About the Book
“It was there all along” is a handmade artist’s book containing 22 tintype images printed on double-sided matte Red River Paper. The photographs address topics concerning water, including recreation, food, droughts, flooding and coastal erosion. The cover art is relief printed on handmade cotton rag paper and the edition numbers are letterpress printed on cotton rag end sheets.

The first hardcover edition is limited to 55 copies.

Book measures approximately 8.875  x9 x .375″

* Color of handmade paper varies from one book to the next.

Published by Old Fan Press

Materials
Canapetta bookcloth, PVA, double sided matte Red River Paper, Irish linen thread, handmade paper, cotton rag paper, davey book binders board, book board, inkjet prints, oil based ink, Bookcloth, PVA glue, rag paper

Artist Bio
Oxford American Magazine and NPR have written about Frank Hamrick’s art. His work is collected by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Frank is the MFA graduate program coordinator and Professor at Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design in Ruston.

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Education

2005  Master of Fine Arts, Photography, New Mexico State University

2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, The University of Georgia

Teaching Experience

2019-Present Professor, School of Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston

2016-Present MFA Graduate Program Coordinator, School of Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston

Fall 2016 Mentor, Academy of Art University, Online MFA Mentor Program, San Francisco, California

2012-2019 Associate Professor, School of Design, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston

Fall 2013 Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy

Spring 2009 Mentor, The Art Institute of Boston, Low Residency MFA Mentor Program

2007-2013 Photography Area Coordinator, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston

Spring 2008 Assistant Professor, French Quarter Studies Abroad, Louisiana Tech University, Paris, France

2006-2012 Assistant Professor, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston

Summer 2006 Maine Media Workshops, Rockport College, Rockport, Maine

Spring 2006 Visiting Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

Fall 2005 Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy 

Workshops

07/15-16/2020 Alternative photo processes workshops, Tennessee Arts Academy, Online Conference

01/29/2020 One day letterpress workshop for advanced typography students, Two Classes, School of Design

09/25/2019 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University

09/07/2019 One day bookmaking workshop, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado

08/24/2019 One day bookmaking workshop, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia

08/03/2019 One day bookmaking workshop, University of Louisiana at Monroe

10/20-21/2018 Two-day photography bookmaking workshop, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

10/03/2018 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University

09/15/2018 One day PSA poster design workshop for high school students, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana

07/08-20/2018 Two week bookmaking workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

05/14/2018 One day bookmaking workshop, Girl Scout Troop, Ruston, Louisiana

04/20/2017 One day photo bookmaking workshop, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

10/12/2016 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University

09/16/2016 One day bookmaking workshop, School of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton

07/12-14/2016 Bookmaking & alternative process workshops, Summer Design Camp, Louisiana Tech University

06/04/2016 One day tintype workshop, Paper Workers Local, Birmingham, Alabama

03/05/2016 One day bookmaking workshop, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana

03/03/2016 One day tintype workshop, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

10/30/2015 One day letterpress workshop, University of Louisiana at Monroe

10/19/2015 One day bookmaking workshop, Girl Scout Troop, Ruston, Louisiana

02/20/2015 One day tintype workshop, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama

02/07/2015 One day bookmaking workshop, Makers Union, Ruston, Louisiana

10/03/2014 One day bookmaking workshop, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

07/12/2014 One day bookmaking workshop, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, Louisiana

03/09/2014 One day bookmaking workshop, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

04/20-21/2013 Two day bookmaking workshop, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana

03/29-30/2013 Two day tintype workshop, Department of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia

02/27-28/2013 Two day tintype workshop, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio

12/06/2012 One day bookmaking workshop, Three Classes, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA

10/10/2012 One day graduate bookmaking workshop, School of Literature & Languages, Louisiana Tech University

08/04/2012 One day bookmaking workshop, New Orleans Photo Alliance

Summer 2012 Two week papermaking and book arts workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

Spring 2012 Six-session bookmaking workshop, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana

