Approved: 22.05.2017

Shelly Hopkins

Artist, Consultant, Event organiser

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Approved: 22.05.2017

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

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  • Location: Swansea, Wales

Artist Statement

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.

CV & Education

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)