ABOUT

Allis Hamilton is a creature of nature who creates poetry, visual art, and music.

 Her poetry is published in journals and anthologies in Australia, Scotland, England, Ireland,
and Canada such as The Poetry Review, Meanjin, Overland, Poetry Scotland, Southerly, Westerly.

Allis was a finalist in the 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the 2024 Bridport Poetry Prize and had two poems longlisted for 2024 National Poetry Competition

She has been a guest poet at festivals and readings in London, Canberra, Melbourne, and Canada (online); and has co-created poetry readings, and the Castlemaine Poetry Festival. 

Allis was a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, 2022;
a finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, 2019; and long-listed for the Delphian Gallery Open Call, London, 2019. 

She featured on BBC Radio 3’s improvised jazz programme, ‘Freeness’, 2020;
& on BBC Radio 4, World at One, when her composition for the Obsolete Sounds project was discussed in 2022.

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Self portrait in the little round mirror at Retreat. Featuring one of the wonderful Wiradjuri artist Lorraine Connelly Northey’s magnificent wire narrbongs (dilly bag).

I wrote a site-specific poetry collection at this magnificent place whilst

More sea onion on fold-up chair

Graphite pencil on paper 2021
27 x42cm

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Sea onion on fold-out chair

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Sea onion on fold-out chair

Graphite and colour pencil on paper 2021
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Self portrait, in small round mirror, with Zara Mabel reading at MacLeay Street, 11th December 2020

From a small series of works I created: Places I first visited after a long COVID lockdown was lifted.

Coloured Pencil on Paper
58cm x 76cm 2021

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View of bits of Lino Alvarez Carrasco’s home and some of the wonderful La Paloma Pottery, Hill End

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2018
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Instagram Handle is Allis_Hamilton_Birdgirl… click on one of the images above to be directed to her page.