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“I found it when I stopped looking" is my philosophy. Instead of ignoring my environment in search of something unattainable, I make art in response to my home and the people close to me. It interests me how an image’s meaning changes when associated with another image, a passage of writing or even a physical object. My goal as an artist is to balance soul and skill, to effectively communicate emotions worth disseminating.

“We generally describe our favorite things by virtue of what they are not.” David Clark

education
Master of Fine Arts, New Mexico State University 2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Georgia 2000
University of Georgia Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy 1998
 
academic experience
Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University 2006 - present
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport College 2006
Assistant Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy 2006
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy 2005
 
professional experience
Freelance photographer: Georgia Magazine, No Depression, Hittin’ the Note, Stomp & Stammer, Flagpole Magazine, The Sun, Out Of The Sky Records & Books, etc... 1998 - present
Photographer, New Mexico State University Art Gallery 2004 - 2005
Photographer & Archives Assistant, Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript, Library, University of Georgia 2004
Photographer, University of Georgia Main Library 2000 - 2003
 
permanent public collections
New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM                     2005
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2003
Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Georgia, Athens, GAGreen Street Press, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of GeorgiaNexus Press, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GAGeorgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, GA 2002
 
exhibitions
Mostra: UGA Cortona Studies Abroad Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art 2007
Past & Present, Vanderbilt University, SPE Regional Conference, Faculty Exhibition
2006
Mostra: UGA Cortona Studies Abroad Faculty Exhibition, Cortona Museum, Cortona,Italy
 
Mostra: UGA Cortona Studies Abroad Faculty Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art
 
5th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX  
Mostra: UGA Cortona Studies Abroad Faculty Exhibition, Cortona Museum,Cortona, Italy
2005
The Las Cruces-Chiapas Connection Auction, New Mexico State University
 
Continuum: (MFA Thesis Exhibition), New Mexico State University Art Gallery  
Relative: Photographing Domesticity, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2004
3rd Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibit, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX  
Small Is More, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM 2003
Works on Paper, Mercury Art Works Gallery,
Athens, GA, Curator: Chris Wyrick
2002
SPE Regional Conference, STEP Gallery, University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ, Curator: Liz Allen
 
Recent Works, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, Curator: John Aldridg
 
Telling It Like It Is, Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA, Curator: Donald Keyes
 
Party Out Of Bounds, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, GA, Curator: Sherri Treadwell
 
2nd Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibit, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
 
i found it when i stopped looking, Tate Center Art Gallery, University of Georgia, (solo)
 
Our Show, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA (two person exhibition)
 
Annual Printmaking & Book Arts Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Curator: Rick Johnson  
Athens, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA, Curator: Melissa Link
2001
1st Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, Juror: Trudy Wilner Stack
 
5th Annual LSA Art Exhibit, UGA Main Library, Athens, GA, Curator: Robin Fay
 
11th Annual Mental Health Benefit Exhibition & Auction, The Globe, Athens, GA  
Obscura (BFA Photography Exhibition), UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2000
25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA
Us, Tate Center Art Gallery, Athens, GA, Curator: Marie Cochran
 
Baum Biennial, Baum Gallery, Central Arkansas University, Little Rock, AR
 
2nd Annual Fotosho, Quality Building, Athens, GA, Curators: Justin Davis and Kristine Potter  
1st Annual Fotosho, Quality Building, Athens, GA, Curator: Courtney Wolfgang
1999
9th Annual Mental Health Benefit Exhibition & Auction, The Globe, Athens, GA
 
Annual Printmaking & Book Arts Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Curator: Joseph Sanders  
 
publications
i found it when i stopped looking, Frank Hamrick, Nexus Press, Atlanta, GA 2001


 

contact
fhamrick@latech.edu

personal website
www.frankhamrick.com