Artist Bio

Edwin Hamilton began his career as a stonemason and sculptor in 1984. His pursuit of an apprenticeship led him to Europe where he deepened his knowledge of the art of traditional stonemasonry. His masonry company, Edwin Hamilton Stoneworks, has completed numerous residential and public projects for noted architects, including Thierry Despont, Mickey Muennig, and Walker/Warner Architects. Public art projects include the Library Terrace Garden at Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco and a work in the Huntington Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, CA. His sculpture exhibits include the Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts (2002), Ochi Gallery in Sun Valley, Idaho and a solo exhibit of sculpture at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (2005-06). He is currently working on the design and construction of the Rhododendron Pavilion at the San Francisco Botanical Garden.


Resume

2007

• Theater Artaud, SF, CA – sculpture exhibit
  
• “Prelude” - sculpture exhibit, Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa, CA
  
• “Rhododendron Pavilion” – Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
  
• Private Residence – Aspen, CO
  
• Courthouse Square Design Competition, Santa Rosa, CA – Winning entry in design competition with SWA Landscape Architecture, Studios Architecture
  
• Private Residence – Napa, CA
  

2006

• Private Residence – Piedmont, CA
  
• “Art + Architecture” - Keller Estate Winery, Petaluma, CA — curator and exhibitor
  

2005

• “Solo Sculpture Exhibit” Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
  
• “Stone Wall” – Tiburon, CA
  
• Private Residence – Kentfield, CA
  

2004

• “Spheres”- Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
  
• “Children’s Garden stone wall”- Huntington Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA
  

2002-2003

• “Column III”- Art in Public Places Program, Santa Rosa, CA
  
• Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
  
• Coastal CA Estate - private residence
  
• Mountain Cabin - private residence
  
• “Unseen Currents and Solid Masses- The sculpture of Ned Kahn and Edwin Hamilton”
  
• Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
  
• “Stone Benches”- Charles Schultz Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
  
• Esalen Institute Baths Restoration, Big Sur, CA
  

2000-2001

• “Column I”- Imagery Estates Winery, Glen Ellen, CA
  
• Ski House - private residence
  
• “Library Terrace Garden”- Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park,
  San Francisco, CA
  

1999

• “Stone Wall”- California Teachers Association, Millbrae, CA
  
• Napa Valley Cottage - private residence
  
• Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
  
• “Stone Sculpture Exhibit”- Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
  

1998

• Far Niente Winery
  

1996-1997

• “Granite Water Vessels”- Civil Courthouse, Queens, NY
  Artist- Anna Valentina Murch
  
• “Magnetized Stones”- Turbulent Landscape Exhibit, Exploratorium, SF, CA, Collaboration with Artist Ned Kahn
  

1995

• “Stone Circle”- Edenvale Park, San Jose, CA
  Artist- Anna Valentina Murch
  

1994

• “A Companion Place”- San Francisco General Hospital, SF, CA
  Artist- Peter Richards
  

1993

• “Granite Assemblage”- private residence, Kentfield,CA
  

1991

• “Granite Water Vessel”- Pullyallup Community College, Pullyallup, Wa.
  Artist- Ned Kahn
  

1989

• “O Nega Nus”- ArtPark, Lewiston, NY
  Artist- Peter Richards
  

1985-1987

• Reconstruction of stone houses and quarry work - Provence, France
  

1984

• Design and construction of arched stone bridge - Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, Scotland
  

1983

• Begin apprenticeship with master stonemasons George Gonzalez and Tomas Lipps
  

Publications

• Stone Primer – Charles Craven – Storey Press 2007
  
• Horticulture - “Measures of Stone” - July 2006
  
• House & Garden – “Landscape Design” – April 2006
  
• The New Wood House – edited by James Grayson Truelove, Bulfinch Press
  
• 100 More Of The World’s Best Houses – edited by Robyn Beaver, Images Publishing
  
• Western Interior & Design Magazine - “Mountain Cabin”, May- June 2004
  
• Architectual Digest - “Stags Leap Wine Cellars”, August 2003
  
• 40 Landscapes, edited by James Grayson Truelove, Rockport Press
  
• Ten Landscapes Topher Delaney, edited by James Grayson Truelove, Rockport Press
  
• The Essential Garden Book, 1998 Conran/Pearson publishers
  
• Sculpture Magazine - “Cycles” July/August 1998
  
• Sunset Western Landscaping 1997
  
• Sculpting with the Environment - “The Spring”by Peter Richards 1995(Baile Oaks)
  
• Sunset Magazine, “The Art of Stone Walls”, September 1994