Incorporating photographic portraiture with a range of installation elements, Shelly Hopkins' practice explores aspects of human behavior and intellect, current work focuses on the subject of 'gossip'. In the post-truth world of identity theft, social media shaming and false news, Hopkins reminds us of the legacy of gossip. By taking the 18th Century London publication, and purveyor par
Incorporating photographic portraiture with a range of installation elements, Shelly Hopkins' practice explores aspects of human behavior and intellect, current work focuses on the subject of 'gossip'. In the post-truth world of identity theft, social media shaming and false news, Hopkins reminds us of the legacy of gossip. By taking the 18th Century London publication, and purveyor par excellence of gossip and scandal, The Female Tatler, as her starting point, Hopkins draws on the mythical status of it's mischievous, multiplicitous author - Phoebe Crackenthorpe - and with staged portraits and sculpture, creates a complex fiction in an interesting interplay between the historical and the contemporary.
Shelly Hopkins
Visual Artist
www.shellyatseven.com
Education
2014-2017
B.A (Hons) Photography in the Arts
University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Swansea
2014-2017
Exhibitions
Third-year Exhibition, Sum Canna Vocalis, Swansea College of Art-2017
Source Magazine Graduate Website Gallery-2017
Lens Culture Website Gallery, Portrait Awards -2017
Elysium Gallery, No Name, Swansea-2016
Exist Skate Park Exhibition, Common Nocturne, Swansea-2016
Collaborative Practise Exhibition, The Girl with The Penny, Amphitheatre, Swansea-2016
Second-year Exhibition, Fugitive Testimony, Swansea College of Art -2015
Creative Bubble Exhibition, Le Corps De La Femme Swansea-2015
First Year Exhibition, The Way We Live Now Swansea College of Art-2014
First Year Exhibition, Visio, Exist Skate Park Exhibition, Swansea, 2014
MA Photography (Currently studying)