About the artist

Jason Hamilton (b. 1988) is an Australian visual artist who grew up in rural Victoria, on Yorta Yorta & Wemba Wemba country (Shepparton & Swan Hill). Jason received a BA Design (Communication Design) from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (2009).

His work often explores identity, growing up with Italian-Australian heritage, the Australian landscape and colloquial iconography and design. Hamilton uses photography, sculpture and installation to examine his surroundings, often adopting the position of artist as archivist, his practice documents everyday experiences. 

Jason is the co-founder of Hillvale Photo, an independent photo lab based in Brunswick, Melbourne, since 2013.

He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia, on the unceded lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

Solo exhibitions

2020 
Living the Dream, livestream
Online via YouTube, Melbourne VIC

Living the Dream, postponed exhibition due to COVID-19 (date TBC)
Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC

Select collaborative, group exhibitions, awards

2020 
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2020, finalist
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill NSW 

Papier-mâché, group exhibition
Missing Persons, Melbourne VIC 

2018 
Keep The Fire Burning, group exhibition
Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC 

2017
Flat Film Archive, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson
Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC 

Cubes, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson
Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC 

2016 
The Hillvale Stitch-Up Machine, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson
Independent Photography Festival, The Good Copy, Melbourne VIC 

2014 
We Saw It Before You, group exhibition
Tinning Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC 

2013 
Launch, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson, group exhibition
Hillvale Photo, Melbourne VIC