03/16/2012 One day bookmaking workshop, Department of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux, Louisiana 

Lectures

09/21/2020 It was there all along, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Online Lecture

09/21/2020 It was there all along, University of Kansas, Online Lecture

09/03/2020 It was there all along, Louisiana State University, Online Lecture

07/14/2020 It was there all along, Tennessee Arts Academy, Online Conference Lecture

07/09/2020 It was there all along, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Online Lecture

04/23/2020 It was there all along, Southeastern Louisiana University, Online Lecture

10/19/2019 For The Love Of Photo Books, Panel Discussion, SPESE Chapter Conference, Richmond, Virginia

10/11/2019 Every Picture Tells A Story, Panel Discussion, SPESC Chapter Conference, Lubbock, Texas

09/06/2019 It was there all along, Durango Art Center, Durango Colorado

08/22/2019 It was there all along, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia

10/19/2018 My face tastes like salt, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

8/01-08/2018 Visiting Papermaking Artist & Lecturer, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas

07/12/2018 My face tastes like salt, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

05/03/2018 Artist Statements, Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier, Louisiana

03/13/2018 Graduate School, School of Performing & Visual Arts, University of Louisiana at Monroe

10/14/2017 Artist Book Panel Discussion, SPE South Central Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas Other panelists: Sha Towers, Shana & Robert Parkeharrison

08/21/2017 Harder than writing a good haiku, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, Tennessee

05/12/2017 Harder than writing a good haiku, Houston Center for Photography

02/27/2017 Harder than writing a good haiku, Memphis College of Art

12/01/2016 Creating Photographic Work at the College Level, New Orleans Center for Creative Art High School

11/21/2016 Harder than writing a good haiku, Department of Art, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville

09/15/2016 Harder than writing a good haiku, School of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton

03/01/2016 Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

09/01/2015 Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens

08/26/2015 Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, Tennessee

02/26/2015 Careers In The Arts, Boy Scout Troop, Ruston, Louisiana

02/19/2015 I Want To Believe, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama

04/24/2014 I Want To Believe, Liberal Arts Symposium, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston 03/10/2014 Tintypes & Handmade Books, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

11/20/2013 I Want To Believe, School of Performing & Visual Arts, University of Louisiana at Monroe

09/17/2013 I Want To Believe, John D. Kehoe Center, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy

03/28/2013 A Rabbit Runs In A Circle, Department of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia

02/28/2013 Keep Moving, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio

02/21/2013 Keep Moving, Online Lecture, Art Department, West Virginia Wesleyan College

11/30/2012 Keep Moving, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

10/04/2012 A Rabbit Runs In A Circle, Livaudais Studio, Monroe, Louisiana

07/01/2012 Tintypes & Handmade Books, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

03/16/2012 Handmade Photography Books, Department of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana

10/26/2011 Keep Moving, Enterprise Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 

Galleries/Book Dealer Representation

2018-Present Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina

2018-Present The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2015-Present Photo-Eye Books & Prints, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2010-Present Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama 

Professional Experience

2020 Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference, Houston

2020 Student Portfolio Reviewer, College Book Arts Association, New Orleans, Louisiana

2019 Student Portfolio Reviewer, SPE South Central Chapter Conference, Lubbock, Texas

2019 Student Portfolio Reviewer, Bossier High School Art Break

2018 Mentor, High School Public Service Announcement Poster Workshop, Ruston Artisans, Louisiana

2018 Juror, Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier, Louisiana 2

018 Juror, Hinds Community College Annual Student Show, Raymond, Mississippi

2017 Consultant, Creative Presence: A Guide, by Cyndi Coon, Cognella, Inc. Academic Publishing

2016 Juror, High School Art Contest, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston

2015 Technical Editor, Photography – 11th Edition, by London, Stone & Upton, Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing

2015 Juror, High School Art Contest, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, Louisiana 2014 Technical Editor, Introduction to Photography, by Mark Galer, Focal Press

2013-Present Collections Committee, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana

