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Artist Bio: Karen Hopkins |
Karen Hopkins Artist CVE-mail: karenhopkinsart@gmail.com Web site:www.karenhopkinsart.com Selected gallery websites: https://withoutpier.com.au/collections/karen-hopkins https://nissaranagalleries.com.au/karen-hopkins About the artist: Originally from England Karen has a background in teaching and lecturing. She has been a professional exhibiting artist (painter and sculptor) for over 20 years has works in numerous corporate and private collections both nationally and internationally. She holds solo exhibitions annually and regularly participates group shows. She also has experience in teaching, art teaching, eco-art workshops, creating murals, community work, gallery management and curating exhibitions. Her poetry and artworks draw on themes inspired by nature, emotions, human interactions and virtues within us. She is interested in how art can be used to demonstrate an appreciation of and connect people to nature.Using colour, texture, form and rhythm she aims to take the viewer on a journey and explore the deeper levels that connect us all. Solo exhibitions:2023 Re-emergance Pardalote Gallery and Streamline Publishing Eltham 2023 Earth and Sky stories 26 Advantage Rd Gallery Melbourne 2022 Threads of light Montsalvat Art Centre Eltham Victoria 2021-Symbioscenes Gasworks Arts park 2019 -Jan 2020 Studio exhibition with Jeweller Gillian Hillman 2018 Venice ReflectionsWithout Pier Art Gallery 2017 Changing Seasons Hawthorn Studio Gallery 2016(Dec-Jan 2017) Impermanence Yering Station Gallery Yarra Valley 2015 Contemplations Without Pier Gallery Melbourne 2014 Connections Gasworks Art Park Melbourne 2013 Elements Yering Station Yarra valley 2011 Bayside and beyond Without Pier Gallery Hampton Melbourne 2010 West to East Suburban Gallery Brighton Melbourne 2009 Studio Art exhibition 2009 Recent Works- Perth Concert Hall 2009 Moments Kingfisher Gallery West Perth 2008 Paintings and Sculptures -Perth Concert Hall 2007 ARTOPIA studio open 2007 Earth MONART Studio Gallery Dalkeith 2005 Something fishy @ RISEBOROUGH (Riseborough Winery WA) 2005 Vines 2(invitation exhibition for Spring in the Valley at Houghton Winery) 2005 AQUAESSENCE (Gallows Gallery Mosman Park Perth W.A) 2004 VINEWORKS (Houghton winery Gallery Swan Valley Western Australia) 2003 Journeys (Gallows Gallery Mosman Park Perth Western Australia) 2001 Transformational Moods (MOORES Gallery Fremantle Western Australia)
Group Exhibitions (selected) 2024 Victorian Artists Summer Exhibition 2023-4 Bayside Local Bayside Gallery 2023-4 Linden Postcard Prize 2023-4 Firestation Print Studio Annual Exhibition 2023 Victorian Artist Society summer exhibition 2023-3 Bayside Local 2022/3 Firestation Off the wall members show 2022/3 Space2b Group Exhibition 2022/3 Linden Postcard show 2022 Mont Eliza Art and Design Show 2022 Sunflowers for Ukraine Cato Gallery VAS Melbourne 2022 Melbourne Society of Womens Painters members show VAS gallery Melbourne 2022 Lovers and Fighters Artful yoga Gallery 2022 Beaumaris Art Group Annual exhibition 2022 Unity the way forward Face to face project with Leila Ashtiani 2022 A4 Art Exhibition Victorian Society of painters Herring Island 2021-2 Bayside Local Bayside Gallery 2021 Firestation Print Studio Annual Exhibition 2021 Linden Postcard show 2021 Melbourne society of women painters (MSWPS) m Artist ember exhibition 2021-‘Unity the way forward ‘with Leila Ashtiani at Space2b Artspace 2021A4 Art Exhibition Victorian Society of painters Herring Island 2020-Melbourne society of women painters (MSWPS) member exhibition 2020 -Montsalvat Eltham ‘Destruction, Beauty, Hope’ fundraising exhibition for Victorian Bushfires 2019 Sea change Group show Nissarana Galleries Mornington 2019 Paintings for Peace Space2b Artspace St Kida 2019 Mornington Arts show 2019 Linden Postcard Show 2019 Earth Group show Space2b ArtSpace St Kilda Melbourne 2019 AAD Gallery Melbourne Affordable Art Fair 2019 Blaigowrie Yaught Squadron Easter show 2018 Venice Reflections Without Pier Art Gallery 2018 Paintings for Peace -Space2b ArtSpace 2018 MESAC Easel Art Exhibition Beaumaris yacht club 2018 Melbourne Society of Women painters Annual exhibition 2018 From Nature Gasworks Gratitude Mandala 2018 ‘Imagining laneways ‘Mural artists group show ArtSpace at Space2b St Kilda 2018 ‘From Here to beyond’ Hawthorn Studio Gallery 2017 Paintings for Peace Space2b ArtSpace 2017 MESAC Easel Art Exhibition Beaumaris yacht club 2017 Artist residency and group exhibition Venice-Biennale Fringe 2017 Linden Postcard show Domaine House 2017 Hawthorn Gallery Summer exhibition 2016 Toorak Village Sculpture exhibition Melbourne 2016 Toorak art walk 2016 Linden postcard show 2016 Bayside Art show 2016 A4 Art Australia Herring Island Melbourne 2016 ‘Cool art’ Cool art Homestead Somers Victoria 2015 Linden postcard show Linden Centre for Contemporary Art 2015 ContemplationsWithout Pier Gallery Melbourne 2015 Celebration of Colour Panoply Gallery Melbourne 2015 Bayside Art show Sandringham yacht club 2015 ‘Little treasures ‘Galleria De MARCHI’ Bologna. 