Allison Janae Hamilton

Allison Janae Hamilton is an artist born in Kentucky, raised in Florida, and on her family's farm in western Tennessee. She has exhibited at museums and institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA); Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY); the Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY); the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC); The Jewish Museum (New York, NY); Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, GA); (Fundación Botín (Santander, Spain); Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma, WA); the Brighton Photo Biennial (Brighton, UK); and the Istanbul Design Biennial (Istanbul, Turkey). Allison has been awarded artist residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY); Recess (New York, NY); Fundación Botín (Santander, Spain); and the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Stu dy Program (New York, NY). She is a 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. Allison received her PhD in American Studies at New York University and her MFA in Visual Arts at Columbia University. Her artwork has appeared in publications such as Art in America, Transition Magazine, Women and Performance, Arte Al Límite, Oxford American, Studio Magazine, Esquire Magazine, New York Times, Artsy and Artforum, among others.
Hamilton's first solo museum exhibition, Allison Janae Hamilton: Pitch, is currently on view at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) through March 2019.
Brian met up with Allison in her Chelsea studio to talk about her days growing up in the south, farm life, taking photos, fashion, culture, P-funk and a lot more.

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