Jessica Maria Hopkins
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Jessica Maria Hopkins                                       Email: [email protected]

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Silver Spring, Maryland                                     Website: www.jessicamariahopkins83.net
 
Represented by: CONNERSMITH Gallery

 

Education                                                                                                                             

2013                            American University, Washington, D.C.

2012                            MFA, Painting, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

2009                            BFA, Studio Art Degree, University of the District of Columbia,
                                   Washington, D.C. Cum Laude

2001                            Academic/Art Diploma, The Duke Ellington School of the Arts,
                                   Washington, D.C.

                                     
Exhibitions
2025                          Solo Show, Equinox, The Delaware Contemporary Museum ArtSource Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2025                          Group Show, WPA Collector's Night and Benefit Auction, Washington,D.C.

2025                          Juried Group Show, Hill Center Galleries 2025 Regional Juried Show, Washington, D.C. 
 
2023                          Group Show, Delaware Contemporary Museum, Wilmington, DE
2023                          Group Show, Genesis: The African American Experience In Art, Howard University
                                   Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
 
2022                          Group Show, Black History Month, Jesse Mae Foundation, Washington, D.C.                
2022                          Solo Show, Barriers, CONNERSMITH Gallery, Washington, D.C.
 
2021                          Solo Show, Determination, CONNERSMITH Gallery, Washington, D.C. 
 
2020                          Group Show, Can You Hear US Now, CONNERSMITH Gallery, Washington, D.C.
 
2019                          Group Show, Art Miami, CONNERSMITH Gallery, Miami, FL
2019                          Solo Show, Access: Equinox, CONNERSMITH Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2019                          Group Show, Art on the Vine, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2019                          Group Show, Washington Projects of the Arts 38th Annual Auction 
                                   Gala, Washington, D.C. 

2018-19                     Group Show, Academy 2018, CONNERSMITH Gallery, Washington,
                                    D.C.
2018                           Group Show, Straight Forward, Carroll Square Gallery,
                                     Washington, D.C.
2018                           Solo Show, The Glass Ceiling: Women of Change, University of The
                                     District of Columbia

2017-18                      Group Show, Dis/Figure, Betty May Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring,
                                     MD
2017                            Juried, Abstract, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2016                            Alchemical Vessels Exhibition, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery,
                                    Washington, D.C.
2016                            Juried, How I identify - Myself, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach,
                                     CA
2016                            Juried, Typecast, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
2016                            Juried, Help Hope Nepal Mural Project, Art Basel, Miami, FL
                             
2015                            Juried, Sheores and Womanists, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, 
                                     D.C.

2014                            Group Show, Artomatic Takes Flight. Arlington, VA
2014                            Alchemical Vessels Exhibition, Joan Hisoaka Healing Arts Gallery,
                                     Washington, DC 
2014                            Juried, Bodies Art Show, North Seattle Community College,
                                     Seattle, Washington

2013                            Silent Auction, Washington Adventist Hospital Cancer Gala,
                                     Takoma Park, MD
2013                            Juried, Emulsion East City Art DC First Juried Show, Washington,
                                     D.C.
2013                            Juried, In the Flesh  4, Torpedo Factory: Target Gallery, Alexandria,
                                     VA
2013                            Juried, The Photographic Self, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago,
                                     Illinois
2013                            Juried, Young Contemporary Show, Hillyer Art Space, Washington,
                                     D.C.
2012-13                       Juried, Solo Exhibition, Black Rock Center of the Arts, 
                                      Germantown, MD

2011-12                       Howard University Student Art Show, Washington, D.C.

2010                             Art Student Exhibition, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
                                      Annual  Convention, Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD

2008-9                         African American History Student Art Show, U.S. Geological Survey
                                      Department of Interior, Roselyn, VA
2007-8, 9                     University of the District of Columbia Student Art Show, Second
                                      Place, First  Place Drawing, Washington, D.C.

Text 

2023                            Siler, C. Brenda, African American Art Exhibition Created from Love, The Washington Post, June 14, 2023
 
2021                            Jenkins, Mark: In the galleries: A painful, political take on the art of cruel shoes, The Washington Post,
                                   April 9, 2021


2020                             Smith, K.A. James, Original Light: Post-Cancer Portraits, Image Journal,
                                    January 7, 2021, 34  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2018                              https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2018/art-talk-visual-artist-
                                     jessica-maria-hopkins, Talk with National Endowment of the arts

2013                             http://momatalks.tumblr.com/post/63290824758?utm_medium=email&utm_so
                                         urce=html&utm_campaign=submission_published&utm_term=respond_link ,
                                    MoMA TALKS, October 6, 2013
2013                            Larocca, Lauren: “The Road to Recovery, Paved With Paintings”,72
                                     Hours, The   Frederick News-Post, January 17, 2013, p.8
2013                            Jenkins, Mark: “A master class in prints possibilities”, The
                                     Washington Post, January 11, 2013, p.C8  



2012                            Hope, Eric: "East City Art visits Artomatic (Part 1)", East City Art,
                                    May 31, 2012



Collections
 
2023                            Collection of work Howard University, Washington, D.C. 
 
2023                            Collection of work  Private Collection, CA
 
2019                            Collection of work Private Collection, Washington, D.C. 

2018                            Collection of work Founding Farmers, Reston, VA
2015                            Collection of work at the DC Commission on the Art and Humanities Art 
                                     Bank, Washington, D.C. 

2013                            Collection of work Private Collection, Oakland, CA

2012                            Collection of work Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

2009                            Collection of work Office of Recruitment and Admissions, University of
                                     the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.

2008                            Collection of work Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

2008                            Collection of work at the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.

2007                           Collection of work  D.C. City Council under the auspices of Marion Barry, Jr, 
                                    Washington, D.C.  
                             

Commissions

2018                            Sally Hemings Commission for Founding Farmers, Reston, VA

2008-9                         Mural Project (15 48x48 canvases), Office of Registrars at the
                                     University of  the District of Columbia

2009                            Harris, El Gloria, Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Handbook,
                                     Jones and Bartlett Publisher: Canada, 2009

Professional Experience

2024                             Panelist, Panel Discussion at Collecting 101, The Yard-Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.
 
2023                             Panelist, Panel Discussion at 33rd Annual James A. Porter Colloquium,
                                      Howard University, Washington, D.C. 

2023                             Recipient, Women's History Month The University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.

2016 - Present            Art Instructor, Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy Public Charter School, 
                                      Washington, D.C.

2015-2015                    Art Instructor, Washington Latin Public Charter School, Washington, DC

2014-2015                    Art Instructor, Imagine Hope Community Charter School Tolson Campus, 
                                       Washington, D.C.

2013-2014                    Art Instructor, St. John’s Art Option Program, Washington, D.C.

2012-2013                    Internship, Art Cart: Saving the Legacy, Washington, D.C.       

2010                            Internship, Studio Assistant and Assistant Director,  
                                     Washington Very Special Arts WVSA Art Connection,  
                                     Washington, D.C.                                                                                                                           
2006                            Art/Academic Teacher Assistant, Ideal Academy Public Charter
                                       School, Washington, D.C.