Carolyn Hopkins

Lyle, WA

Blind Forest, Fired stoneware, wood, brick, cement rubble

Cement cast of whale vertebrae, hand built clay chain, plaster, paint

Siren, Stained glass, kiln fused glass, silver leaf, rotating beacon light

Cascade, 2012, Taxidermy forms, fused glass, overdyed fabric, flocking, wood

Cascade (detail), 2012, Taxidermy forms, fused glass, overdyed fabric, flocking, wood

Float, Fly, 2015, Fused glass, caribou antlers, paint, glazed stoneware, mockingbird eggs, 31.5 x 34.5 x 42 in

Float, Fly (detail), 2015, Fused glass, caribou antlers, paint, glazed stoneware, mockingbird eggs, 31.5 x 34.5 x 42 in

In Search of the Next Frontier, 2011, Foam, found blankets, fabric, steel, horse hair, wood, shag carpeting, 11' x 13' x 22'

In Search of the Next Frontier (detail), 2011, Foam, found blankets, fabric, steel, horse hair, wood, shag carpeting, 11' x 13' x 22'

Biography

Carolyn Hopkins graduated with an MFA in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her work is often made from the viewpoint of the end in order to re-examine our current political and ecological landscapes, as well as the rise of solastalgia. Carolyn has collaborated with Mark Dion and has been an Artist in Residence at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC, the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera, Brush Creek, Mildred’s Lane, and Leland Ironworks. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Carolyn lives and works on her 20 acre ranch in Lyle, WA. She is the Gallery Director at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, OR.

www.carolynannhopkins.com