ART SHOW : Kelsey Hamilton Davis

We are so excited to have artist Kelsey Hamilton Davis for a weekend pop-up art show here at CARGO! Her ceramic and textile creations have an aesthetic all their own, while drawing on her upbringing in the Northeast. Kelsey first introduced herself to us after using Japanese silk in her work that she discovered at our yearly Kimono Sale. Come on by this weekend to experience lovely pieces and celebrate her recent acquisition of a Master of Fine Arts. We cannot wait to see what she does next.

Kelsey Hamilton Davis is an artist, writer, and educator born and raised in Connecticut. She hopes one day to become a townie in a small New England summer place. Hamilton Davis’ work examines and copes with domestication, vague narratives of colonial heritage, and how they interact with the simultaneously ancient and contemporary body. Her practice maintains a logic of generational collecting and iterating practices that lead to amassed objects, vessels, and textiles to meet in ambiguous situations, environments, or tableau, often anchored in appropriated, mythical, literary, or folk portrayals of womanhood and nature. Hamilton Davis obtained her MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2021, and has shown work both locally and internationally (only the one time, but it counted). In 2020 she was granted the Northwest Allied Artists Association scholarship award for promising graduate work in visual studies and presented work at the Lewis & Clark College symposium on Gender Studies, and has recently completed her time at Residencia Corazon in La Plata, Argentina. Hamilton Davis will soon be available for a full time job to help pay back student loans, is grateful for your attention, and hopes you have enjoyed this bio.