Bernadette Hopkins
Biography
Bernadette Hopkins was born in Belfast, N. Ireland and has exhibited in New York, Italy and Ireland. She is a visual, performance and social practice artist 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 Limerick School of Art and Design and previously graduated in Fine Art and Painting at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design. Her art practice explores contested spaces and environments, affecting the natural world and the human condition through multimedia and performance art and collaborative practices.
She has recently researched and written ‘A 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 and she was a founding member of artist collaborations Wild Swans, Cuislí Performance Art, Utopia Ducks Performance and Social Practice Art, and Art of Resistance Interdisciplinary Collective. Bernadette continues to develop her art practice, methodologies and research. She currently curates and chairs Radical ReThink Conversations in Contemporary Art Practice at the Regional Cultural Centre, Co. Donegal. Recent work includes collaborative performances and project management of ‘Forgotten Places’ with Wild Swans, Gresol Art Spain, Bbeyond and Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny.
She has recently researched and written ‘A 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 and she was a founding member of artist collaborations Wild Swans, Cuislí Performance Art, Utopia Ducks Performance and Social Practice Art, and Art of Resistance Interdisciplinary Collective. Bernadette continues to develop her art practice, methodologies and research. She currently curates and chairs Radical ReThink Conversations in Contemporary Art Practice at the Regional Cultural Centre, Co. Donegal. Recent work includes collaborative performances and project management of ‘Forgotten Places’ with Wild Swans, Gresol Art Spain, Bbeyond and Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny.