Morgan Joseph Hamilton

Morgan Joseph Hamilton, Ph.D., is the Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art at The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, Delaware. He is dedicated to edu-curation practices and integrating on-site and on-line experiences to broaden accessibilty to the arts. He is a proud alum of the Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Curation program at Florida State University. His dissertation, Certain Professionals in an Uncertain Field during Uncertain Times (2024), studied the effects of digital programming on art museum educators' experiences during the crisis. His research interests include digital philosophies, new media and networked art in the contemporary art space, virtual objects and reproduction, and implications of artificial intelligence for art and museums. He wrote a chapter in Rowman & Littlefield’s Dimensions of Curation (2023) “Toward an Interactive Model of Competing Values: From Visualization to Toolkit '' that emphasized the need for practical, interactive visualizations of highly conceptual theoretical models. His chapter introduced three ways to visualize the complex three dimensions of curation to help curators, educators, and museum professionals plan an intentional exhibition with the audience at its center.
He pursues all venues of writing to expand on the conceptual links between fine art spaces and Internet theory. His critical analysis of David Herbert’s exhibition at Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, introduced his theory of Hypertopia in “It’s the In-between We’re Concerned With: Finding Hypertopia in David Herbert’s Hand-Me-Down” (2023). He believes small to mid-sized art spaces should have access to academic considerations, for which technology and internet-based communication is the best resource. He was first introduced to digital exhibits through an experience as an exhibiting artist on UK-based SKELF site, a solely digital art space dedicated to reimagining the art experience online. Digital spaces are precarious in a time of increased environmental strife caused by unfettered capitalism while their development is critical to reaching audiences where they are. His research and curatorial endeavors take seriously that balance of responsibilities.