Jessica Maria Hopkins Email: [email protected]
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.