Susanna Carlisle + Bruce Hamilton

BIO

Susanna Carlisle and Bruce Hamilton are new media artists with backgrounds in video, sculpture, architecture, and computer programming. Their recent work has addressed environmental concerns such as the vulnerability and destruction of the natural world and the built environment due to climate change, natural disaster and man's impact on the environment. Their architectural projects, computer designed sculptures, single channel videos, video sculptures, and installations have been exhibited in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They have received grants from the State of New Mexico, the National Endowment for the Arts, Albuquerque 1% for the Arts, and a fellowship from the New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop.

Susanna Carlisle studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. After many years designing architectural projects and sculpture, she met new media/video pioneers Steina and Woody Vasulka and fell down the rabbit hole into video.

For many years she has been collaborating with Bruce Hamilton to create video sculpture and installations. Carlisle works with composers, such as Joan La Barbara and Rahim Alhaj, to make video for installations and performances, and choreographers and dancers to develop experimental dance videos. She has created architectural environments and sculptural elements for Woody Vasulka’s installations and assisted with the installation of Bruce Nauman’s sound and video works in the US and Europe.

Hamilton was born in Montreal and received a Bachelor of Commerce from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. He received a Master of Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated on graphics, studying with artist Sam Maitin.