Approved: 13.04.2018

HAZEL LOPATKIN

Artist, Maker, Teacher

Approved: 13.04.2018

I am a multi media artist, creating work relating to loss, not a tangible absence but a loss that cannot be held or measured. My concepts deal with fear of forgetting, the spaces between reality, transferred memories and the line between which truth and fantasy become blurred. I often work with paint, collage, found objects and with an alter ego, Kalinka Kuperchick. 

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  • Location: London
  • Contexts: Studio practice
  • Artforms: Painting
  • Tags: abstract art, collections, patina, microscopic, trace, contemporary
 
 

Artist Statement

I am a multi media artist, creating work relating to loss, not a tangible absence but a loss that cannot be held or measured. My concepts deal with fear of forgetting, the spaces between reality, transferred memories and the line between which truth and fantasy become blurred. I often work with paint, collage, found objects and with an alter ego, Kalinka Kuperchick. 

I am regularly found at auctions and have a fascination with used, precious objects and the idea of personal trace on physical items. The foundation of a person’s life, their significant and insignificant moments are absent and I attempt to replace them, through painting microscopic trace, reconstructing missing items and working from these once treasured objects. 

I am inspired by the home of my late grandfather, an antique dealer, where I developed a curiosity for these once loved items and began to search for a narrative. Looking through boxes of objects, letters and photographs brought at auctions, I became aware of the simplification of a person when they are summed up in terms of inanimate objects. I am fascinated by the idea of collecting and collections and the meaning and purpose it gives to an existence.

I live and work in London and am an experienced Artist - Teacher. I studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Middlesex University and worked as an illustrator and as a commercial interior designer until completing a PGCE at Brighton University and worked in an East London secondary school for over 20 years. I completed an MA in Education and Contemporary Artist Practice at Goldsmiths University in 2009 where I developed my identity as an artist - teacher and now embed my contemporary art practice in the curriculum I teach.

I now wish to find opportunities to exhibit my current work and seek out residencies to create site specific work that reacts to a space and the collections within.

CV & Education

C.V.

Hazel lopatkin (UK)

Currently lives and works in London, UK. 

www.hlwfineart.com

Education

2009: Goldsmiths University. MA Artist Teachers and Contemporary Practices, London

1994: University of Brighton. PGCE Art and Design, East Sussex

1987: Middlesex University, BA (hons) Graphic design and Illustration

Selected Exhibitions

Solo exhibitons 

Florians, Crouch End 2005

The Lopatkin Art Company at NEC Birmingham Print Fair, 2007

Art Space Muswell Hill, 2008

Group Exhibitions

A woman’s collective, Chalkwell, 2007

AT at Space Gallery, Hackney, 2009

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, NEASD 10 year anniversary conference, Newcastle. 2009

Gallery North, Artist Teacher Exhibition, Newcastle, 2009

Rhythm and Blues, The Original Gallery 2015

EFO Open Studio 2014, 2015, 2016, London

Breaking Boundaries, The Original Gallery, 2016

Collections

Work held in private collections in UK, Canada, Israel & USA

Texts

Applying Theory to Educational Research: An Introductory Approach with Case Studies. Jeff Adams. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Teaching

Artist - Teacher in Portsmouth and East London 1994 to present.