Statement/Bio

STATEMENT
Nature’s wonders unveil continuous cycles of transformation, unsettling beauty, and unspoken power. My work revels in these mysterious, uncontainable and ever-changing moments.

The paintings begin from a fleeting grasp of nature’s inexhaustible energy. I expand
the work with a series of improvisations exploiting color and form. Layered
hues and shifting images dissolve the thin veil of expectations and time. The images evoke a hauntingly familiar recognition of unseen realities where images of striking beauty, and replies to devastation, lean into regenerative harmonies.

BIO
Rebecca Hamm received her B.A. from California Polytechnic University, Pomona and her M.F.A. from the Claremont Graduate University.
Hamm teaches university art courses and is an independent curator for community-based museums. She is a featured speaker nationally and her writings have been published internationally. Hamm for 33 years was Director of Arts for Tierra del Sol Foundation where she built studio programs and advocated for artists with disabilities to advanced their own professional careers in the arts.
Solo and selected exhibitions include the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sales and Rental Gallery; The Claremont Museum of Art; The Ontario Museum of Art and History; The Huntington Beach Art Center; The University of Houston, Texas; Los Angeles City College; Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA; Millard Sheets Art Center at Fairplex, Pomona, CA; Claremont Graduate University; Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center; Manhattan Beach, CA; Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, and University of La Verne, La Verne, CA. Hamm’s work is included in private and corporate collections including Morgan Stanley, New York.