b. 1988
Transmedia edu-curator, scholar, artist
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About
Morgan Hamilton is a trans-media educator, curator, scholar, and artist working in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. His practice integrates physical and digital media to increase the chance of meaningful educational experiences in the gallery and classroom. Hamilton is currently the Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary art at The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, Delaware. He received his Ph.D. from Florida State Univesitys Arts Leadership, Education, and Therapy department, specializing in Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Curation. His research interests include visitor-centered design and interpretation in the gallery, new media exhibition for visitor and artist equity in the contemporary art space, and the professionalization of the museum education field. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in installation, performance, and video, an Honors in the Major, from Florida State University. He received his Master of Fine Arts in installation, performance, and video from The University of Delaware, after which he taught new media courses to its undergraduate fine arts and visual communications students. Hamilton also served as the associate curator at The Delaware Contemporary before joining the Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement at Florida State University as an Assistant Director in 2018.
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Hamilton co-edited a book with Zida Wang, Ph.D., Creating Digital Exhibitions: A Practical Guide published by Bloomsbury. He edited a critical look at in Artifice: Implications on Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence for the 2025 Biennial: Art + AI, guest-curated by Amy Hicks, Marnie Benney, and Erica Loustau. received the A. Gray Magness Scholarship for creative merit from The University of Delaware, and a Mentored Research and Creative Endeavors Grant from Florida State University. He is featured in ART Habens 10th Anniversary Biennale publication and Create! Magazine's Issue IX. He regularly contributes interviews, workshops, and reviews to video series, radio talk shows, and digital and print publications such as Speak, Speak at Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia and Creators Vice. He has exhibited in Germany at Berlin's Tapir Kunsthalle, at CICA Museum in Gyeonggi-do in South Korea, at London's Five Years gallery, and UK-based virtual Skelf Site gallery. His solo shows have ranged from full-scale installation at Gallery 621 in Tallahassee, FL to public participatory performance at Practice Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. He is focused on publishing for the field of museum education, with a chapter in Dimensions of Curation (2023), and conferences. He publisehd Creating Digital Exhibitions: A Guide with colleague and friend Zida Wang in 2026.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- PhD Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Curation, Florida State University, FL
- ↳ Graduate certificate of Educational Program Evaluation
- MFA Studio Art, University of Delaware, DE
- BFA Studio Art, Florida State University, FL
- AA Studio Art, Pensacola State College, FL
Experience
- Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art, Delaware Contemporary, 2025 to present
- Co-editor, Creating Digital Exhibitions: A Practical Guide, Bloomsbury, 2024-2026
- Adjunct Professor Contemporary Issues in Art, University of Delaware, 2026
- Editor, Artifice: Implications for Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, TDC Press, 2025
- Adjunct Professor in Contemporary Art Theory, University of Delaware, 2025
- Adjunct Professor in Graduate Research, University of Delaware, 2024
- Museum Programs and Learning Manager, Delaware Contemporary, 2023
- Artist and Public Programs Manager, Delaware Contemporary, 2022
- Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Cecil College, Maryland, 2022
- Instructor of Record, Introduction to Museum Education, Florida State University, 2021
- Instructor of Record, Introduction to Museum Education, Florida State University, 2021
- Farm share coordinator, Red Hills Farm Alliance, Tallahassee, FL, 2021
- Editor, publishing consultant, Unlocking the Headache Mystery by Elizabeth Anson Phelps, Fairhope, AL, 2020
- Education Collections registration, The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
- Where Everybody Belongs program data analyst, The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
- Museum Education and Evaluation Intern, The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL, 2020
- Editor, Design Graduate Assistant Doctoral Student Handbook Department of Art Education, Tallahassee, FL, 2020
- Collections Digital Archivist, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL 2020
- Webmaster Volunteer, Creative Vision Factory, Wilmington, DE, 2020
- Supervisor, Editing, Media, Writing Intern, Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement, Florida State University, 2020
- Grant Writer, LeMoyne Arts Foundation, January — May, Tallahassee, FL, 2019
- Assistant Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement, Florida State University, 2018-2020
- Guest Critique, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Florida State University, FL 2018-present
- Associate Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2017-2018
