Bethan Hamilton
b. 1987
Visual Artist who specializes in drawing, illustration and printmaking.
Bethan is originally from Greater Manchester and now lives and works in Sussex.
Education
2009 MA Fine Art: Drawing, University of the Arts London (UK)
2008 BA (Hons) Visual Arts, University of Salford (UK)
2005 BTEC ND Fine Art, Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale (UK)
Residencies
2014 Print Studio Residency, The Bluecoat, Liverpool (UK)
2012 Sketch-O-Matic Micro Residency, Cornerhouse, Manchester (UK)
2011 AA2A, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
2011 Sketch-O-Matic Micro Residency, Cornerhouse, Manchester (UK)
Grants & Crowdfunded Projects
2024 Monochromatica Tarot Anniversary Edition, Kickstarter Project (pending)
2022 Anatomize Oracle, Kickstarter Project (205% Funded)
2020 Monochromatica Tarot, Kickstarter Project (111% Funded)
2017 Iaspis International Cooperative Projects Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (SE)
2017 Project Support Grant, Stockholms Stad (SE)
Prizes & Awards
2014 Miniprint Finland (shortlisted), Hyvinkää Art Museum (FI)
2012 Pushing Print Prize (shortlisted), Pie Factory, Margate (UK)
2012 neo:printprize (shortlisted), neo:gallery22, Greater Manchester (UK)
2012 neo:artprize (shortlisted), neo:gallery22, Greater Manchester (UK)
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Bethan Hamilton: Experiments in Etching, Studio 44, Stockholm (SE)
2014 Bethan Hamilton Artist in Residence, The Bluecoat, Liverpool (UK)
2011 Coleoptera, The Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton & Hove (UK)
2007 Carnival, University of Salford (UK)
Curated Group Exhibitions
2014 In Time, Over Time, neo:gallery22, Greater Manchester (UK)
2012 NONE, Free For Arts Festival 2012, Manchester (UK)
Group Exhibitions
2024 Summer, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield (UK)
2024 SFSA Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London (UK)
2024 New Beginnings, Badger in the Wall Gallery, Clapham (UK)
2024 Metamorphosis: Exploring Transformation Through Art, Cista Arts, London (UK)
2024 Salt and Stars, Artful Dodger Productions, J/M Gallery, London (UK)
2023 Do you hear us…are you listening? Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
2023 We Are The Witches, The House of Smalls, Chipping Campden (UK)
2023 TEES, Rogue Artists’ Studios, Manchester (UK)
2023 Studio 44 Jubileum, Studio 44, Stockholm (SE)
2023 Secret Postcard Show 2023, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford (UK)
2023 Useful Drawings, Open Eye Gallery, London (UK)
2023 Procreate Project Archive, Ovada, Oxford (UK)
2022 Secret Postcard Show 2022, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford (UK)
2022 60 Drawings + 10, The Whitaker, Rawtenstall (UK)
2020 Portrait, AIR Gallery, Altrincham (UK)
2018 Corduroy Part 2, neo:gallery, Greater Manchester (UK)
2017 Corduroy Part 1 - Are we in progress?, Studio 44 / ABF Huset, Stockholm (SE)
2017 Cucumbers & Lube, Studio 44, Stockholm (SE)
2017 This is Hardcore, PAPER Gallery, Manchester (UK)
2016 Spektakel, Studio 44, Stockholm (SE)
2015 ProCreate Project, Women's Art Library, London (UK)
2015 20:20 Print Exchange 2014, Hot Bed Press, Touring Exhibition (UK)
2015 A Rational Reaction, Dysfunction, Strathaven (UK)
2014 WCA Reunion, Galeria-Atelier Metamorfose, Porto (PT)
2014 Snow in Summer, Gotham Studios, Perth (AUS)
2014 20:20 Print Exchange 2013, Hot Bed Press, Touring Exhibition (UK)
2014 PAPER #12: Party Favours, PAPER Gallery, Manchester (UK)
2013 neo:presents, neo:gallery22, Greater Manchester (UK)
2013 PAPER#10: End of the Line, PAPER Gallery, Manchester (UK)
2013 Through, neo:gallery22, Greater Manchester (UK)
2012 PAPER#3, PAPER Gallery, Manchester (UK)
2012 Future Perfect, neo:gallery22, Bolton (UK)
2012 Access All Areas, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
2012 PAPER Gallery Launch, PAPER Gallery, Manchester (UK)
2012 60 Drawings, Bankley Gallery, Manchester (UK)
2012 self:destruct, Broadstone Mill, Stockport (UK)
2011 Manchester Artists Bonfire, Islington Mill, Salford (UK)
2011 Little Benefits, Cultivate Vyner Street, London (UK)
2010 Blue Tigers, Wymer Street, Norwich (UK)
2009 Young Talent 2009, Broadstone Mill, Stockport (UK)
2009 Wimbledon MA Show 2009, London (UK)
2009 Intersections, The Nunnery, London (UK)
2008 Charmeuse: Ladyfest 2008, Zion Arts Centre, Manchester (UK)
2008 Visual Arts Degree Show 2008, University of Salford (UK)
2007 Hopwood Hall Alumni 2005, Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale (UK)
2007 The Devil Made Me Do It, Bankley Gallery, Manchester (UK)
Art For Charity
2022 Anatomize Oracle World Land Trust ‘Plant a Tree’ Donation [Online]
2020 Charity Art Raffle for the NHS [Online]
2019 Greenpeace Charity Art Raffle [Online]
2018 WAR Child Charity Art Raffle [Online]
2015 #twitterartexhibit Home-Start Moss, Moss Library, Moss (NO)
Art Fairs
2017 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm (SE)
2017 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London (UK)
2016 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm (SE)
2015 Sluice_2015, OXO Tower Wharf, London (UK)
2015 Art Copenhagen, Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen (DK)
2015 Kölner Liste, Cologne (DE)
2014 Exchange Rates, Sluice Art Fair, New York (US)
2014 The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester (UK)
2014 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm (SE)
2013 The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester (UK)
2012 The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester (UK)
2010 Art Junky, Phoenix Brighton, Brighton & Hove (UK)
2009 Art Junky, Phoenix Brighton, Brighton & Hove (UK)
Publications & Archives
Watkinson, L. 2023, Noir, SU4IP Artist Books, Self Published, UK.
Brantås, J. 2023, Studio44 2003 - 2021, Self Published, SE.
Bethan Hamilton Procreate Project Archive [Online]
VanZeipel, V. 2021, Weigh Anchor Tarot Spread Book, Self Published, US.
Bradbury, N. 2020, “What does the future hold? Revisiting the Tarot deck in contemporary art” The Fourdrinier [Online]
“Bethan Hamilton: Five artworks that have shaped my practice” The Fourdrinier, 2020 [Online]
Kingston, S. 2018, “Salford Neo Artist Exhibits at Top Swedish Exchange Show in Bolton” Salford Star [Online]
"In Conversation: Bethan Hamilton" We Are OCA, 2016 [Online]
Art Copenhagen 2015 Catalogue
"Bethan Hamilton" Wall Street International Magazine, 2014 [Online]
neo:printprize 2012 Catalogue
neo:artprize 2012 Catalogue