Marc Ellen Hamel
  • MARC ELLEN HAMEL
  • * Nature Based Paintings
  • * Atmospheric Conditions
  • * Small Collages
  • * Monotype Collage
  • * Urban Series Monotypes
  • * Archives
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  • Statement and Resume
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  • MARC ELLEN HAMEL
  • * Nature Based Paintings
  • * Atmospheric Conditions
  • * Small Collages
  • * Monotype Collage
  • * Urban Series Monotypes
  • * Archives
  • Events
  • Statement and Resume
  • Blog
  • CONTACT INFORMATION
Oakland, California
STATEMENT
My painting process has always centered on an intuitive response to oil paint and the process of stream of consciousness, recollection, intuition, as I work on a piece. Themes surface from a current preoccupation: nature, the urban environment, a vase shape, an emotion, a memory. Painting is an exploratory process. While using the materials to create a composition, I become aware of what is bubbling beneath my daily consciousness. I don’t start with a particular image or plan, perhaps just a mood. Emotion needs to be part of the work, so I try to get thinking out of the way. I pick up the brushes, select a color, and make a free-form composition on the canvas. Responding to the action of making marks, seeing colors, takes me down an unfolding visual path. I keep painting until I find the story, then I work on refining the surface action until the story comes clear to me and I feel the painting is finished.

BRIEF BIO
Originally from Seattle, I now live in Oakland after 40 years in San Francisco. My studio is located  at the Hunters Point Shipyard Art Colony in San Francisco (www.shipyardartists.com). I was employed at UCSF School of Medicine for many years in administrative positions, while concurrently pursuing the development of my art.

My artwork can be seen and purchased by contacting:

        * SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason in San Francisco via artistsgallery@sfmoma.org, or
​           calling 415-441-4777

        * Please check the EVENTS page on this website for current and upcoming shows.
        * Private studio visits can be arranged.  Contact me at marcellenhamel@yahoo.com
           for an in-person or Zoom visit.
RESUMÉ

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 
Reflections on Nature, 
Montclair Gallery, Oakland, June-July
2017   
City Streets and Rural Paths,Main Street Artists Gallery, Quincy, CA, September
Installation of 10 paintings and monotypes, Hanson Bridgett Law Offices, San Francisco, 
             June - September (selected by Studio Gallery, SF)
Urban Scenes/Rural Walks,Think Round Fine Arts Gallery, 2140 Bush Street, 
             San Francisco, May-June
2015    
Paintings and Monotypes,
Indian Springs Art Gallery, Calistoga, CA, April-May 
Serenity: In Harmony,UCSF Women’s Health Center, 12 paintings, 5thfloor, Jan-April
2014   
Mementos, 
Hardin Studios, 2140 Bush Street, San Francisco, February
2013    
Color in the Abstract, Main Street Artists Gallery, Quincy, CA, July2012    
Abstract Visions
, UCSF Faculty Alumni House, San Francisco, CA2009   
Abstract Landscapes
, Barton Gallery, Sacramento, CA            
Color on the Wall,Nomad Rugs, San Francisco

2008    
Blue=Water, Yellow=Light,San Mateo City Hall Gallery, San Mateo, CA2007    
Recollections in Color
, Minna Street Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies,            
  
San Francisco
Sixteen Abstract Paintings, San Francisco Perinatal Clinic, San Francisco
New Monotypes,The Body Gallery, San Francisco
2006 
Landscape Abstractions,California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
2004    
Paintings from France, Matt’s at the Market Restaurant, Seattle, WA
2003    
Abstract Anomalies, Zyt Gallery, Los Altos, CA
Twenty Paintings, Mt Zion/UCSF Women’s Health Research Center
2001    
Abstract Paintings, Sharon Park Gallery, Menlo Park, CA 
 
