Bio

Jason Hamilton is a visual artist whose practice is currently driven by experimentation, using photography to explore personal history through installation, with a desire to engage with the medium beyond the screen.

Hamilton is the co-founder of Hillvale Photo, an independent photo film lab. He grew up in rural Victoria and now lives and works in Melbourne/Naarm, on Wurundjeri Country.

Solo exhibitions

• 2025
  When You Try to Do Everything, You Can’t Do Anything
  MOM Gallery, Thornbury VIC
• 2020
  Living the Dream
  Online livestream, Melbourne VIC

Group & collaborative exhibitions

• 2025
  Canberra Contemporary Photographic Prize 2025, finalist
  Photo Access, Canberra ACT
• 2020
  Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2020, finalist
  Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill NSW
• 2020
  Papier-mâché, group exhibition
  Missing Persons, Melbourne VIC
• 2018
  Keep The Fire Burning, group exhibition
  Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC
• 2017
  Flat Film Archive, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson
  Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC
• 2017
  Cubes, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson
  Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne VIC
• 2016
  The Hillvale Stitch-Up Machine, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson
  Independent Photography Festival, The Good Copy, Melbourne VIC
• 2014
  We Saw It Before You, group exhibition
  Tinning Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
• 2013
  Launch, Jason Hamilton and Andy Johnson, group exhibition
  Hillvale Photo, Melbourne VIC

Contact

For enquiries and commissions: jason@hillvale.com.au
Instagram: @jayham.journal