- Curatorial Fellow, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2016-2017
- Adjunct Professor, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2016-2018
- ↳Photography(2), video(4), web design(2), 3D modeling(2), Media/Design/Culture
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2014-2016
- ↳Photography & Video, BFA Portfolio
- Graphic Designer and Layout, SIX Magazine, College of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, 2012-2014
- Conference Coordinator, TEDxFSU, Tallahassee, FL, 2013
- Vice Chair, College Leadership Council, College of Fine Arts, FL, 2013
- 621 Gallery, Board Vice President, Tallahassee, FL, 2012-2013
- 621 Gallery, Board Member, Tallahassee, FL, 2012-2013
- Art Students' League, President, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 2012-2013
- Art Students' League, Gallery Liaison, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 2011-2012
Curatorial Projects
- Holding Water by artist Mary Mattingly, curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2026
- a red sun has water in its eye by artist Lucia Riffel, curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2026
- This Place Meant group show, curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2026
- Alchemical Signal Flow by artist Emily Francisco, curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2026
- Art + AI 2025 Biennial, curatorial coordinator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2025
- tte--tte group exhibition, co-curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2025
- A Seat at the Table group exhibition, co-curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2025
- Free Your Mind by artist Theda Sandiford, Juror, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2024
- Substrate | Structure, co-curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2024
- Teaching↔Artists Art educator exhibition series, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2024
- ArtCade co-curator, exhibition designer, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2023
- Loam, co-curator, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, 2023
- Stories of Our Stuff, co-curator, Florida State University, 2019
- Student Excellence in the Visual Arts Award, Juror, Florida State University, 2019
- Somewhere Else, Juror, The Delaware Contemporary, 2019
- A Sense of Place 47° — 80° N, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2019
- Flow, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2018
- Introduction To Fourth Dimensionalism, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2018
- The Creative Act, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2018
- The Little Things, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2018
- Guardians of the Image Maker, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2018
- Domestic: 2017 MFA Biennial, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2017
- Art As Information, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2017
- State of the Union/State of Mind, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2017
- Observe, Juror, The Delaware Contemporary, 2017
- Show The People What They've Won, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2017
- Contemporary Gala Art Auction, Juror, The Delaware Contemporary, 2017
- We See The Stars, Curator, The Delaware Contemporary, 2016
Selected Exhibitions
- VOX POPULI XIX, juried exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 2024
- Popular Arts Conference Exhibit, Birmingham, AL, 2024
- Excellence in the Visual Arts Exhibition, Florida State University, FL, 2023
- ↳ Curator's Choice, Winner
- ↳People's Choice, Winner
- UD MFA Alumni Video Exhibition, University of Delaware, DE, 2021
- Hail the Future Prophets, Contributing media artist, Bold Tendencies, London, UK, 2020
- SABA V, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2019
- Art for Dinner, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2019
- Performing Resistance, Invitational, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2018
- 621 Art Auction, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2018
- Human Rights Art Show, Amnesty International, The Plant, Tallahassee, FL, 2018
- SABA IV, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2018
- On Madison, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2018
- The Word of Several Million Years. Aquifer Review, Uni. of Central Florida, 2018
- Night of 100 Toasts, Invitational, Gallery Fritz, Santa Fe, NM, 2018
- Being Together Is Not Enough, Five Years Gallery, London, UK, 2018
- Change of State, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, 2018
- Metroscope2000® Kids!, Skelf Site, Skelf.org.uk, London, UK, 2018
- Space Invaders, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, 2018
- The Schwa Show, Greenville, NC, 2018
- Portrait 2018, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2018
- PHILIC/PHOBIC, Pensacola Museum Of Art, Pensacola, FL, 2017
- Visual AIDS, Visual AIDS, New York City, NY, 2017
- SABA III, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE 2017
- unsaid, contributing artist, Gianna D, Florida International University, Fl, 2017
- The New Departments, solo exhibition, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2017
- Coming Soon, Co-host/contributing artist, Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY, 2017
- Let's Write A Bill, solo exhibition, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
- Food, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
