Ruth Hamill Bio
Ruth Hamill is a visual artist working with a range of techniques on canvas and on paper. In 2007, Hamill had her first solo exhibition. She has since shown her paintings in eleven solo and two person shows in galleries in Chicago; Charleston, SC; the Boston area; Martha’s Vineyard, MA; Portland, ME; and Southport, CT.
Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Art New England, Artmag of the South, and The Charleston Post and Courier.
Her group exhibitions include the New Jersey Arts Annual, Noyes Museum of Art and Arts Garage in South Jersey; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA; The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ; Copley Society of Art, Boston; Arts Club of Washington, D.C.; National Association of Women Artists, NY; Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ; the Attleboro Arts Museum, MA; Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, NJ, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, among others.
Artist residencies have provided Hamill pivotal support, starting with a VSC Grant for residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2009 and highlighted by the Copley Society of Art Fellowship Award for residency at Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Provincetown, MA, in 2017. She completed The Artist Residency Project at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, in 2023 and previously had residences at The Tin Shop, Breckenridge, CO (2009 and returning in 2010), and Golden Apple Art Residency, Harrington, ME. Her first international residency was Sam Rit Artist Residency in Thailand (2017) and she travelled to Galway, Ireland, for residency at Watershed Studios in 2023.
Ruth Hamill was born and raised in Chicago and Minneapolis and lived and worked in the Boston area for many years. For the past 10 years she has lived and worked near Philadelphia in May’s Landing, New Jersey, splitting time with Golden, Colo. for the past three years.
The Charleston Post and Courier, Hamill's Oceanic Scenes Push Back Boundaries, June 01, 2016
Ruth Hamill CV
b. Chicago, IL, USA; Lives and works in Mays Landing, NJ, and Golden, CO
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, MFA
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Journalism, BA
Solo, Duo, Trio Exhibitions
2020 Gallery 1871, Ruth Hamill: Above Water, Chicago, IL
2019 Mingo Gallery, Ruth Hamill: Water, Beverly, MA
2018 Field Gallery, Ruth Hamill and Tommy May, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2019 Portland Art Gallery, Crosby, Hamill and Simonds, Portland, ME
2018 Portland Art Gallery, WAX, Portland, ME
2017 Gallery 1871, Everything is Fluid, Chicago
2017 Field Gallery, Currents, Jennifer Christy+Ruth Hamill, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2016 Portland Art Gallery, Water’s Edge, Ruth Hamill, Portland, ME
2016 Southport Galleries, Sea + Glass, Southport, CT
2015 Atrium Art Gallery, Waves, Charleston, SC
2015 Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Hamill: Trees of New England, Portsmouth, NH
2014 Gallery 4, Trio: Ruth Hamill, Susan Strarr, Harry Nadler, Tiverton, RI
2007 West End Theatre Gallery, Ruth Hamill: Horizons, Gloucester, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Remarque Print Workshop and Gallery, Into the Void: Boundaries and Margins in Printmaking and Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ASE, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Noyes Museum of Art/Noyes Arts Garage, New Jersey Arts Annual, Hammonton/Atlantic City, NJ
School of Visual Arts (SVA), Ephemeral Vortex, Exhibition of The Artist Residency Project at SVA, virtual
Bone Creek Museum, Farm Island Anthology Exhibit, David City, NE
Remarque Print Workshop and Gallery, Opposing Forces: Energetic Tension in Printmaking and Photography, Santa Fe, NM
The Center for Contemporary Art, 2023 Members’ Juried Exhibition, Bedminster, NJ
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Works on Paper, Loveladies, NJ
2019
Gallery at 4, Welcome Back, Tiverton, RI
2015
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Structures and Remnants: Landscape and the Human Presence, Dennis, MA
Arts Club of Washington, Portraits: Interior and Exterior, Exhibit of the National Association of Women Artists, Washington, DC
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, The Perfect Storm, Gloucester, MA
2014
Copley Society of Art, New Member Exhibit, Boston, MA
2009
Crane Estate, Annual Juried Art Show, Ipswich, MA
Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Abstraction Now 2009, Garden City, NJ
Hooper Gallery, New England Regional Exhibit, Marblehead, MA
Cambridge Art Association Gallery, Red Exhibit 2009, Cambridge, MA
Salmagundi Club,120th Annual Exhibition of National Association of Women Artists, New York
2008
CAA Gallery, Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Of the Sea, Long Branch, NJ
Hun Gallery and Ho Gallery, The Circular Exhibition, New York, NY and Seoul, Korea
Crane Estate Annual Juried Art Show, Ipswich, MA
Attleboro Arts Museum, 85th Anniversary Exhibit, Attleboro, MA
Nave Gallery, The Secrets of Water, Somerville, MA
Sixth Street Gallery, Naked, Vancouver, WA
2007
Crane Estate Annual Juried Art Show, Ipswich, MA
Artist Residencies
2023 The Artist Residency Project of the School of Visual Arts, NYC
2023 Watershed Studios Artist Residency, Galway, Ireland
2017 Fine Arts Work Center, Residency Fellow of Copley Society (Boston), Provincetown, MA
2017 Sam Rit Residency, Province of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
2016 Golden Apple Art Residency, Harrington, ME
2010 Tin Shop Artist in Residence, Breckenridge, CO
2009 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2009 Tin Shop Artist in Residence, Breckenridge, CO
Other
2018 Playwrights Horizons, Perspectives on Playwriting (POP) program, New York, NY
Grants/Awards
2025 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Plastic Club Award, Philadelphia
2024 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Venture Fund Grant, Philadelphia
2023 Bone Creek Museum, Farm Island Anthology Exhibit, Best in Show, David City, NE
2023 Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Works on Paper 2023, Honorable Mention, Loveladies, NJ
2023 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, merit scholarship, MFA, Philadelphia
2017 Copley Society of Art (Boston) Fellowship in support of Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) residency, Provincetown, MA
2016 Golden Apple Art Residency, scholarship award, Harrington, ME
2015 The Perfect Storm Exhibit People’s Choice Award, Gloucester, MA
2009 Vermont Studio Center, VSC Grant, Johnson, VT
2009 Crane Estate Art Show, People’s Choice Award, Ipswich, MA
Press/Publications
2017 Third Coast Review, “Works Inspired by Natural Elements Make for Dynamic Duo Show @ Chicago Art Source Gallery” April 10
2016 The Charleston Post and Courier, “Ruth Hamill Pushes Past All Boundaries with Oceanic Scenes” June 2
2016 The New York Times, Metropolitan, Connecticut Edition, Galleries, image: R Hamill, Break Away, 24x24, encaustic on canvas, May 21
2015 Arts and Antiques Magazine, February 2015
2015 Artscope Magazine, “Copley Society Class of 2015” Jan/Feb 2015
2015 Artmag of the South, “Profile: Ruth Hamill” Winter 2015
2015 Art New England, image: Ruth Hamill, Tide Coming Up Jan/Feb
2015 NS Magazine, image: Ruth Hamill, Sea Change, collection of MLB great Kerry Wood, Fall 2015
2014 International Contemporary Artists, Volume IX
2014 Cape Ann Lifestyle Magazine, “Making Waves: Ruth Hamill’s Paintings Strive to Capture the Emotion of the Natural World” October 2014
2010 Summit Daily News, “Artist Brings Abstract Painting To Breckenridge”, December 10
2009 Manchester Cricket, “Manchester Artist Ruth Hamill Wins Top Award at Crane Estate Show” November 17
2007 Boston Sunday Globe, Globe North, Arts Column, November 11