Kara Hamilton (b. 1967, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) works in a variety of mediums: sculpture, drawing in two and three dimensions, and jewelry. She explores the agency of material using mostly found or discarded matter. With a background in visual art, design, and architecture, Hamilton’s works live at the intersection of these disciplines, decontextualizing materials and forms in order to create new narratives.
Hamilton has exhibited nationally and internationally at spaces such as TOPS Gallery, Memphis; Salon 94, New York; Art Gallery of Ontario; Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg; EFA Project Space, New York; Tate Liverpool, Liverpool; Aspen Museum, Aspen; Kunstverein Amsterdam, Amsterdam; Taut and Tame, Berlin; and the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. She is the 2025 L.L. Odette Sculptor in Residence at York University (Toronto). Hamilton is also the co-director of Kunstverein Toronto. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Kara Hamilton
Live Wire, Tender Stakes
Live Wire, Tender Stakes, 2024
Kara Hamilton
descendant
descendant, 2019
Wood concrete, wire, tie
Kara Hamilton
utterance 2
utterance 2, 2019
concrete, trumpets, trombone, LED
Kara Hamilton
utterance 1
utterance 1, 2019
concrete, french horn, trumpets, plastic tube, LED
Kara Hamilton
Nothing is Wild
Nothing is Wild, 2019
Wood pallet, broken brass instruments, textiles
Kara Hamilton
Water in two colours
Water in two colours, 2018 - 2019
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Kara Hamilton
Curtain Wall
Curtain Wall, 2017
Tyndall stone
Kara Hamilton
Gift. Provenance: Unknown
Gift. Provenance: Unknown, 2011
Installation at Salon 94, New York City, New York
Kara Hamilton
Someone Special
Someone Special, 2012
14K gold
Dimensions variable
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