We are pleased to feature many of our alumni working in the Arts.
Kate Bickmore '15 is a painter living between London, UK and Rockland, Maine. She went on to receive her MA in Painting in 2019 at the Royal College of Art and is represented by Andrew Reed Gallery in New York City. To learn more about Kate and her work visit www.katebickmore.com.
Ariel Pimentel '16 is an associate member of the Association of Archtiects working as a Senior Designer for Kuschner Studios in NYC. She attended Pratt University after Hamilton and received her Masters of Architecture in 2019.
Laurie Sadove '13 is a design consultant at Parts and Labor Deisgn in New York City and has also worked at Surface Magazine and Culture and Commerce. She received her MFA in 2020 from Pratt Institute.
Sarah Moore '16 is the director at Sears-Peyton Gallery in New York City.
Carrie Rudd '16 is a New York City based painter and received her MFA from Hunter College in 2021. To read the 2023 BOMB magazine interview from her solo exhibiton Polina Berlin Gallery click here.
HIdeko Nara '15 has worked for Christie's in New York City for over five years as their Logisitics Manager, Object Supervisor, and Post Sale Service Coordinator.
Mark Castro '05 is the director of curatorial affairs at the Chryster Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. To read more about his path click here.
Irene Lin '17 is a user experience designer in NYC. She has worked at firms such as Noodle, LAMSA, Mailage, and PBDW Architects.
Ben Critton '06 is and artist, designer, and the co-founder of Marta Gallery in Los Angeles with programming that prioritizes craft, design, and functional design since 2019. Ben received his MFA from Yale School of Art. You can learn more here.
Jefri Schmidt '20 is an digital creative and associate design director at ICNCLST in New York City working on innovative collabortive projects.
Charlotte Simons '16 is an art director at Droga5 in New York City with experience in a range of media for a range of brands such as Chase, Amazon Music and the New York Times.
Holly Bailey '12 is the curator at the handmade marketplace, Culitvations in Plymoth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
Yance Ford '94 is a producer and director. His documentary Strong Island has been nominated for an Oscar. He was the recipient of the Special Jury Award for Storytelling at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, attended MacDowell Colony, and received the Creative Capital Theo Westenberger Award. You can watch Yance's interview on the Expresso Show here.
LIsa Buch '11 is a web developer for Burton Snowboards. She has also been a developer for Showtime Networks and MNET New York Public Media.
Allie Pohl ’07 is a Los Angeles based artist and created the “Ideal Woman” in a variety of media that includes sculpture, video, ceramics, and installations. She has exhibited extensively art fairs such as Art Market San Francisco, SPRING/BREAK, Houston Art Fair, and Scope Miami and at museums such as the Santa Monica Museum of Art, the Orlando Museum of Art, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. You can view her work at www.alliepohl.com
Chiquita Paschal ’10 is a is an interdisciplinary narrative artist and Peabody award-winning audio producer with over a decade of journalism experience across platforms including print, radio, and digital media. She has worked for NPR, Hyperallergic, Buzzfeed, Gimlet, PRX, and WGBH. She launched her own podcast called Spark. The debut episode titled “Rites of Passage” is a reflection of her time at Hamilton.
Michael Bourbeau ’11 is a lead 3D artist at ustwo in New York City. He works on Unity game development. While a Hamilton student he attended the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art in Norfolk, CT. He received his MFA in Computer Art from the School of the Visual Arts. You can view his work at www.mikebourbeau.com
Austin Hawkins '09 is the founder and principal architect at f2a Architecture Ltd in British Columbia. He recieved his Master's in Architecture in 2019 from University of British Columbia. You can read more about his work here.
Michael Scott ’81 is an abstract painter who has shown his work in venues such as Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Sandra Gering Gallery, Minus Space, and extensively thoughout Europe. His work has appeared in Art in America, Artforum, Teme Celeste, BOMB, and Flash Art. He attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and received his MFA from Hunter College. You can view his work at www.fortycircles.com
Jackie Brown ’04 is an associate professor of art and chair of visual arts at Bowdoin College. She is a sculptor and has exhibited at venues such as the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Hillyer Art Space, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and The Delaware Contemporary. She was an artist in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation and the Museum of Art and Design and attended Virginia Commonwealth University for her MFA. You can view her work at www.jackiebrownart.com
Asya Snejnevski '12 is an associate landscape architect at Lee and Associated in the District of Columbia. She received her Master's in Landscape Architecture from University of Washington in 2020.
Erin Shapiro '08 is the new director and CEO of the Plains Art Museum in North Dakota. She has previously held poisitions at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawai’i, and the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia.
Lee Arnold '94 is an professor of art at Drew University. His work explores systems in nature using photography, drawing, video, animation and sound. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, MacDowell Colony, DAAD in Berlin and a Fullbright in London. He received his MFA from Univeristy of Pennsylvania. You can view his work at http://www.leearnold.net
Sean Henry-Smith ’15 is a photographer and writer. Their works have appeared in Apogee Journal, The Offing, FACT, Fanzine, Contact Sheet, and the New York Times. You can view his work at www.seanhenrysmith.com
Allison Rittaco '14 is an appraisal and auction services assistant at Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers in Salem, Massachussetts. She received her MA in Art History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020.
Danielle Lashley '13 is vice president and a product and user reseacher at Fiserv in Philadelphia and leads a product team for concept exploration and operational readiness aheaad of tech deployments. She received her Master's in Integrated Product Design from the Univeristy of Pennsylania.
Antonia Villa '12 Is a software engineer and artist. With a background in mathematics and abstract digital photography, she works with the process of decalcomania (transferring a design from one surface to another) forming black and white prints of mathematical fractals. You can follow her in instagram @av.fractalwork.
Sarah Wallack '16 is a multidisciplinary designer working for Major League Baseball in New York City.
Michael Arroyo '14 is a freelance senior art director and collaborated with agencies such as Havas, Hill Holliday, and Ogilvy. He received his MS in Branding and Art Direction from Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy's Brand Center in 2018.
Tom Booth ’06 is an author, illustrator, and art director. He has worked for Scholastic and published his third children’s book Don’t Blink published by Feiwel and Friends (an imprint of Macmillan). You can view his work at www.tom-booth.com
Eliana Miranda ’10 is a painter and received her MFA from the University of Dallas in 2015. You can view her work at www.elianamiranda-art.com.