ALEX HAMILTON
CV
Selected solo exhibitions
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2021 Still (a Pop) Life, Gallery in my Garage, Napier
2021 Joggie, Last year a DJ saved my life, The Gallery at Glen Carlou
2020 Reboot
2020 Memento Memes, Prince Albert Gallery
2020 List Lust 2: 80’s Guilty Pleasures
2020 List Lust 1: Movies
2020 Last Dance
2019 Not a Flying Duck
2019 Love Death and Taxes
2018 Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018 Material Muse
2018 Asylum
2017 Angel Killer Cash or Queen, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Viva Punk Diva, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Material Muse, Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2016 A Debris of Divas – Boerebarok, Innibos Arts Festival, Nelspruit
2015 A Debris of Divas – Marie Antoinette and the recycling of a revolution
2014 A Debris of Divas – Brenda Fassie, Alex Hamilton Gallery, Prins A`lbert
2014 A Debris of Divas – Little Edie Beale, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Woodstock
2013 Home is where your art is, 2 Dank Street, Sydney, Australia
2013 Amper Almal, ABSA Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees
2012 Hello Piketberg, The Art Business, Piketberg
2012 Topless in da Hood, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2012 Prince Albert, Karoo Collection, Prins Albert
2011 Year of the Bunny, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2011 Both side of the Track, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2010 Roadtrip, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna
2010 Roadtrip, Zietsies Johannesburg,
2010 Collected Celebrity, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna
2009 CAST & CREW, Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
2009 AFROTIZE, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2008 CAST & CREW, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2008 Trinkets and Trash, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2007 Flight School, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa
2007 You are what you hear, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2007 Everybody Angel Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2006 The Princess and the Pea, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
2006 How the fairies baked a cake, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
2005 Aquaplane, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
2005 Rebels Saints and Divas Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
2005 How to do the Hamilton Hush-Hush, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa
2004 Silhouette of a Song, Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2003 Play Room/Pray Room, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa
Kerry work, Bond Restaurant, Dublin, Ireland
Paperdoll-part II, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
2002 Paperdoll, Articles and Frames Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
Girl annual (duo) Millennium Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mandalas @ Azara, Azara Restaurant, Cape Town, South Africa
2001 Soulsearch (duo) Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Eat drink love think, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
“Colores de mi tierra” Casa de Arte, Mallorca, Spain
Worth of the sky-colour of my land, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Worn world, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2000 Kitsch Sin Art, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Work on paper (duo) Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1999 Fruitwraps, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Chilliestrip, Dino Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
1998 Fever, Houtbay Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Double reality, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1997 In pursuit of fruit, The Dinner club, Cape Town, South Africa
Solo exhibition: Sanlam art gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1996 Eat Art, The Dinner club, Cape Town, South Africa
Selected Group exhibitions
2021 Peculiar, Cape Pallette Gallery, George
2021 Valentines exhibition, HAAS, Cape Town
2017 Spiritual Grunge, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Dawn breaths gold, Clemengold Charity Exhibition. Upstairs at Bamboo, Johannesburg
2017 Cruel Cruel Summer, The Gallery at Glen Carlou, Klapmuts
2017 Angel Tears, Grande Provance
2017 20 Years, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna
2017 Colour, Imibala Gallery, Somerset West
2017 Turbine Art Fair, with Julie Miller Gallery
2017 The Modern Minitures exhibition, Art on Target, Grahamstown Arts Festival
2017 Buzzed, Almenkerk Art Estate, Elgin
2016 Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust, Stellenbosch
2015 A Debris of Divas: Frida Kahlo, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2015 Fynart Arts Festival, Hermanus
2015 Die Burger 100 Jaar, Suidoosterfees
2015 Portreteer, Oude Libertas Gallery, Stellenbosch
2013 Mash-up: Type, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2012 Mash-up: 8-Bit, Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Cape Town
2012 Mash-Up, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2012 Flesh, The Art Business, Piketberg
2011 Collaborate, Participate, Celebrate, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2011 Both Sides of the track, Alex Hamilton Studio, Cape Town
2007 Opening Exhibition, GAIA Gallery, Whales
2007 Opening Exhibition, David Brown Fine Art, Johannesburg, South Africa
2006 Group exhibition, Gallery 34 Long, Cape Town, South Africa
2006 Group exhibition, What if the World Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2003 Opening exhibition, Envision Gallery, Toas, USA
2003 Signed 2003, Old Arts Gallery. Pretoria, South Africa
2002 Group Exhibition, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa
2002 Group exhibition, Dutch Art, Delft, Holland
2001 A 4000 - A 8000, Knysna Fine Art, Knysna, South Africa
The fine line between here and there, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2000 Blaze - exhibition heat, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, Big Bang, - The theory of art, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1999 Angels blue, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1998 A colourful explosion, Houtbay Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1998 Hot Chillies, Naked Man, Boom Chiki Boom, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The holy banana and other relics, Bang the Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Group exhibitions: Frederich Nauman Foundation, Lauenburg, Germany
Group exhibitions: general consulate of South Africa, Hamburg, Germany
Curating
2020 Wild Wild Life. The Gallery at Glen Carlou
2019 Curator of Cruel Cruel Summer, The Gallery at Glen Carlou
2018 Visual arts coordinator for Woordfees Visual Art Program
2017 Visual arts coordinator for Woordfees Visual Art Program
2017 Curator of “Dawn breaths gold” Clemengold Charity Exhibition. Upstairs at Bamboo, Johannesburg
2017 Curator of Buzzted, Almenkerk Art Estate, Elgin
2016 Visual arts coordinator for Woordfees Visual Art Program
2016 The Promise of now, The Gallery at Glen Carlou
2015 Curator of “Jou daaglikse dosis” – Group exhibiton, Aardklop, Potchefstroom
2015 Curator of “Opskiet by die museum” Woordfees, Stellenbosch
2015 Curator of Alfabeter group exhibition, Woordfees, Stellenbosch
2014 Curated Flippen Vlambaar - Group exhibition, Prince Albert Art Festival
2012 Opened Alex Hamilton Gallery, Prince Albert
2011 Opened Alex Hamilton Studio Gallery, Woodstock
2000 Hewlett Packard - A celebration of art and technology, curated and participated in this exhibition for Hewlett Packard, Johannesburg, South Africa
1997 Opened BANG the Gallery, Cape Town
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Projects and Workshops
2007-2009 Contributing illustrator to GQ Magazine
2007 Contributing illustrator to WANTED Magazine
2005-2007 Contributing illustrator to GQ Magazine
2003 Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, selected to spend 4 weeks at this exclusive artist retreat in Co. Kerry, Ireland
1999 Artswitch Artist Exchange Workshop, attended this two week workshop and exhibited at the Freidrich Naumann Foundation, Lauenburg, Germany
1997 Founded Bang the Gallery, taking position as curator and director.
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Awards and Nominations
2017 Winner for Kyknet Fiesta Award – Best Achievement in Visual Art for curating the Woordfees Visual Art Program
2016 Nominated for Kyknet Fiesta Award – Best Achievement in Visual Art for “Opskiet by die Museum” [Woodfees] and “Jou daaglikse dosis” [Aardklop]
2015 Nominated for Woord Trofee for Alfabeter group exhibition [Woordfees]
2013 Finalist in International Stencil Art Prize Competition
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Corporate Collections
Coronation
Mettle Group Limited
Oasis Group Holdings
Finsource
MWeb
German Language Centre