2012 Consultant, Holga Handbook, book proposal by Michelle Bates, Focal Press 2012 Consultant, No Plastic Sleeves, by Danielle Currier, Focal Press

2012 Technical Editor, Photography – 10th Edition, by London, Stone & Upton, Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing

2007-Present Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Annual Spring/Fall Conferences 

Professional Organizations

2017-Present College Book Art Association (CBAA), Rochester, New York

2017-Present North American Hand Papermakers / Friends of Dard Hunter, New York, New York

2015-Present Aperture Foundation, New York, New York

2010-Present New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA)

2009-Present Houston Center for Photography (HCP)

2008-Present Texas Photographic Society (TPS), San Antonio, Texas

2007-Present Twin City Art Foundation, Monroe, Louisiana

2002-Present Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Cleveland, Ohio 

Permanent Collections

2020

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Special Collections, Tulane, New Orleans, Louisiana Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Art Library University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center, Special Collections, Mansfield University of Georgia, Hargrett Library, Special Collections, Athens Savannah College of Art & Design, Jen Library, Special Collections and Savannah, Georgia

2019

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library, Fort Worth, Texas University of Arizona, Special Collections Library, Tucson University of California Santa Cruz, McHenry Library, Special Collections Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York Watkins Library and Trinity College, Connecticut, Hartford

2018

Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Watkins Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles and California Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia

2017

Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library, Fort Worth, Texas, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts Baylor University, Central Libraries Special Collections, Waco, Texas Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection and Atlanta, Georgia

2016

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Research Library, Fort Worth, Texas Roy Flukinger, Private Collection, Senior Research Curator, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia and Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York

2015

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Photography Collection, Fort Worth, Texas Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Private Collection, Nashville, Tennessee Art Institute of Chicago, Flaxman Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois Aperture Foundation Library, New York, New York Baylor University, Central Libraries Special Collections, Waco, Texas Pratt Institute, Franklin Furnace, Brooklyn, New York Museum of Contemporary Art, London Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee Savannah College of Art & Design, and ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia

2014

University of California at Santa Barbara, Special Collections Library University of Utah, Special Collections Library Museum of Contemporary Art, London Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Private Collection, Nashville, Tennessee

2013

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana and Vanderbilt University, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Nashville, Tennessee

2012

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana Joshua Mann Pailet, Private Collection, Owner, A Gallery For Fine Photography, New Orleans, Louisiana Baylor University, Central Libraries Special Collections, Waco, Texas Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia University of Kentucky, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library, Lexington Texas Woman’s University and Blagg-Huey Library, Woman’s Collection, Denton

2011

Houston Center for Photography Red River Paper, Dallas, Texas Texas Woman’s University, Department of Visual Arts, Denton George Slade, Private Collection, Curator & Photography Critic, Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Texas at Arlington, Fine Arts Library Handmade Book Collection, Arlington Savannah College of Art & Design, ACA Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Atlanta, Georgia and The Weeks Gallery, State University of New York, Jamestown 

Select Exhibitions/Events 

2020

35th Annual Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina Unbound 9, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curator: Gordon Stettinius Capital City Contemporary 5: Water, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, Curator: Lexi Adams Off The Wall, Annual Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Art On 45 Annual Silent Auction, Fine Line Supply Company, Ruston, Louisiana American Advertising Federation Shreveport-Bossier Gala, Artspace, Shreveport, Louisiana College Book Arts Association Benefit Auction & Members’ Showcase, Ace Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana Press and Fold: Contemporary Book Arts, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado, Curator: Brandy Coons Overwhelming (Im)Possibilities: SPESC Caucus Exhibition, Houston Community College, Juror: Haley Berkman #50 @ $50 A Small Works Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Gallery 210, Ruston, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana 6x6x2020 and Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York