- Welcome To Nastroism, solo exhibition, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2016
- Annual Art Auction, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 2016
- The Art of Planetary Science, Pasadena, CA, 2016
- Taking Issue, Memorial Union Gallery, ND, 2016
- We The People, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL 2016
- Farewell, The Delaware Contemporary, 2016
- 11% Opacity, Kunstraum Tapir, Berling, 2016
- RBTL, American University, Washington, D.C., 2016
- Savages, Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2015
- Welcome, DCCA, Wilmington, DE, 2015
- Pink, Salon 1522, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
- On The Right Side of History: Where Did We All Go Wrong?, Co-host, 13 Walls Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2014
- I Grew Up..., solo exhibition, Carnegie Fine Arts Building, FL, 2013
- We Da Ppl, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, 2013
- Metamorphosis, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2012
- Tits: The Second Coming, Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL, 2012
- Tits, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2011
- 12x12, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2011
- Werks, solo exhibition, Tallahassee, FL, 2011
- Student Show, Pensacola State College, FL, 2011
Publications and Conferences
- Creating Digital Exhibitions in Museums, A Practical Guide. Bloomsbury, 2026
- Artifice: Implications for Art in the Age of Artificial Intellegence, and Anthology TDC Press, 2025
- Inclusive Museums conference, Presenter, Vienna, 2024
- National Art Education Association Conference, Panelist, Minneapolis, MN, 2024
- Dimensions of Curation, eds. Pat Villeneuve and Ann Rowson Love, chapter author, Rowman & Littlefield, 2023
- SECAC 2022, Presenter, Richmond, VA (Unable to attend due to COVID-19 Omicron)
- SECAC 2021, Presenter, Lexington, KY (Canceled due to COVID-19 Delta)
- Unlocking the Headache Mystery by Elizabeth Anson Phelps, Editor, Traveler's Rest, SC, 2020-2023
- Unlocking the Headache Mystery by Elizabeth Anson Phelps, Book jacket and layout designer, Traveler's Rest, SC, 2020
- Doctoral Student Handbook Editor, Graphic Designer, Dpt. of Art Ed., Tallahassee, FL, 2020
- SECAC 2020, Chair and presenter, "Art in the Time of Virtual Reality" session, Richmond, VA, 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 Alpha
- Homework, Museum of Fine Art media blog, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2020
- Florida Statewide Symposium, presenter, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2019
- SECAC 2019, presenter and panelist, "Ok, What Now: Life After MFA" session, Chattanooga, TN, 2019
- Featured Artist. Being Together Is Not Enough, Print. Five Years Gallery, London, UK, 2019
- Featured Artist Interview. ART Habens, Print. 10th Anniversary Biennale Edition, EU, 2019
- Featured Artist Interview. Create! Magazine, Print. Issue XI, Wilmington, DE, 2018
- "Art Watch" Radio Interview, Westchester, PA, 2018
- Metroscope2000® Kids!Skelf Site, Skelf.org.uk, London, UK, 2018
- Space Invaders, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, 2018
- "Space Invaders: Show Catalog". Print. Cover/Contributing artist, Boston, MA, 2018
- unsaid, contributing artist, Gianna D, Florida International University, Fl, 2017
- "The Delaware Contemporary Gets Political", DelawarePublicMedia, 2017
- "&", contributing writer, DelawareArtsInfo, 2017
- "Humble Dispatch", Creators Vice, 2017
- "The Feeling of Being In A Room With A Television", SpeakSpeak, 2017
- Debtfair, (participating artist), a project of Occupy Museums, Whitney Biennial, 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, 2016
- Unsal, Merve, A Droll Thing. Print. Newark, DE: University of Delaware, 2016
- "When Men See", Print. Menses, Liferaft Zine, Issue 2, 2016
- 10 Minutes With The Artist, Web Series, Memorial Union Gallery, ND, 2016
- N E W S L E T T E R, Web Publication, Issue XIII, 2016
- The Nastroism, Print. Spiritual Text, The Church of Our Humyn of the Ascension, 2016
- New Times SLO, Web Article, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2015
- SLO City News, Web Article, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2015
- The Hamilton Tribute, Print. University of Delaware, 2015
- SIX III, Print. Issue 3, Tallahassee, FL, 2013
- SIX II, Print. Issue 2, Tallahassee, FL, 2012
- Yeti, Print. Tallahassee, FL, 2012
Awards and Residencies
- Curator's Choice Award, Excellence in Visual Arts Award, Tallahassee, FL, 2023
- People's Choice Award, Excellence in Visual Arts Award, Tallahassee, FL, 2023
- Think Tank 11, Wilmington, DE, 2020 — (Canceled due to COVID-19 Alpha)
- Ada Belle Winthrop-King Visual Arts Endowment, Tallahassee, FL, 2019
- Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY, 2017
- Curatorial Fellowship, The Delaware Contemporary, 2016
- A. Gray Magness Scholarship, University of Delaware, 2015
- Mentored Research and Creative Endeavors Award, Florida State University, 2013
- Scholarship for Music Education, Pensacola State College, 2006
- Mira Creative Arts Award for Visual Arts, Pensacola, Florida, 2006
Membership
- National Art Education Association NAEA, 2020-Present
- ↳ Caucus of Art Education Technology
- ↳ Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education
- Museum Computer Network MCN, 2020-Present
- American Alliance of Museums AAM, 2020-Present
- South East Contemporary Art Conference SECAC, 2019-2023
- College Art Association CAA, 2016-2021