2014 Toorak Sculpture exhibition Melbourne 2014 Linden Postcard show Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts 2014 9x5 Exhibition Walker St gallery Dandenong Victoria 2014 ‘Belle ARTI Prize’ Chapman and Bailey Gallery Melbourne 2014 -2015 The Great Mandala sculpture exhibition Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Melbourne 2013 Toorak Sculpture exhibition Melbourne 2013Light Space and Time online gallery 2013 Melbourne Art Show 2013 Cam Art Melbourne 2013 Bayside Art Show 2013 ‘San Valentino “International art exhibition Vico del Gargano Italy 2012 Little Treasures International Art Exhibition Bologna Italy 2012 Clifton’s Art Award Melbourne(finalist) 2012 Bayside Art show 2011 Small Painting exhibition Brunswick Street gallery Melbourne 2011 Seaview gallery Group show Queenscliff 2010 Pink Lady Art Exhibition Melbourne 2009 Studio Art exhibition 2009 Fine Art at Hale Perth 2008 Perth College Art Exhibition 2008 Kingfisher Gallery Group show Perth 2008 Fine Art at Hale Perth 2008 ‘ARTITUDE’ Perth 2007-Jan 2008 Beyond Blue Lumiere gallery Cottesloe Perth 2007 MLC centenary exhibition Perth 2007 Fine Art at Hale Perth 2007 ARTITUDE Perth 2006 Treasure Box MONART Gallery Dalkeith Perth 2006 St Hilda’s Art Exhibition Perth 2006 Perth College Art exhibition 2006 Hale Art Exhibition Perth 2006 GALLERIE B group show Balingup WA 2006 Feature artist of the month Gallery 360 Subiaco Perth 2006 ARTITUDE Perth convention centre 2005 Vincent Art Awards-WA- Winner award of recommendation Perth 2005Town ofVincent art award (Award of recommendation Perth) 2005 Stirling Art Awards WA Perth 2005 Rich Memories-ARTPLACE gallery studio WA 2005 Mosman Moods Art Awards WA Perth 2005 Code Red Art-Christmas exhibition Perth 2005 ARTITUDE Perth Convention Centre WA 2004 Third Biennial Art Exhibition East Fremantle School 2004 Rivers &Parks a Personal Perspective (Constitutional centre of WA) 2004 Mount Lawley ‘The Journey ‘(Gallery 360 Mt Lawley) Perth 2004 Mosman Moods Art Awards (Mosman Park) Perth 2004 Hale Art Exhibition (Hale School) Perth 2004 ARTITUDE (Burswood resort) Perth 2003 Newman Arts Festival (Newman College Perth) 2003 Mosman Moods Art Awards Perth 2003 Feature artist of the month (Gallery 360 Subiaco & Mt Lawley) Perth 2003 Eclectic exhibition (Gallows gallery Mosman Park Perth) 2002 Second Biennial Art Exhibition East Fremantle Primary School 2002 City of Stirling Art Awards Perth 2001 City of Melville Art Awards Perth 2000 Woolstores Art Awards (Fremantle) 1999 Mosman Moods Art Awards Perth 1998 Artists against Racism (Pica Perth) 1995 Great Gifts (Johannesburg) 1993 Frames of Mind, (Singapore) 1992 Paper, People, Planet, (Singapore) Corporate commissions: Marti portfolio interiors Melbourne Saatchi & Saatchi- Singapore Space Partnership Singapore Deutsche Bank Singapore Kiwi Crafts Singapore Concord Shopping Centre-Singapore Art 2 Singapore NAESA Collection Singapore Azure Capital Exchange Plaza Perth DS Designs Sydney Marti Portfolio Melbourne Without pier Gallery, Panoply Gallery City of Port Phillip -Imagining Laneways Mural Jane Howell Interiors Collections:People Solutions Subiaco Perth Barrack and Associates Subiaco Perth Kalbarri Visions Resort Various Private collections in Perth Melbourne Brisbane, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, Germany, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada, USA Publications 2024 Feature Artist Quadrant Journal of New York Jung Society ‘Towards the Symbiocene’ Art Prizes 2005 Town ofVincent art award of recommendation (Perth) 2012 Finalist in Clifton’s art prize Melbourne 2013 Special recognition award Light space time online gallery 2022 Beaumaris art group Highly commended Residency and Fringe Venice Biennale group exhibition Venice April 2017
Murals Ceramic Mural and Imagining laneways St Kilda (sponsored by City of Port Philip) Space2b Shop front Nedlands Primary school pool side area Toyshop Singapore Prithipura infant home Sri Lanka Professional Memberships Bayside art advisory committee 2013-2016 NAVA MSWPS Melbourne Society of Women Painters Victorian Artists Society Beaumaris art group MAVA Melbourne Association of Visual Artists Voluntary work -Voluntary service overseas 2years Sri Lanka -Sacred heart mission and St Vincents Soup kitchen -Reiki for cancer patients -Establishment administration marketing PR installation curation of exhibitions at ARTSPACE gallery Space2b St Kilda. Mentoring and support individual artists and newly arrived and support of events festivals and workshops Workshops Various small group and individual workshops with a variety of ages in art, eco-art therapy and professional development relating to art practice.
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