JANE LAFARGE HAMILL

Rufio 2016 Oil on panel 48 x 36 inches

JANE LAFARGE HAMILL

Born in 1981,  USA

Statement

I rely on action and speed of hand to cut out conscious thought, the ego, to get to something more primal. 
They’re portraits in a sense because they’re a physical result, or really a re-playing after the fact, of interactions,
both real and imagined.  I suppose there’s an effort to render an emotional flash that both points at something,
but was that really anything? or is this the residue of agesture of the present re-telling, re-remembering, re-asserting
of acts that go uncounted in the dense passing by of our day, week, month, year. The paintings jump between
assumptions of clarity, anticipations of anonymous comfort, and highly charged confusion - parked in the concrete
instant of a brain scan.

Education

2005            MFA New York Academy of Art
2003            BA Franklin College Switzerland
2001-02       The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014     "Jane Lafarge Hamill" The Gruss Center of Visual Arts, Lawrenceville, NJ
2013     "emoticon" J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY
2010     "Racing Jerseys and Object People" Galleria Triphe, Cortona, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016     "Summer Mixer" Joshua Liner Gallery, NY, NY
2016     "Phreeeek Magnet" Undercurrent Projects, NY, NY
2016     "Small Works" curated by Heather Darcy Bhandari, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015     "A Rose is a Rose" Lepore Savage Gallery, NY, NY
2015     "Summer Mixer" Joshua Liner Gallery, NY, NY
2014     "Alchemy & Metaphysics" Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014     “A Human Extension” The Lodge Gallery, NY, NY
2014     "Gallery Artists" J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY
2013     “Mythology and Folklore” Pop-up at Big Irvs, NY, NY
2013     “One Sided Story” Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2013     “Cone Monochromacy” J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY
2013     "Mythical Beasts" One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2013     "Mutatis Mutandis" OSS at Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
2013     "Body Politic" The National Arts Club, NY, NY
2012     "Kunst Ist Kapital" Westpol, Leipzig, Germany
2012     "Good Vibrations" J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY
2012     "Foolsgold Valentine" RH Gallery, NY, NY
2012     "Love is in the Air" Island Weiss Gallery, NY, NY
2011     "Aloft" J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY
2010     "Summer Show" Sloan Fine Art, NY NY
2010     "Jane Lafarge Hamill and Linda Christiansen" J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY
2009     "Summer Exhibition" NYAA curated by Eric Fischl, Anne Strauss, and Matthew Flowers NY, NY
2009     "Trsic Symposium" Trsic, Serbia
2008     "Mooste Noored" Mooste, Estonia
2007     "Jane Lafarge Hamill and Debra Goertz" Stricoff Fine Art, NY, NY
2007     "Summer Exhibition" NYAA curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, and Vincent Desiderio, NY, NY
2005     "Ruminate; Drawing Under Scrutiny" Medialia Gallery, NY, NY
2005      MFA Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY

Selected Press

2015     Artnet Lepore/Savage exhibition review
2015     Booooooom, artist spotlight
2015     Pattern Pulp, artist feature
2014     Refinery29: 10 NYC Female Artists to know
2014     Boum!Bang! Magazine Paris 
2013     ARTnews review of solo show  "Jane Lafarge Hamill; emoticon" by Greg Lindquist
2013     Fine Art Connoisseur, "Jane Lafarge Hamill; Ironic Iconology Fom the Digital Age" by  Allison Malafronte
2013     Max Gazetta, Milan, Italy, artist profile "Vivere a Lipsia" by Maria Carla Cattaneo
2012     Künstlerportrait: Jane lafarge Hamill aus New York A2M Germany, October issue

Residency

2017 (upcoming) Artist in Residence; Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeenshire, UK
2016     Artist in Residence; Herhusid, Siglufjordur, Iceland
2016     Artist in Residence; 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA
2015     Artist in Residence; Herhusid, Siglufjordur, Iceland
2012     Artist in Residence; One Sided Story at Halle 14 Leipzig, Germany
2010     Artist in Residence; Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, FWI
2009     Artist in Residence; Loznica Cultural Council, Trsic, Serbia
2008     Artist in Residence; MoKS, Center for Art and Social Practices, Mooste, Estonia
2005     Prince of Wales/Forbes Foundation Travel Grant and Residency, Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy, France

Ongoing

Visiting lecturer, guest critic at RISD, Franklin College Switzerland
Foundering director of The Project Rooms, an alternative artspace in Lambertville NJ