Born c.1964 in Greenwich, CT, she grew up in Westchester, NY and in Paris, France spending most summers on the coast of Maine. She began classical oil painting training from still life as a child between the ages of 10-13. The discipline of standing, drawing from observation and learning to mixing oil colors on the palette gave her a foundation she has drawn on throughout her career.
At age 15 Hopkins took artist’s anatomy at Rhode Island School of Design. The following Summer she studied stone sculpture and painting at Blackhawk Mountain School of Art in Colorado. Ms. Hopkins studied life drawing/painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Art Student’s League in NYC before finishing her degree at the Pratt Institute with a major in Painting and a minor in Art History.
Hopkins paints full-time out of her studio in her 100 year old barn and enjoys time with her husband, her two grown sons and 2 Old English Sheepdogs. being in nature, esoteric studies and looking at artists such as J. Mitchell, Soutine, DeKooning and Richter. Hopkins’ work has been included in shows in NYC and Hudson, NY and she has shown extensively in Maine over the past 2 decades at venues including: CMCA, Carver Hill Gallery, Leighton Gallery, The Yellow Shed and Husson College. She has a BFA from Pratt Institute with a major in Painting, minor in Art History.
Solo Exhibitions:
Hey Sailor Gallery, Searsport, ME. Jan-April 2024
The Yellow Shed, Winter St. Rockland, ME July 2016
Husson College Gallery, Bangor, ME. Feb. 2008.
Van Dam Space, 49 Van Dam St. NY, NY. Feb. 1993.
Group Exhibitions:
Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME “The Unfolding of Things” 3 person show, July-August, 2024
Granite Gallery, “Sharing Space” 2 person show. Tenants Harbor, ME. July 2023
Maine Art Gallery, Generations 65th Anniversary Exhibit, Wiscasset, ME May 2023
River Arts, “Dark & Light”” Damariscotta, ME. March 2023
Granite Gallery, “Rending The Veil” 2 person show. Tenants Harbor, ME. July 2022
Hopkins Gallery, North Haven, ME. July 2021
Carver Hill Gallery, Revolving group show. Rockport, ME. 2007 - 2011.
Waterfall Arts Gallery, Figure: Group Show. Belfast, ME. May-June 2010.
Bangor Public Library, Juried Group Show: Third place in Oil/Acrylic. Bangor, ME. June 2010
The Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME. Summer 2009.
Aarhus Gallery, “Radius” Belfast, ME. March 2009.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, “First Traces” Rockport, ME. Fall 2008.
Jean B. Chalmers Gallery, “4 Maine Artist” Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME. May 2008.
Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY. April 1995.
Herron Test-Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. July 1992.
Schaffler Gallery, "The Exceptions and The Exceptionals: Women Artists at Pratt." Bkln, NY 1987.
Education:
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA 1987, Painting major, Art History minor. RH Burcher Scholarship
Art Students League, NY, NY 1983-1984
School of The Art Institute of Chicago Spring 1983
Simon’s Rock of Bard College 1982-83
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Summer 1980