2019

It was there all along, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia – Solo Exhibition It was there all along, Durango Arts Center, Art Library Gallery, Durango, Colorado – Solo Exhibition 34th Annual Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Cheryl Zibisky SPESC Members’ Exhibition, School of Art Satellite Gallery CASP, Texas Tech University, Lubbock SPESE Portfolio Walkthrough, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia PhotoNOLA PhotoWALK, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana #50 @ $50 A Small Works Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall, Annual Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Serving Our Designers, Tornado Relief Fundraiser, Ruston Farmers’ Market, Ruston, Louisiana This Is Life, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana, Curator: Todd Maggio Artoberfest Auction, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana Holiday Arts Tour, Norton Building, Ruston, Louisiana 2018 My Face Tastes Like Salt, Focus Gallery, University of Arkansas at Little Rock – Solo Exhibition SPE South Central Members’ Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, Juror: Russell Lord The Past Is Present, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator: Beth Lilly 24th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts, Juror: Richard McCabe 2018 Black & White Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Catherine Couturier SPE Orlando Discoveries, Tammy Cromer Gallery, Dallas, Texas and 33rd Annual Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina

2018

Benefit Auction, Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina Month of Photography Los Angeles Photo Book Exhibition, Venice Arts, Venice, California 12th Annual Louisiana Fine Arts Show, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 31st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana Peach Festival Art Exhibit, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana – 1st Place, 3D Category North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana #50 @ $50 A Small Works Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana Session 4 Scholarship Fundraiser Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina Holiday Art Exhibit, Bank of Ruston, Ruston, Louisiana Holiday Arts Tour, Fine Line Supply Company, Ruston, Louisiana Spring Romance, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Holiday Art Crawl Group Exhibition, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana Small Works for the Young Collector, Levee Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana 6x6x2018, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York Portraits and Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana

2017

Harder than writing a good haiku, Fellowship Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Juror: Andy Adams 2017 Photobook Independent, Photo Independent & The Los Angeles Festival of Photography – 1st Place 2nd Juried Photobook Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro – Juror’s Choice Award 54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Gia Hamilton – Award of Merit Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Eliot Dudik – Third Place Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith – Solo Exhibition Currents 2017, PhotoNOLA, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Juror: Richard McCabe Portfolio Showcase 10 Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Juror: Hannah Frieser Unbound 6, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curator: Gordon Stettinius SPE South Central Members’ Exhibition, Cultivate 7twelve, Waco, Texas, Juror: Deborah Lillie Trace: Contemporary Photographers – Antiquarian Photography, Central Michigan University Baber Room Gallery, Curator: Rebecca Zeiss 59th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Juror: Betsy Bradley Griffin Museum of Photography 23rd Juried Exhibition, Winchester, Massachusetts, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow The Summer Show, South x Southeast Photo Gallery, Molena, Georgia, Curator: Julie Grahame Roco 6×6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, New York Photography and the Artist Book: First Edition, Fall Line Press, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator: Bill Boling Woodstock Summer of Love, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Curator: Hannah Frieser 50 @ $50, Parish Press, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana School of Design Faculty Exhibition and SOD Galleries, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston

2016

American Photographs, 1845 to Now, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Curator: Joy Jeehye Kim Recalling, Three-Person Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Curator: Trace Robertson Americana Music Triangle, 2016 Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, Juror: Sacha Lecca, Rolling Stone Deputy Photo Editor 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Holly Hughes – Second Place A Sense of Place: Contemporary Images of Lincoln Parish, Bank of Ruston, Louisiana – Purchase Award Water, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, Juror: Richard McCabe – Honorable Mention Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking & Book Art Exhibition, William Paterson University, Juror: Phil Sanders Direct Positive / Polaroids, lightleaked.com, online exhibition, Jurors: Ashley Kauschinger and Jen Ervin Art Melt, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA, Jurors: Bradley Sumrall, Amy Moorefield, Elizabeth Weinstein North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana School of Design Faculty Art Exhibition, Co:lab, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Off The Wall Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana

