2008-9 Recipients

Patrick Earl Hammie is a visual artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history, and gender politics. He received his BA from South Carolina's Coker College and his MFA in painting from the University of Connecticut. Hammie currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has lectured at the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art and the William Benton Museum of Art. From 2008-9 he was a fellow at Wellesley College, supported by the Alice C. Cole Fellowship in Studio Arts. In 2011 he was an artist in residence at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, supported by an award from Alliance of Artists Communities. He has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and abroad including Kunst in Der Carlshutte in Germany, Dakshina Chitra Gallery in India, Manifest Creative Research Gallery in Ohio and The Painting Center in New York. He's been a visiting artist at venues including Alfred University, Skidmore College, Purdue University, and the University of New Mexico. He's received several awards including the Tanne Foundation Award, Midwestern Voices and Visions Award, Award of Excellence from the Zhou B. Art Center in Chicago, Arnold O. Beckerman Research Award, and a Dave Bown Projects Award.