Russell M. Hamilton
Current Work / Research
"An Empirical Voice"
"An Empirical Voice" Series 2025
The "An Empirical Voice” series explores ideas fundamental to religion, culture, language, and the fallacy of ‘race’. The “Voice” is my own, full of conviction, ever questioning, developing, and rich with observation and personal experiences connecting me to my culture, my multi-layered ethnicity, my religious experiences, and to all of humanity.
I have been very fortunate to have had the opportunity of living abroad, not as a tourist, but as a visitor/resident, immersed in varying cultures, languages, religious practices and customs, peoples, and physical landscapes. These experiences have had a profound influence on me, and have shaped the way I see, live, communicate, and experience the world.
I am truly thankful and blessed.
Russell M. Hamilton
"Im-Migrant" Series 2018 - Present
The “Im-migration” Series explores my thoughts, ideas, and experiences with traveling abroad and being identified as a migrant/visitor/resident. Migration is at the core of human and social development as it has impacted the communities and social structure of both native peoples, and those who have ‘arrived’, either by their own will or brought against their will.
As a traveler and resident in many countries around the world, I have experienced being the ‘other’ while abroad, a feeling I also have while here in my home/birth country. We are all connected to the history of migration as our people, and we ourselves, look for new possibilities. The work was shipped to a solo show in Yogyakarta Indonesia, it was confiscated by the Customs Department, and detained, an ironic twist to work that dealt with Im/migration. I am continuing this tract of work currently.
The Village Square:
The Poetics of Community 2018