2015

Record, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama – Solo Exhibition Makers Marks, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Curator: Ben Hickey – Three Person Exhibition SPESC Members’ Exhibition, MAINSITE Contemporary Art, Norman, Oklahoma, Juror: Katherine Ware Art Melt, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jurors: Kitty Pheney, Keene Kipper, Patty Ortiz Award Winners from Beneath The Covers, Gallery III, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri 9th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Juror: Burk Uzzle Unbound 4, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curator: Gordon Stettinius Book Signing, Photo-Eye Books, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, New Orleans Penland School Of Crafts Annual Benefit Auction, Penland, North Carolina 2015 Project Postcard, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces Contemporary Perspectives In Photography, Studio 301, Ruston, Louisiana, Curator: Hannah Cooper McCauley Members’ Pinup Show, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana Biennial Italy Auction, University of Texas at Arlington Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Downtown Art Crawl, The Big Room, Monroe, Louisiana, 2015 Peach Art Exhibit, and Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana – First Place North Central Louisiana Arts Council – Arts Tour, Ruston, Louisiana – First Place Juror’s Choice Award

2014

Home, Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival, Georgia Perimeter College – Solo Exhibition Currents 2014, PhotoNOLA, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Juror: Roy Flukinger Engaging Possibilities, SPESC Members’ Exhibit, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Curator: Eliot Dudik Pathways: Photography Invitational, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia Cortona Studies Abroad Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens Diversions, Press Street Reading Room, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jurors: Friedrich Kerksieck & Luba Zygareqicz 51st Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Kelly Schindler How We See Her, Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, Missouri, Juror: Janice Nesser-Chu North Central Louisiana Arts Council Arts Tour, Makers Union, Ruston GO CARE Auction, Garden Inn, Monroe, Louisiana North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana, Love 146 Silent Auction, Ruston, Louisiana, Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana and 2014 Louisiana Peach Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Ruston Civic Center

2013

I Want To Believe, University of Louisiana at Monroe – Solo Exhibition Mostra – Cortona Studies Abroad Exhibition, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy Art of Photography Show, The San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, Juror: Julia Dolan Tangibles: Beauty and Purpose in the Art of the Book, North Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff Jurors: Susan kae Grant and David Williams Beneath The Covers, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri, Juror: M.J. Goerke – Group Award Winner Artists’ Books, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Curator: Kathy Smith Fear and Loathing, Online Exhibition, artphotoindex.com, Juror: Kate Ware Art Melt, Capital Park Museum, Baton Rouge, Jurors: Jordana Pomeroy, Susan Edwards, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker 55th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Juror: Monica Bowman Tintypes, Visual Resource Center, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio North Central Louisiana Arts Council – Arts Tour, Fine Line Supply Company, Ruston Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Panchromatic, Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier, Louisiana ARTini, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier, Louisiana 2013 Louisiana Peach Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Ruston Civic Center 50th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: George T.M. Shackelford Domestic Abuse Resistance Team Auction, American Society of Interior Designers, Ruston, Louisiana Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana and North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center, Ruston, Louisiana 

2012

A Rabbit Runs In A Circle, Livaudais Studio, Monroe, Louisiana, October – Solo Exhibition Keep Moving, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts – Two-Person Exhibit Works on Paper, LeQuire Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, Curator: Elizabeth Cave New Southern Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, Curator: Richard McCabe Photographing The Landscape, Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Curator: Brad Cushman Elements of Photography Invitational, John Jellico Gallery, Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, Curator: A.F. Belt Currents 2012, PhotoNOLA, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Curator: Richard McCabe Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, SPESC Members Exhibit, Mississippi State University, Starkville Penland Annual Benefit Auction, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina 11th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juror: Anne Lyden 2012 Louisiana Peach Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Ruston Civic Center Penland Summer Instructor Exhibit, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Liza Simone 2012 North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center and Off The Wall Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana 

