The Event of a Thread

ANN HAMILTON is a visual artist internationally recognized for her large-scale installations and related video, objects, and prints. She has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, NEA Visual Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, the Heinz Award, and has represented the United States at the 1991 Sao Paulo Bienal and the 1999 Venice Biennale. Her major museum installations include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts; Contemporary Art Museum, Kumanoto; La Maison Rouge Fondation de Antonie Galbert; MASS MoCA; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The Wanås Foundation; The Musee d'art Contemporain; The Museum of Modern Art; The Tate Gallery; and the Dia Center for the Arts. She is a Distinguished University Professor in the department of art at The Ohio State University.