Inga Hamilton
PhD Researcher & Maker; Queer Autistic.
Art Jewellery & Inhabitable Sculptures Blending the Spaces Between Species
Next Symposium Appearance
I am arranging and hosting the Artists Normalising Multispecies Belonging Through Interspecies Communication
symposium with the group I run, ARTISTic - Artist Interspecies Communicators, a group of PostGraduate and PostDoctoral Artists.
20th November 2024 15:00 – 22:00 GMT (to be confirmed)
Recipient of a Northern Bridge Consortium Full Doctoral Studentship Award
Recipient of a 2024 Mike Davies Global Design Challenge Award Recipient of multiple Arts Council NI SIAP Awards
Activism.
I'm a socially-engaged artist, using my skills to better the place we live by initiating grass-roots projects.
Sometimes folks just need permission. I try to provide these permissions.
By bringing people together and encouraging them to make the world an artistically-interesting place, good things bloom.
24 artists, 24 months, 24hrs a day
24 artists, 24 months, 24hrs a day
Project 24
I felt the community deserved something that brought them together and a derelict seafront site was perfect.
Everywhere I've lived in the world that was engaging and vibrant had sprung up from the artistic and LGBTQI+ communities regenerating them.
I conceived this project putting artists' studios at the heart of the town, providing locals with creative activities and experiences thus bonding with their artistic residents.
North Down Borough Council supported my proposal and together, we secured £285,000 funding from the Department of Social Development.
And so Project 24 came into existence.
24 artists, over 24 months, with art on view 24hrs a day.
The site is so successful that it is now semi-permanent!
Firsty is a thriving artistic group in northern ireland with over 800 members.
Firsty is a thriving artistic group in northern ireland with over 800 members.
Firsty?
Is a network for poets, artists, designers, musicians and creatives that my husband, Andy Hamilton, and I set up along with artist Lee Boyd. The aim of this egalitarian group
is to connect creatives and make Northern Ireland a destination for the arts. Out of this network, studio groups have grown, localised artistic co-operatives have formed and projects have blossomed.
Artist MyTarpit painting at Bangor Maritime Festival Whitewash livepaint.
Artist MyTarpit painting at Bangor Maritime Festival Whitewash livepaint.
Tackling Racism Through Graffiti
Peace III: Using graffiti as a tool to tackle racism and sectarianism in young people, with graffiti artist, MyTarPit. We ran a 10 day course in graffiti techniques, culminating in a peace wall mural.
Whitewash II: I have brought events such as live sculpting and livepaints to Bangor, connecting local talent with the public. Whitewash is an event by graffiti artist DMC.
Inga Hamilton breaking the world record for crocheting with the World's largest crochet hook, carved by Jimbo.
Inga Hamilton breaking the world record for crocheting with the World's largest crochet hook, carved by Jimbo.
Breaking Records.
Sometimes it takes a bit of silliness to get people into craft. In 2009 I travelled to Twisted, Portland, OR, USA to set the (unofficial) World Record for using the largest crochet hook! The hook was carved by Washington State whittler, Jimbo.
Inga Hamilton's project to use crochet as an aid to helping people with medical recovery in gynecological and eating disorder clinics.
Inga Hamilton's project to use crochet as an aid to helping people with medical recovery in gynecological and eating disorder clinics.
Coral Collective
I created a project gifting crochet packs to hospital outpatients to take their mind off stressful waiting times.
The project was so successful, it was also used in the rehabilitation of people with eating disorders and has been introduced by 9 Primary Care Trusts in the UK.
Let Me Ease Your Day
Let Me Ease Your Day intervention.
Textiles bring comfort. I set up loungerooms in the street, inviting the public in and reconnecting them with textile crafts. They then took the items they'd knitted, sewn or crocheted and gifted them on in random acts of kindness.
2009.
Alternative Village Fete, Southbank, London, UK. Jelly, Town Centre, Reading, UK. & Royal Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK.
A craftivism project encouraging members of the public to make textile pieces, such as cushions to gift on in random acts of kindness to people in need that they see that day.
A craftivism project encouraging members of the public to make textile pieces, such as cushions to gift on in random acts of kindness to people in need that they see that day.
Pom Pom International tour with Amy Lamé.
Pom Pom International tour with Amy Lamé.
Pom Pom International
2008.
Pom Pom International Tour, Northern Ireland.
Pom Poms for Peace.
Working with comedian Amy Lamé, we were four women, a yurt and a box of fibre bringing communities together through fibre interventions.
Inga's activism, jewellery, installations
and inhabitable sculptures have taken her on international
travels to galleries, museums and interventions
in, amongst others,
New York, Chicago, Dublin and London.
For commissions, exhibitions, or if you are interested in representing Inga's work, then please get in touch
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Creating on the island of Ireland, exhibiting worldwide.