Jessica Maria Hopkins Website: jessicamariahopkins83.net
Represented by Connersmith Gallery
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.
