Artist

Robert Hamilton

Robert Hamilton is an artist and Media Arts Professor at McMaster University, based in Hamilton, Canada. His work encompasses video, photography, and animation, and it has been featured in numerous international festivals, galleries, and museums since 1986. Notable exhibitions include the Maison des Arts de Laval in Canada, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Castello, Spain, and Transmediale in Berlin. His video work has received awards such as the German Video Art Prize and the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago Film Festival, and it is part of the collection at the National Gallery of Canada. He holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and a second MFA from the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, The Netherlands. His work explores themes of identity, community, and the changing urban environment, often reflecting on societal events and contemporary issues.

Artist Code: 066

Videography

“末永くお幸せにね” - Be Happy Forever (okay?)

2024, 08:15 minutes, colour, Japanese

Location, Location, Location

2023, 03:39 minutes, colour, Silent

Pandemia

2021, 04:12 minutes, colour, No Language

It Took Forever to Fall Asleep

2021, 104:13 minutes, B & W, no language

Glen and Longwood

2020, 01:06 minutes, colour, no language

The Five Finger Splash

2019, 08:47 minutes, colour, No Dialogue

The Unconscious Agent

2017, 03:24 minutes, colour, English

Winona

2008, 05:45 minutes, colour, English

Shopping Street

2004, 01:58 minutes, colour, N/A

Wall of Nails

2004, 01:59 minutes, colour, english

Fiets (Bicycles)

2004, 03:28 minutes, colour, B & W

The Race

2004, 01:56 minutes, colour, english

Times Square

2002, 02:45 minutes, colour

Museum Mile

2002, 04:30 minutes, colour

Demolition Derby

2000, 03:50 minutes, colour, english/dutch

Velserbroek

2000, 03:50 minutes, colour, english/dutch

Fluid Planet

1996, 02:50 minutes, colour

Frozen Monkeys

1996, 13:30 minutes, colour, English

The Skin of Things

1993, 08:12 minutes, colour, English

The Ill Id and the Odd Sea

1991, 19:00 minutes, Colour/B&W, English

Box

1990, 09:45 minutes, colour

Passer-By

1990, 09:20 minutes, B&W, English

Likely Stories

1990, 15:00 minutes, colour, English

Angels

1990, 18:00 minutes, colour, English

The Man Who Opened the Door to His Apartment

1989, 05:05 minutes, colour, English

Jim's Old House

1989, 09:50 minutes, colour, English

The Correspondence

1988, 08:07 minutes, B&W, none

The Correspondence

1987, 08:02 minutes, B & W, English

Critical Writing

Search and Deploy
by Jacob Korczynski. VTape, Sept. 21, 2007. Toronto: vtape, 2007.
Cut & Paced
by Mary Anne Moser. Fuse, Winter 1989.