2011

Keep Moving, Enterprise Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana – Solo Exhibition Visual Evolution, SPENW Conference, SFCC Photography Gallery, Spokane, WA – Two-Person Exhibition 2011 Chowan University National Juried Exhibition, Murfreesboro, NC, Juror: Maxine Payne – Best in Show A River Runs Through It, SPESC Members’ Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, Curator: Libby Rowe Seeing Myself, Seeing Others: The Art of the Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Andy Bloxham Meltdown: 2011 Members’ Exhibition, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas 2011 Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon, Juror: Raymond Meeks 2nd Annual Zine and Self-Published Book Fair, The Camera Club of New York 7th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, Juror: Keith Carter 10th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Juror: Natasha Egan 48th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, Juror: Alison de Lima Greene 24th Annual McNeese Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Juror: Dan Cameron 2011 North Central Louisiana Arts Council Silent Auction, Ruston Civic Center and Off The Wall Silent Auction, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana 

Select Grants and Awards

2020 Best of Show, 2020 American Advertising Federation (AAF) Awards Shreveport-Bossier Gold Addy, Sales & Marketing Publication Design/Book Design, AAF Shreveport-Bossier

2018 Student Technology Fee Grant, Louisiana Tech University, Print Lab Upgrades First Place, 3D Category, Peach Festival Art Exhibit, Ruston, Louisiana

2017 HCP Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, Juror: Andy Adams 1st Place – Artists’ Books, Photobook Independent, Photo Independent & The Los Angeles Festival of Photography Juror’s Choice Award, 2nd Photobook Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Juror: Henry Horenstein Award of Merit, 54th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Third Place, Art Through The Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juror: Eliot Dudik

2016 Best Photography Books of 2016, Elizabeth Avedon Book Design, New York Second Place, 53rd Annual Masur Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Monroe, Louisiana Purchase Award, A Sense of Place Exhibition, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston Honorable Mention, 2016 Art Melt Exhibition, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Honorable Mention, Water Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado

2015 Student Technology Fee Grant, Louisiana Tech University, Digital Photography & Video Lab Upgrades Juror’s Choice Award, Holiday Arts Tour, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston First Place Award, Louisiana Peach Festival, Ruston

2014 President’s Artist Of The Year Award, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston Honorable Mention, Louisiana Peach Festival, Ruston

2013 Nominee, F. Jay Taylor Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Louisiana Tech University Group Show Winner, Beneath The Covers, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri

2012 Career Advancement Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts 

2011 Best in Show, Chowan University National Juried Exhibition Merit Award, Creative Quarterly Magazine, Issue 22 

Select Reviews

Brad Freeman, “Book Reviews”, Journal of Artist’s Books, #47/48, Spring 2020, p. 28

Brandy Coons, “Artist Talk with Frank Hamrick”, Firehouse Art Center, Online Interview, April 17th, 2020

Callie Robbins, “Talking Photography with Frank”, Girl Uninspired, Podcast, Episode 9, March 23rd, 2020

Victoria Arnold, “Featured Artist”, North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC), Online, November 19th, 2019

Hannah O’Hare Bennett, “Featured Artist”, North American Hand Papermakers, Online, October 21st, 2019

Virginia Green, “Featured CBAA Artist”, College Book Art Association, Online, October 1st, 2019

Aline Smithson, “Frank Hamrick: It was there all along”, Lenscratch.com, September 23rd, 2019

Jeff Rich, “Eyes on the South – Water Feature”, OxfordAmerican.org, September 4th, 2019

Angelita Faller, “UA Little Rock Exhibit Features Artwork of Frank Hamrick”, UALR University News, October 4th, 2018

Esther Griffin, “Q&A: Frank Hamrick”, Atlanta Photography Group, Online Interview, August 21st, 2018

John Guidroz, “Works on Paper”, American Press, March 29th, 2018

“Book Maker”, Focal Plane Magazine, Issue 3, Winter 2018, pp. 8-13, 48-50, 66-70

Hannah Frieser, Looking & Seeing – Portfolio Showcase X, The Center for Fine Art Photography, 2017, pp. 5, 26-37

Photo-Emphasis.com, December 19th, 2017

Fred Hirschman, “Frank Hamrick”, Aint-Bad.com, December 7th, 2017

Pete McCommons, “More Photos”, Flagpole Magazine, October 4th, 2017, p. 3

Jeff Rich, “Eyes on the South – Moving Through”, OxfordAmerican.org, September 20th, 2017

