Hiroyuki Hamada (b. 1968, Tokyo) has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe and is represented by Bookstein Projects. He has been awarded various residencies including those at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Edward F. Albee Foundation/William Flanagan Memorial Creative Person’s Center, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the MacDowell Colony. Hamada’s work has been featured in various publications, including Stokstad and Cothren’s widely used art history text book Art: A Brief History (Pearseon). In 1998 he was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant; he was a two time recipient of New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (2009 and 2017), and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018. Hamada lives and works in East Hampton, New York.
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Parrish Art Museum Road Show 2023, South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, Bridgehampton, NY
lucent, a touring exhibition curated by David Quinn, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
2022
Hiroyuki Hamada, Gana Art Bogwang, Seoul, South Korea
Forsaken Forgotten Found, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
Hiroyuki Hamada New Work, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
17th Annual Thanksgiving Collective: Arrival, Tripoli Gallery, Wainscott, NY
2021
if still ourselves, a thing to become, Baik + Khneysser at The Little City Farm, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Hiroyuki Hamada: Recent Works, Bookstein Projects, New York, NY Hiroyuki Hamada: Recent Works, ‘T’ Space, Rhinebeck, NY
2019
Hiroyuki Hamada: Paintings, The Arts Center at Duck Creek, East Hampton, NY
2018
Hiroyuki Hamada: Sculptures and Prints, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2017
Recollections: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
Laid, Placed, and Arranged, University of Maryland Art Gallery, MD
Hiroyuki Hamada Chuck Manion Mason Saltarelli, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
2015
Hiroyuki Hamada: Paintings, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
2014
“Off the Block: An Exhibition of Work by NYFA fellows”, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
2013
Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, New York
2011
Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, New York
artMRKT hamptons, Aureus Contemporary, Bridgehampton, New York
Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island
2010
Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, New York
Scope Miami, Aureus Contemporary, Miami, Florida
cutlog, Aureus Contemporary, Paris, France
art sites llc, Riverhead, NY
Scope Basel, Aureus Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland
Art Chicago, Aureus Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2009
FAWC Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
2008
The List Gallery, Swarthmore, PA
2007
Hiroyuki Hamada: A Decade of Work, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
Randall Scott Gallery, Washington DC
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2006
Plane Space, New York, New York
2005
Flying Space Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
2004
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2003
In Summation: Inaugural Season Artists, Plane Space, New York, New York
Plane Space, New York, New York
2001
Benefit Exhibition and Auction (for Skowhegan), Knoedler and Company, New York, New York
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
34th Springs Invitational Exhibition, Ashawagh Hall, Springs, New York
Featured Artists’ Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2000
Featured Artists’ Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
33rd Springs Invitational Exhibition, Ashawagh Hall, Springs, New York
25th Anniversary Exhibition, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York
1999
Featured Artists’ Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1998
17th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey (traveled around the metro area)
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Featured Artists’ Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1997
Featured Artists’ Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Cloning (group exhibition), DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1996
The Design Center (group exhibition), Boston, Massachusetts
New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Featured Artists’ Exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts [Juried by Judith Tannnenbaum, Assistant Director and Chief Curator, University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art] (honorable mention)
1995
Multi-Perspectives III (National Juried Exhibition), An Art Place, Inc. Gallery Chicago, Illinois [Juried by Ray Yoshida, Professor of Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago]
13 Annual Juried Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, New York [Juried by Charlotte Kotik, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum of Art]
Art MD ’95, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland Juried by Phyllis Rosenzweig, Associate Curator, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute]
Annual Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia. [Juried by David Ross, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art] (honorable mention)
Selected Bibliography
Morgan, Robert C., “Hiroyuki Hamada at Lori Bookstein Fine Art,” Asian Art News, January/February, 2014, Vol. 24, No. 1, p. 81.
Stuart, Michelle, Encaustic Works: Nuance, New York: R&F Handmade Paints, Inc., 2014.
Plagens, Peter, “Lyrical Forms, Social Commentary and Handiwork,” Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2013, A20.
Topfer, Pouline. “Infinite Meanings.” January Biannual, Issue 3, 2013. p. 110-117.
Manco, Tristan, Raw + Material = Art, Thames & Hudson, 2012
Miller, Brian. “Hiroyuki Hamada/Christopher Saunders at Roger Williams.” Whitehot Magazine, April, 2011.
ART A Brief History Fourth Edition, Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009
Dawson, Jessica. “Just a Tinge of the Color School.”, Washington Post, July 7, 2007
Smith, Nick. “Multimedia abstractions prove a challenge at the Halsey.” Charleston City Paper, May 16, 2007
Hiroyuki Hamada, Pierre Menard Gallery: 2007
McQuaid, Cate. “Art and Reviews: Victor Burgin’s ‘The Little House’ is haunting video at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts”. The Boston Globe, March 31, 2007
Baker, R.C. “Voice Choices: Art.” The Village Voice, January 18-24, 2006 (Vol. LI, No. 3): 73.
Ernst, Eric. “Art Invitational’s Strength.” East Hampton Star, August 9, 2001.
Elsayed, Dahlia. “Nature’s Wild Card.” Provincetown Arts, Summer 2000.
Katz, Carissa. “Hiroyuki Hamada.” East Hampton Star, March 9, 2000.
Awards/Residencies
2018
Guggenheim Fellowship
2017
New York Foundation for the Arts grant
2009
New York Foundation for the Arts grant
2007
Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant
2003
Edward F. Albee Foundation/William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center, Montauk, Long Island (residency)
2000
Emergency Artist Trust Award, Provincetown Community Compact, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1998
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, New York
Edward F. Albee Foundation/William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center, Montauk, Long Island (residency)
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine (Skowhegan fellowship)
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire (The Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship)
1997
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Brior, Virginia (fellowship towards residency)
1996
Visual Artist-in-Residence Program at Studios Midwest, Galesburg, Illinois
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1995-1996
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Provincetown, Massachusetts (Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Fellowship)