Bernadette Hopkins
Biography
Bernadette Hopkins was born in Belfast, N. Ireland and has exhibited in Ireland, Italy and New York. She is a visual/performance/social practice artist and activist 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 1970’s in Derry which continues to influence her work in visual, performance, curation and social practice art around the human condition.
She was a founding member of artist collaborations Cuislí, Utopia Ducks and Art of Resistance Collective and presently lives and works in Milford, Co.Donegal, Ireland where she continues to work and develop her art practice, methodologies and research. She has recently researched and written ‘Donegal Framework Document for Intercultural Art and Culture' which was commissioned and published by Donegal, Mayo and South County Dublin Art Councils and Donegal Intercultural Platform.
She was a founding member of artist collaborations Cuislí, Utopia Ducks and Art of Resistance Collective and presently lives and works in Milford, Co.Donegal, Ireland where she continues to work and develop her art practice, methodologies and research. She has recently researched and written ‘Donegal Framework Document for Intercultural Art and Culture' which was commissioned and published by Donegal, Mayo and South County Dublin Art Councils and Donegal Intercultural Platform.