Events

Exhibits 2014
 

February 6 - 28, 2015

Brokers Gallery: Let the Good Times Roll

A group show featuring Brokers Building artists. Billie will have a solo exhibit of six new pastel on paper paintings in the lobby, as well as seven pastel on panel paintings from her Salamanca series in the third-floor gallery.

Opening:
Friday, February 6,  7 - 10 pm
The Brokers Gallery
402 Market Street
San Diego, CA 92101

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Third Floor Gallery: Billie Hamilton, Pastel paintings on panel, 18" x 24" each.

Salamanca 19, 2013

Salamanca 17, 2013

Salamanca 18, 2013

February 19, 2015

Moniker Group Warehouse:

A one-night show of five San Diego artists at Moniker's multipurpose arts and creative center in the Upper East Village district of downtown San Diego. Billie will be exhibiting five pastel paintings.

Dyptich: Quickening, Early Summer, 2014
pastel on panel, 11" x 14" each

 705 16th Ave, San Diego, CA, 92101
Exhibit curated by Dolphin and Hawk Gallery
(858) 401-5945

March 7, 2015

Dolphin and Hawk Group Show: San Diego On the Edge
A one-night show featuring artists in the D&H stable. Billie will be showing recent non-figurative pastel paintings on paper and wood panel.

Opening:
Saturday, March 7, 7-10 pm
Dolphin and Hawk Gallery
7742 Herschel Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
858 401 5945

Old-Fashioned Titty Bar, 2011
pastel and monotype on paper, 15" x 20"

March 13 - April 12, 2015

La Mujer: SimPle COMpleXity

Opening:
Friday, March 20, 2015, 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Centro Cultural de la Raza
Balboa Park, 2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA

 Billie will be showing five pastel paintings from her Guadalupe series.

Dyptich: Guadalupe 43 & 44, 2014
soft pastel on hardboard panel, 18" x 24" each

March 19, 2015

Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego, CA

A group exhibit of contemporary San Diego artists. Billie will be showing non-figurative pastel paintings on paper and wood panel.

207 5th Ave, San Diego, CA, 92101

Exhibit curated by Dolphin and Hawk Gallery
(858) 401-5945

Agnes 2, 2013
soft pastel on paper, 18" x 26"

 April 12-30, 2015

Brokers Building Group Show and Open Studio: Guess the Influence
Billie will showing previously un-exhibited work in the gallery. Her studio will be open to the public, displaying a variety of recent and past work, including in-progress paintings on the easel.  Billie's influences? 
Most recently:  Marina Abramovic, Abby Quam Panteah, Gerhard Richter, Pat Passlof ;
20th Century: Helen Frankenthaler, Georgia O'Keeffe and the entire Stieglitz stable, Eikoh Hosoe, the writings of Paul Klee and the Bauhous in general, Clyfford Still, Josef and Anni Albers;
Earlier figures: Yosa Buson, Nazca Plain drawings and weavers,

Opening:
Sunday, April 12, 12 noon - 5 pm; repeats Saturday
The Brokers Building Gallery
402 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Billie Hamilton: Studio 307

Tunisian Garden 7, 2013-2014
soft pastel and ink on paper, 42"x72"

April 18-19, 2015

Earth Day Exhibit, theme: water
In this group show, Billie will be hanging a 36" X 72" pastel tryptich featuring ocean and cloud references.

Centro Cultural de la Raza
Balboa Park, 2004 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA

Billie Hamilton: Tryptich: Rain-Voice in the Humpback's Song, 2014
soft pastel on hardboard panel, 24" x 36" each

Greenland is Melting*

And still
you ask, Why? and

even more, Whether?
Where’s the hard proof? and

anyway, What can I do?
And still

Greenland is melting.
Get ready.

*dedicated to Dr. Richard Somerville, climate scientist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

April 25, 2015

Solo Show: Naked Pastels
Intensely colored expressionistic pastel paintings, including several large-scale pieces on paper and wood panel. To provide a fully accessible experience, the artist will install these raw pastels unobscured by glass.

Opening:
Saturday, April 25, 7-10 pm
Dolphin and Hawk Gallery
7742 Herschel Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 401-5945

That First Hot Summer, 2011-2013
soft pastel and mixed mediums on paper, 42" x 72"

June 19-30, 2015

Tables and Chairs
A multimedia group show curated by Scott Gengelbach and Billie Hamilton.

Billie will exhibit table-top tableaux, chair and stool assemblages, as well as several  antiques from her personal collection (including, Emile Galle: a three-legged French Art Nouveau side table with exotic hardwood marquetry, signed, ca 1905; Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Scottish Art Nouveau "flying arm-rest" chair in tiger maple and quarter-sawn oak, ca 1900; an ebonized pear wood Eastlake corner chair, ca 1885, more . . .)

Opening:
Friday, June19 , 7-10 pm
The Brokers Building Gallery
402 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101

July 3 - 30, 2015

Brokers Gallery: Group Show

Opening:
Friday, July 3,  7 - 10 pm
The Brokers Building Gallery
402 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101

September 18-30, 2015

Billie and Friends
A multimedia group show curated by Billie Hamilton, with emphasis on women's issues and projects.

Opening:
Friday, September 18th, 7-10 pm
The Brokers Building Gallery
402 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101

October 6 - 28, 2015

Brokers Gallery: Group Show

Opening:
Friday, February 6,  7 - 10 pm
The Brokers Building Gallery
402 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101

December 4 - 31, 2015

Brokers Gallery: Group Show

Opening:
Friday, December 4,  7 - 10 pm
The Brokers Building Gallery
402 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92101