 1999: BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS HONOURS - COFA University of New South Wales.