Leonora Hamill

Leonora Hamill

About

Born in Paris in 1978, Leonora Hamill is an artist based in New York and London who operates between film, video, photography and collage. A graduate of the Royal College of Art (London) and of the International Center of Photography (New York) Hamill previously trained as an art historian at the Courtauld Institute (London) and at the University of Oxford (Oxford). In 2012, Leonora Hamill won the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie for her series Art in Progress which focuses on studios in art schools around the world; she also published her first monograph with Actes Sud. Her recent exhibitions include St Eustache Church in Paris (2015); the American Academy in Rome (2014); the Musée Géo-Charles in Grenoble and Somerset House in London (2013).

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Nata a Parigi nel 1978, Leonora Hamill è un’artista che vive tra New York e Londra e che ha improntato la sua ricerca sulla fotografia, sul video e il collage. Dopo aver seguito una formazione da storica dell’arte al Courtauld Institute di Londra e all’Università di Oxford, Hamill ha conseguito un diploma al Royal College of Arts di Londra e all’Internetional Center of Photography di New York. Nel 2012 le è stato assegnato il Premio HSBC per la fotografia, relativamente alla serie Art in progress, che riprende diversi studi di varie accademie di belle arti sparse per il mondo. Inoltre ha pubblicato una sua prima monografia con Actes Sud.  Tra le sue ultime mostre si possono menzionare St Eustache Church a Parigi (2015); the Academy a Roma (2014); il Museo Géo-Charles a Grenoble e Somerset House a Londra (2013). 

 

Selected exhibitions


Solo show
2015 | Parcours Saint Germain, Leonora Hamill / Etro – La Poèsie de la Matière, Paris
2014 | Furtherance, St Eustache Church, Paris
2013 | Art in Progress, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London
2012 | Art in Progress, Podbielski Contemporary, Berlin


Group show
2019 | ArteFiera, Podbielski ContemporaryBologna
2016 | Dans l’atelier, l’artiste photographié d’Ingres à Jeff Koons, Petit Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris
2016 | Fotofest Biennial Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Houston
2013 | Landmark: Fields of Photography, Somerset House, London

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Selected works