Bronze by Gold, from Imaging Ulysses

1950–2010 · Virkested

Solingen

1983

The joint show “A Cellular Maze” in Derry

“The citizen” is shown at “A Cellular Maze,” a joint exhibition with Donagh at the Orchard Gallery in Derry; for it the pair create a yellow pamphlet appropriating the style of the 17th-century political pamphlets distributed by the Diggers and Ditchers, linking the cause of the Republican strikers to earlier historic struggles.

1984–1986

Designing computer casings

In the 1980s he again ventures into industrial design, designing two computer exteriors: the OHIO computer prototype (for the Swedish firm Isotron, 1984) and the DIAB DS-101 (for Dataindustrier AB, 1986).

1987

A Quantel Paintbox in the studio

As part of a television project, the 1987 BBC series “Painting with Light,” he is introduced to the Quantel Paintbox and subsequently buys one for his studio to produce and modify his work.

1988

“Work in Progress,” the “Ulysses” etchings in Derry

The Orchard Gallery in Derry stages an exhibition and publication entitled “Work in Progress,” showing the copper-plate etchings Hamilton had been making since the 1940s.

1989–2006

The São Paulo, Gwangju and Shanghai biennials

He takes part in the São Paulo Art Biennial (1989), the Gwangju Biennale (2004) and the Shanghai Biennale (2006).