Bernadette Hopkins
Biography
Bernadette Hopkins was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and since 1981, has lived and worked in Milan, Dublin and Co. Donegal. She graduated with a first class honours in MA Social Practice Art at LSAD, Limerick and in Fine Art and Painting at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design. Prior to studying art, she worked as a nurse during 'the troubles' in Derry which continues to influence her work in visual, performance, curation and social practice art around the human condition.
Bernadette exhibited in Ireland, Italy and New York and collaborates through performance with other artists, Le ÁI and Aodán McCardle as Cuislí Performance Art and founded Utopia Ducks with Rebecca Strain working though participatory performances and social practice events. She was a founding member of 'Art of Resistance Collective', raising awareness of human rights issues through multi-disciplinary art forms. She presently lives and works in Milford, Co.Donegal, Ireland where she continues to work and develop her art practice, methodologies and research.
Bernadette exhibited in Ireland, Italy and New York and collaborates through performance with other artists, Le ÁI and Aodán McCardle as Cuislí Performance Art and founded Utopia Ducks with Rebecca Strain working though participatory performances and social practice events. She was a founding member of 'Art of Resistance Collective', raising awareness of human rights issues through multi-disciplinary art forms. She presently lives and works in Milford, Co.Donegal, Ireland where she continues to work and develop her art practice, methodologies and research.