Ruth Hamill paints in oils, sometimes traditionally and sometimes in a non-traditional way.  Her paintings have been chosen for group exhibition in New York City (at Chelsea district’s Hun Gallery and at the NAWA Gallery on Fifth Avenue), in Cambridge, Mass., by the chief curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston, (for University Place Gallery exhibit), at the Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ, the Attleboro Arts Museum and at several other galleries around Boston, and as far away as Vancouver, Wash.  In late 2008, she was inducted into the National Association of Women Artists at a ceremony at the Metropolitian Museum of Art in New York City, and she is a member of the Cambridge Art Association, the New Hampshire Art Association, and Salem Arts Association.  She has completed residencies at the Tin Shop in Breckenridge, Colorado, and the Vermont Studio Center, for which she received a VSC Artist Grant.  Her work was selected for and published in Art Buzz, the 2009 Collection, and was voted People's Choice Award winner at the 2009 Crane Estate Art Show and Sale.

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Exhibitions/2009 65th Annual Fall Salon
Kathryn Schultz Gallery, RED Exhibit, Cambridge, Mass., juried by Rose Art Museum Director Emeritus Carl Belz (juried); also 65th Annual Fall Salon of the Cambridge Art Association

Crane Estate 2009 Art Show and Sale, Ipswich, MA (juried); Hamill received the only award given to an artist at this show of well-known and emerging regional artists.  More than 700 art enthusiasts voted for their favorite and Hamill's painting Essex River received the most votes.

Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Abstraction Now, Garden City, NJ, juried by chief curator of Nassau County Museum of Art (international, juried)

N.A.W.A. Gallery, 120th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY

2009 Annual New England Regional Exhibit, Hooper Gallery of Marblehead (Mass.) Art Association (juried) and The Green Show

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Small Works 2009, Portsmouth, NH

Peabody Historic Society & Museum, Historic Interpretation, Peabody, Mass.

Art in the Barn 2009, Essex, Mass (juried)

Large Works Exhibition, Salem Arts Association, Salem, Mass. (juried)

Exhibitions/2008
Hun Gallery, New York, NY, and Gallery Ho, Seoul, Korea, The Circular Exhibit (international, juried)

N.A.W.A. Gallery, New York, NY, New Members’ Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists (national, juried membership)

University Place Gallery, North East Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Mass., juried by Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, chief curator (juried); also 64th Annual Fall Salon

Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ, juried by curator of the Jersey City Museum (international, juried)

Attleboro Arts Museum, 85th Anniversary Exhibit, Mass. (national, juried)

Nave Gallery, The Secret Kowledge of Water, Somerville, Mass., (juried)

Crane Estate 2008 Art Show and Sale, Ipswich, Mass., (juried)

Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Wash, Naked (national, juried)

Salem Arts Association Gallery, Selections, Mass. (invited)

 

Artworks Main Gallery, Art Exposed: From Concept to Completion, New Bedford, Mass. (national, juried)

Professional Affiliations
Artist Memberships: 
National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Mass.
New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
Salem Arts Association, Salem, Mass.

Residencies:
Vermont Studio Center, January 2009, awarded VSC Artist Grant
Breckenridge, Colo., Tin Shop Residency, June 2009

About the Art:

Price list available upon request.  Send request to info@hamillpaintings.com or call 978-526-4441.  Paintings can be shipped anywhere.

Contact:

To see the very latest work: email ruth@hamillpaintings.com