Jane Hammond (2)

American contemporary visual artist, photographer and printmaker (b. 27 June 1950, Bridgeport, Connecticut); lives and works in New York City. Jane Hammond has organized numerous solo exhibitions since 1987. Always inspired by language and poetry, Hammond extensively collaborated with poets Raphael Rubinstein (b. 1955) and John Ashbery (1927—2017), who suggested titles for over 60 paintings; Jane Hammond also mentioned avant-garde composer John Cage among her major influences. She was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School Of Painting And Sculpture in 1992. Other Hammond's prestigious accolades include The New York State Council On The Arts award and NYFA grant (1989), the '89 National Endowment For The Arts fellowship, and most recently, the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2019). Jane Hammond studied at Mount Holyoke College, graduating with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1972. She later earned MFA degrees from Arizona State University (1973–74) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (77). Hammond settled in New York City in 1977 and soon began compiling a massive collection of found images, which served as the foundation for Jane's early projects. Hammond's works are in public collections at numerous notable art institutions and museums, including The Art Institute Of Chicago, Bibliothèque Nationale De France, Brooklyn Museum, The Cleveland Museum Of Art, the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Detroit Institute Of Arts, J. Paul Getty Museum, The Library Of Congress, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum Of Fine Arts Boston, Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston, MoMA, National Gallery Of Art, Washington, D.C., The New York Public Library, San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Whitney Museum Of American Art.