Russell M. Hamilton

Research

 

My research is grounded in a sustained exploration of materials and their capacity to embody memory and transformation.  Through my interdisciplinary studio practice, I investigate relationships between objects, structures, materials, and lived experience, allowing the process to shape the questions that emerge as my work develops.

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While my work often begins with cultural and personal stories and observations, I approach making as a process of questioning, allowing a physical dialogue between materials and ideas to guide the work.  As the work evolves, I discover new relationships through the process itself, often revealing questions of memory, migration, exchange, and transformation that were not fully apparent at the outset.

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Currently my materials of choice are various types of textile/fabrics, wood, steel, glass, paint, paper, and found materials, allowing their individual properties to inform the development of each work.

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