GROUP SHOWS
2020
Respite at Live Worms Gallery, 1345 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, October 20 - November 8. 5 paintings
50/50 at Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, September 11 - October 11.  Juror Patricia Sweetor selected 50 artists to make 50 artworks in 50 days.  
EXPRESSIONS 2020, A National Juried Exhibition.  May 14, 2020 - June 27, 2020, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA Juror:  Andrea Schwartz.
SNAP!  Pop-up Juried Show at Arc Gallery, San Francisco, January 18
BAC Member's Showcase, Berkeley Art Center, January 11 - 16
42nd Hayward Area Artist' Annual, juried by Diane Zuliani, Hayward, CA, January 25 - March 7

2019  
Art in Neighborhoods, arranged by ArtSpan, 5 framed monotypes, CUMAICA, 4725 Mission Street,
     San Francisco, December 15 - March 26, 2020 
Season of Abundance, All Media Show, SF Women Artists Gallery, July 9 - August 3,   
 juried by Saxon Holt, Photography Program Director, SF Botanical Garden       
Sanctuary, Group Art Exhibit at Arc Gallery, juried by Bryan Yedinak, San Francisco, 
             May 18 - June 22
New Currencies, JPG at the Bank, Lafayette, CA, March 23 - April 27, Curated by 
             Jennifer Perlmutter
Spring Exhibit at Adobe Art Gallery, honoring 75 years of the Hayward Area Recreational 
             District, March 30 - May 11, Juried by Leah Virsik, Director of Adobe Art Gallery
            Nordic Light, Artwork by members of Nordic 5 Arts, Think Round Fine Arts, 
             2140 Bush Street, San Francisco, March 30 -  May 14
2018    
Tiny
, 
Studio Gallery, 1641 Pacific Avenue, San Francico, group show of small works
            (7" x 7" or smaller), December
The Color Red- Four artworks, Jingletown Art Studios, Oakland, March
Nordic Voyage:  A Sense of Place, group show of artwork by the artists of Nordic 5 Arts, 
             Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA. March 

2017
Runes Revealed: Contemporary Artists Respond to an Ancient Alphabet,
Adobe Art
              Center, Castro Valley, CA. December 2017 - January 13, 2018
The Depth of Perception. Inaugural reception, Barba Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CA
             November-December
2016    
House and Garden, 
paintings by Marc Ellen Hamel and Kit Cameron, Gallery Sanchez, 
             Noe Valley Ministry, San Franicsco
In the Abstract, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
Runes Revealed, Contemporary Artists Respond to an Ancient Alphabet, Scandinavian 
             Cultural Center, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA
2015    
Presenting Marc Ellen Hamel and Norma Lewis,
two-woman show at Main Street Artists 
             Gallery, Quincy, CA, September 
Runes Revealed, A Mixed-Media Exhibition by Nordic 5 Arts, San Pablo Art Gallery, 
              June-July. 
2014    
Runes Revealed
, A Mixed-Media Exhibition by Nordic 5 Arts, The Sanchez Art Center, 
              Pacifica, CA, July-August
2013    
Architecture of the Soul, The Barber Lounge, 854 Folsom St, San Francisco, March-April

2012    
All-Member Exhibit
, Main Street Artists Gallery, Quincy, CA, September and December
Sin and Redemption,SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco

2011    
Retrospective 4,
Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, December-January
Three Monotype Printmakers, Pierson 20thCentury Design, San Mateo, CA
Voyages of Discovery: Contemporary Work by Nordic 5 Arts,Scandinavian Cultural
            Center, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, April – November
One Off, Monotype Prints by 4 Bay Area Artists, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, July

2010    
Voyages of Discovery
; Artwork byNordic 5 Arts, Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco
Bay Area Women Artists,juried by Donna Seager, O’Hanlon Center for the 
            Arts, Mill Valley, CA,
THREE:  9 Painters, 3 Paintings Each,Gallery 94124, San Francisco, CA
Angular and Architectural, 901 Market Street Atrium Gallery, San Francisco

2009    
Working Artist, Artist Working
, Video Installation and Exhibit(an SFAC Commission
 “Art in Storefronts”Project), located 4114 3rdStreet, San Francisco
Crossroads, A Group Exhibit of Hunters Point ShipyardArtists, Gallery 94124, 
            San Francisco