Arthor H. Bleich, “Frank Hamrick – Handcrafted Books”, blog.redriverpaper.com, September 8th, 2017

Sheri Hunter, “Antiquarian-modern photo show at Park”, News-Herald, August 9th, 2017

Mark Feeney, “At the Griffin…”, Boston Globe, July 12th, 2017

Leslie Newell Peacock, “Hard edges”, Arkansas Times, June 22nd, 2017

Andy Adams, “Spotlight – Frank Hamrick”, Spot Magazine, Spring 2017, p. 64

“Frank Hamrick – 2017 HCP Fellowship Recipient”, Monovisions, Online Feature, May 19th, 2017

Aline Smithson, “Frank Hamrick: Harder than writing a good haiku”, lenscratch.com, February 22nd, 2017

Tracee Roberson, “Recalling” Exhibition Catalog, University of North Texas, Denton, pp. 6, 9-10, 22-29, 50, 55

Paula Newton, “HCP Announces 2017 Fellowship Winners” glasstire.com, December 27th, 2016

“Artists use…”, News at UNT, news.unt.edu, Thursday, July 28th, 2016

“Water” Art Reveal Magazine, ArtRevealMagazine.com, June 28th, 2016

“Press Check”, Panorama Magazine, Volume 66, Spring 2016 p. 35

“Press Check”, Panorama Magazine, Volume 65, Fall 2015, p. 35

Jeff Rich, “Eyes On The South – Antique Process”, OxfordAmerican.org, September 21st, 2015

Sarah Greene, “Dave Rawlings Machine are on a journey…” exclaim.ca, September 21st, 2015

“Reading List”, Georgia Magazine, Volume 94, Number 4, September 2015, p. 42

“Frank Hamrick Tintype Workshop”, JSU Art Blog, March 30th, 2015

“An Exhibit of Modern Day Tintypes Comes To JSU”, Anniston Star, February 15th, 2015

Mary Napoli, “The Eternal Imagery of Frank Hamrick”, Bayou Life Magazine, January 2015, pp. 72-75

Ashley Kauschinger, “Frank Hamrick”, Light Leaked Online Journal, October 6th, 2014

Lisa Williams, Handmade & Bound Artist Spotlight, HandmadeBoundNashville.com, September 26th, 2014

Kathy Miller Stewart, “Soul and Skill”, DotPhotoZine.com, April 21st, 2014

Seth Muller, “NAU Art Museum exhibit showcases bound-less creativity”, Arizona Daily Sun, September 15th, 2013

“Paper Art”, The Edwardsville Intelligencer, July 13th, 2013

Leigh Anne Chambers, “Featured Gallery Fine Art Center Artist: Frank Hamrick”, Bossier Creates, June 11th, 2013

Susie Kalil, “New Southern Photography” Spot Magazine – Houston Center for Photography, Spring 2013, p. 22

“New Books”, Georgia Magazine, March 2013

“NELAC honors outstanding contributions to the arts” The News Star, Monroe, Louisiana, March 4th, 2013

“Eight from Louisiana Tech Chosen for National Exhibition”, Shreveport Times, February 27th, 2013

Judith Roberts, “Students bind to create books with art professor” News @ Tech, December 19th, 2012

Joe Nolan, “Paper Pushing”, Nashville Scene, Nashville, Tennessee, December 13th, 2012

Cameron Shaw, “Pick of the week: Frank Hamrick”, Pelican Bomb – Online, December 10th, 2012

D. Clarke Evans, “Members’ News”, Texas Photo Society Newsletter, Fall 2012

“Photographing The Landscape” Arkansas Times, Little Rock, November 2nd, 2012

Brittany Biddy & Emily Grant, “Class Notes”, Georgia Magazine, June 2012

John N. Wall, “Frank Hamrick: Photography Is Like Chicken”, The Southern Photographer Blog, May 9th, 2012

