Areas of Expertise
Contemporary Installation Art
Email: maryoham@brandeis.edu
Current Project
Proceeding from documentary video installation projects completed in Beijing, Vietnam, and Boston, Hamill is now preparing a multimedia work in conjunction with Ruth Lomon, composer.
Biography
Mary Oestereicher Hamill is known for her award-winning interactive exhibition “regardisregard” based on collaboration with the homeless and shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Sanders Theater, Harvard. Her documentary mixed-media piece “regardregard: project china, chinatown” was developed in Beijing and presented at the Danforth Museum of Art and the Boston Cyberarts Festival. Her art has been shown at the Rose Art Museum, the Carpenter Center, the Massachusetts State House, North American Sculpture Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Tufts University, Emory University, Stanford University, Longy School of Music, as well as in India, Uruguay, and Vietnam. Hamill, the mother of two adult sons, turned to art as a step beyond her career in educational reform, work that led to two national awards and to a set of US legislation. She served as Senior Research Scientist in the New York Mental Health system, tenured Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Brooklyn College, and Associate Professor of Psychology and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Babson College. Hamill earned a Diploma from the Museum School and received the Traveling Scholar award. She has held artist residencies at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and at Djerassi in California.
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University
M.Phil., University of Sussex, England
B.A., University of Michigan
Representative Publications
Exhibitions
Hamill, Mary O. “regardregard: project china/chinatown,” multimedia installation, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, March-May, 2009.
Hamill, Mary O. “Proportional Representation,” installation, Brandeis University, April-September, 2009.
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