Charlotte Wilson-Hammond, RCA

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artist statement

My work explores images and associations with the land, earth and sea using mixed media to convey the depth of sensuality and fragility of the world.

selected biography

Charlotte Wilson-Hammond is a visual artist living and working on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore.  For the past thirty-five years Charlotte has been an active advocate for the Arts, provincially and nationally. She was a founding member of Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Eye Level Gallery and the Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture.  As well she has served on the Board of Governors of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canadian Artists Representation and the Canadian Conference of the Arts. Currently Wilson Hammond is on the boards of Visual Arts Nova Scotia (ex-officio), the Nova Scotia Talent Trust, and the Jack Chambers Foundation. In 2004 Charlotte received the Portia White Prize and established a scholarship for visual arts students.

Wilson-Hammond’s two most recent exhibitions were Landscape with Thighs, a 30 year retrospective at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, curated by Peter Dykhuis, and In/Finite at Zwickers Gallery. Inverness Centre for the Arts, and in 2006 ARTsPLACE in Annapolis Royal. Charlotte Wilson-Hammond was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 2006.