Claire O’Neill, “The Visual South”, npr.org, May 8th, 2012

Jim Sherraden, “100 under 100 – The New Superstars of Southern Art …” OxfordAmerican.org, Issue 76, 2012 

Select Publications

“Tesnatee Creek”, Tintype Image, The Sun Magazine, March 2020, Issue 531, p. 44

“It was there all along”, Art Through The Lens Exhibition Catalog, Yeiser Art Center, 2019

“Sand Creek”, Tintype Image, Shots Magazine, Issue 144, Summer 2019, p. 14

Nashville Obsolete, Front & Back Vinyl Album Covers, Dave Rawlings Machine, Acony Records, 2019

“Gulf of Mexico”, Tintype Image, The Sun Magazine, Issue 516, December 2018, p. 26

Tilt & Shine, Front & Back Album Covers, Kevin Gordon, Crowville Records, 2018

“Attic Discovery” Tintype Image, The Sun Magazine, Issue 505, January 2018, p. 34

“Record Player”, Tintype Image, The Sun Magazine, Issue 502, October 2017, p. 3

“Photo of the day”, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Online Exhibition, March 5th, 2017

“Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards”, Ink, Press, Repeat exhibition catalog, August 2016

“Crooked Dogwood & Hungry Dogs”, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Glass & Tin Online Exhibition

“Tin Can Telephone”, The Sun Magazine, Issue 483, March 2016, p. 22

“Peaches”, The Sun Magazine, Issue 482, February 2016, p. 1

“Lauren”, Oxford American Magazine, Issue 91, Winter 2015, p. 122

Nashville Obsolete, Front & Back CD and Tape Covers, Dave Rawlings Machine, Acony Records, 2015

“Fan, Water, Feet”, The Sun Magazine, Issue 475, July 2015, p. 22

“Clothesline”, Bethany Raybourn, Self-Titled EP Record, 2015

“Chasing The Sun”, Downtown Art Crawl, Bayou Life Magazine, April 2015, p. 26

Photo Review, Online Exhibition, photoreview.org

“Sometimes Rivers Flow Backwards”, 9th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition Catalog, East Carolina University, 2015, p. 14

“Griffith Chair at Hideaway”, “Dave Rawlings Machine”, Makers’ Marks Exhibition Promo Material, Masur Museum, 2015

Artist Portfolio, Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography Exhibition Catalog, College of William & Mary, 2014, p. 55

“Coke Bottles, Garden, Self Portrait”, Pathways Photography Invitational Leaflet, University of South Carolina, 2014

“Moving House”, 2014 Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival Guide, p. 48

Artist Portfolio, 500 Handmade Books Volume 2, Linda Kopp, Lark Crafts – Sterling Publishing Co, 2013, p. 151

“Letter Never Sent”, Art of Photography, Exhibition Catalogue, San Diego, California, 2013

Artist Portfolio, 1000 Artists’ Books by Sandra Salamony, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books, 2012, pp. 204-206

“Onion Field” and “Sunflower House”, The Sun Magazine, Issue 442, October, pp. 42, 49

“Haircut”, Creative Quarterly Magazine, Issue 27, Summer 2012, p. 65

“Wet Clothesline”, The Sun Magazine, Issue 437, May 2012, p. 49

Artist Portfolio, The Elements of Photography: 2nd Edition by Angela Faris Belt, Focal Press, pp. 364-367

“Dial”, Creative Quarterly Magazine, Issue 26, Spring 2012, p. 59

“Carrie Mae Weems”, Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Newsletter, Fall 2011

“Onion Blooms”, Creative Quarterly Magazine, Issue 24, Fall 2011, p. 58

Six Page Artist Portfolio, River Styx Magazine, Issue 86, Fall 2011, pp. 31-36

“Gas Station Sign”, e-book cover image Super America, Anne Panning, University of Georgia Press, 2011

“Mom’s Scar”, McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition Catalogue, McNeese State University, 2011, p. 17 

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