Ian Hamilton Biography Timelines 1974: Graduated from S.A. School of Art. Adelaide. SA. 1975: Awarded Australia Council Living Artist Fellowship. 1976: Artist in Residence, Griffith University, Brisbane. Qld. 1978: Awarded South Australian arts grant to study the Art of the Golden Bowerbird 1983: Published The Ceremony of the Golden Bowerbird: Playground for Paranoids, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. SA. 1983 - 1996: Arts Administration. Prospect Council, Adelaide, SA. 1995: Researches book on Country Australia. 1996: Heart of the Country published by Wakefield Press 1996. 1996 - 2001: Arts Manager, Mildura Rural City Council. Vic. 2001 - Freelance artist, Adelaide. SA. Selected Exhibitions 1974: SA School of Art Gallery. 1974: Light, Colour, Space,Woolsheds, Port Adelaide. SA. 1975: Skylight and Wool, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. SA. 1975: Light Drawings, Central Street Gallery, Sydney. NSW. 1976: The Ceremony of the Golden Bowerbird, Griffith University and Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Qld. 1977: The Ceremony of the Golden Bowerbird, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. SA. 1978: The Brisbane Line, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Qld. 1978: Playground For Paranoids, ACT 1, Canberra. ACT. 1989: The Brisbane Line, Prospect Gallery. SA. 1994: Italian Drawings, Prospect Gallery. SA. 1998: Mildura Palimpsest # 1, Mildura. Vic. 1999: Mildura Palimpsest # 2, Mildura. Vic. 2000: Mildura Palimpsest # 3, Mildura. Vic. 2001: Mildura Palimpsest # 4, Mildura. Vic. 2002: Bella Cosa Sculpture Park (Adelaide Fringe). 2003: Rainshadow Landscapes, Stationmaster's Gallery, Strathalbyn, SA 2004: Mildura Palimpsest # 6, Mildura; Intimate Topographies, Hahndorf Academy. SA. 2006: Bowerbirds and the Art of Ian Hamilton, Mildura Arts Centre. Vic. 2007: Bella Cosa Sculpture Park, McLaren Flat. SA. 2008: Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Palmer, SA. 2008: Homage to Nature; Planet Earth. The Cedars, Hahndorf, SA. 2009: Out of the Forest: Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Qld. 2010: Intangibles in Terra Australis, Out of the Forest . Kubo-Kutxa, San Sebastian, Spain, 2010 Selected Publications 1983: The Ceremony of the Golden Bowerbird, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. SA. 1996: Heart of the Country, Wakefield Press, Adelaide. SA. 2003: Guest editor, Artlink (Critical Mass: The New Brisbane), Vol. 23, No 2. 2008: Guest editor, Artlink (Fuel For Thought), Vol. 28, No 1