Jessica Maria Hopkins
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Jessica Maria Hopkins                                        Website: jessicamariahopkins83.net

Represented by Connersmith Gallery
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 Maryland                                                             

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

                                     
Exhibitions
2022                            Soloe 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 Show, Connersmith Gallery, Washington, DC
2019                            Group Show, Art on the Vine, Edgartown, MA
2019                            Group Show, WPA 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.

 2015                           Juried, The Big C Show, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
                            
                               
 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
2012                             Artomatic, Crystal City, VA
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
2021                            
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/art-gallery-shows-dc-region/2021/04/08/db9a592c-
                                    9626-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html , The Washington Post, April 9, 2021

2021                            https://www.udc.edu/2021/03/24/womens-history-month-ms-jessica-hopkins/, The University of the
                                    District of Columbia, March 24, 2021

2021                            https://www.luceartsandreligion.org/jessica-maria-hopkins, Henry Luce III Center for the Arts &
                                     Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary, January 13, 2021 
2021                            https://imagejournal.org/article/original-light-the-post-cancer-portraits-of-jessica-maria-hopkins/,
                                     Image Journal Issue 107, January 7, 2021

2019                            https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/art-on-the-vine-marthas-vineyard-2019/, Surface Magazine.com,
                                     August 13, 2019
 
2018                            
https://youtu.be/eNYyGXqlRPs , UDC Forum: Sally Hemings Portrait  
2018                            
https://youtu.be/hjcXhC50YGk , Founding Farmers Reston features a Portrait of Sally Hemings by Jessica
                                     Hopkins
                       
2018                           
https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2018/art-talk-visual-artist-jessica-maria-hopkins
                                    
Talk with National Endowment of the arts
2013                            http://pomflanagan.tumblr.com/, 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
2019                            Collection of work Patricia Walters, Washington, D.C. 
2018                            Sally Hemings Commission for 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 Dr. Harold Orr
2012                            Collection of work Jacquline Coles, Washington, D.C.
2009                            Mural Project, Office of Recruitment and Admissions, University of
                                     the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
2008                            Collection of work Dr. Sandra Jowers, Washington, D.C.
2008                            Collection of work at the University of the District of Columbia
2007                            Landscapes and portraits displayed at the D.C. City Council under
                                     the auspices of Marion Barry, Jr 

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
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.


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