Bridget Yvonne Hamel
B. 2000
Richmond, Virginia
Education
2023
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Sculpture & Extended Media and Art History, Cum Laude
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
2023
Artist in residence
Yale Norfolk School of Art
Norfolk, Connecticut
Selected Solo* & Two Person Exhibitions
2024
"No Content," Rumpus Room
St. Louis, MO*
2024
"In this instant, before the next," Material Room
Richmond, Virginia
2023
"Today Versus Yesterday," Light Harvesting Complex
Vantaa, Finland*
2019
"Arrangement," The Anderson Gallery
Richmond, Virginia*
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
"Pond Theory," Yale Norfolk School of Art
Norfolk, Connecticut
2022
"Quarry," Dovetail
London, United Kingdom
"Eolith," Récollet Mill Site
Montreal, Canada
2021
"Secret Spore," The Garden
Chicago, IL
Awards
2023
Community Art Project Program Grant
Yale Norfolk School of Art
Norfolk, Connecticut
2021-2022
Undergraduate Fellowship
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia
2018
Janet L. DePaul Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship
Junior Women’s Club of Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia
Selected Publications
2024
CODE Magazine, featured artist
2023
"Alternative Ways to be a Part of a Fountain"
Published by Luiza Dale
2023
LVL3 Gallery, artist of the week feature
⤷read here
2021
Odious Rot, "Weapons and Self Protection," featured artist
B. 2000
Richmond, Virginia
Education
2023
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Sculpture & Extended Media and Art History, Cum Laude
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
2023
Artist in residence
Yale Norfolk School of Art
Norfolk, Connecticut
Selected Solo* & Two Person Exhibitions
2024
"No Content," Rumpus Room
St. Louis, MO*
2024
"In this instant, before the next," Material Room
Richmond, Virginia
2023
"Today Versus Yesterday," Light Harvesting Complex
Vantaa, Finland*
2019
"Arrangement," The Anderson Gallery
Richmond, Virginia*
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
"Pond Theory," Yale Norfolk School of Art
Norfolk, Connecticut
2022
"Quarry," Dovetail
London, United Kingdom
"Eolith," Récollet Mill Site
Montreal, Canada
2021
"Secret Spore," The Garden
Chicago, IL
Awards
2023
Community Art Project Program Grant
Yale Norfolk School of Art
Norfolk, Connecticut
2021-2022
Undergraduate Fellowship
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia
2018
Janet L. DePaul Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship
Junior Women’s Club of Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia
Selected Publications
2024
CODE Magazine, featured artist
2023
"Alternative Ways to be a Part of a Fountain"
Published by Luiza Dale
2023
LVL3 Gallery, artist of the week feature
⤷read here
2021
Odious Rot, "Weapons and Self Protection," featured artist
Bridget Hamel (b. 2000, Virginia) is a multimedia artist primarily working in
drawing and sculpture. Her artistic exploration concerns itself with the impact
of emotions on human behavior, motivation, and decision making. Through works on
paper and wax, Hamel intuitively captures transient moments, portraying materials
on the verge of melting or being swept away. Her drawings imagine ambiguous
atmospheres where phantom images simultaneously dissolve and emerge.
Miniature-scaled traces of action and reaction accumulate in her sculptural
installations, forming small worlds restless with delicate potentiality. Notably,
she is a recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship
and recently participated in the 2023 Yale Norfolk School of Art summer residency
program. She earned her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University
School of the Arts in 2023.
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