2007    
Summer Fling,Mad River Post, 451 Jackson Street, San Francisco
The Subject is ColorThe Art Foundry, Sacramento, CA
Eight Paintings,Mad River Post, 451 Jackson Street, San Francisco

2006    
The Steel Event at Fort Mason,Conference Center, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Is Dada Dead?The O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Paint Tube Collages,Forbeadin’ Gallery, San Francisco 
Primavera,Steel Gallery, San Francisco

2005    Define: Book,Art Books Press, Seattle, WA
2004    Rouge,Steel Gallery, San Francisco
2002    Berkeley Art Center 19thAnnual National Juried Competition, Berkeley, CA
2003    The Holiday Show, Steel Gallery Inaugural Group Show, Steel Gallery, San Francisco
            
AWARD 
1999    Best of Show Award, Gallery Route One Annual Competition, Pt Reyes, CA; 
   Juror: Philip Linhares
RESIDENCY
2006    Ballard Art Works, Seattle, WA; one-week monotype residency
MEMBERSHIPS
2017-present   Northern California Women's Caucus for Art (NCWCA)
2012-present   Member and Publicist, Main Street Artists Gallery, Quincy, CA,
                                    www.mainstreetartists.net
2008-present  Member, Nordic 5 Arts, www.Nordic5arts.com  
2008-2012       Board Member, Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR) nonprofit organization
2009-2012       President of the Board, STAR as above (www.shipyardtrust.org) 
2008-2011       Founding Member, Art 94124, a grassroots organization promoting arts 
in the Bayview District of San Francisco

PUBLICATIONS
Editor, "Runes Revealed" show catalog for Nordic 5 Arts Exhibitions
Editor, Newsbrief, Bi-Annual Newsletter for Nordic 5 Arts  
 
TEACHING & VOLUNTEER WORK 
2017 - present   Editor, Newsbrief, the newsletter for Nordic 5 Arts, an arts organization
2010-2012         Teaching Artist, Malcolm X Academy Afterschool Program
2008                    Summer Teaching Artist, Think Round Inc Family Art Program, Bayview 
                                     Opera House, San Francisco
2007-2009         Teacher, ArtSeed, An Arts Program for Youth, After School Program at 
                                      Leola Havard Child Development Center, San Francisco
2000                     Volunteer Teacher, Children’s Summer Art Program, SF Museum of Modern Art
1996-2000           Art Group Facilitator, DrawBridge, An Arts Program for Homeless Children,
                                        San Francisco
1999                     Teaching Artist, Children’s Mural Project, Bayview/Hunters Point, San Francisco
 
COLLECTIONS
My artwork is represented in private and public collections in the Bay Area, nationally, and in France,
Germany, Switzerland, Sweden.  


Corporate Collections:
         California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco)
         Kaiser Foundation (Oakland)
         Neiman Marcus (Walnut Creek)
         Women’s Health Clinical Research Center of UCSF/Mt. Zion (San Francisco)
 
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BORN:    Seattle, Washington

EDUCATION AND TRAINING            
University of Washington, Seattle, English Literature and Studio Art           
University of California, Berkeley; BS, English, 1976  
                      
MICA, the New Art School, Painting Critique with Michael Dee Cookinham, 1981-1994    
Monotype Workshop, Aurobora Press, 2004            
Monotype/Carborundum Workshop, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2005

One-week Monotype Residency, Ballard Art Works, Seattle, WA, 2006
Monotype/Encaustic Workshop, SF Center for the Book, 2011
Monotype Workshop with Kathryn Kain, Smith-Andersen Press, Palo Alto, 2014
Etching I Workshop with Kazuko Watanabe, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA,  2018

CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone: 415-202-4315
Home: 4112 Park Blvd, Oakland, CA  94602 
Email:  marcellenhamel@gmail.com
Website: www.marcellenhamel.com
Studio:  Building 101, #2507
Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco
 
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  • MARC ELLEN HAMEL
  • * Nature Based Paintings
  • * Atmospheric Conditions
  • * Small Collages
  • * Monotype Collage
  • * Urban Series Monotypes
  • * Archives
  • Events
  • Statement and Resume
  • Blog
  • CONTACT INFORMATION