CLYDE HOPKINS
| 1946 | Born Bexhill on Sea Sussex UK |
| 1957 | Moved to Barrow in Furness Cumbria |
| 1965 | University of Reading BA Hons Fine Art (Painting) |
| 2008 | Professor Emeritus University of the Arts London |
| Lives and works in S E London and St Leonards on Sea Sussex |
AWARDS
| 1979 | Greater London Arts Association Award |
| 1980 | Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award |
| 1980 | Mark Rothko Travelling Fellowship (USA) |
| 1998 | Lorne Award |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2016 | Clyde Hopkins – Paintings 116 gallery, Tenterden, Kent |
| 2013 | Clyde Hopkins – Paintings 116 gallery, Tenterden, Kent |
| 2012 | brown madder Chelsea Futurespace, London (catalogue) Indian Yellow Merston Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex |
| 2010 | Clyde Hopkins – Paintings 116 gallery, Tenterden, Kent |
| 1998 | Vodka, a Stiff Breeze and Paranoia London Institute Gallery, Davies St London |
| 1997 | Clyde Hopkins: Recidivist Paintings & Other Crimes Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
| 1996 | Clyde Hopkins: Paintings 1989-1996 Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset |
| 1994 | Galeria Joan Prats, New York, USA Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London The Reg Vardy Arts Foundation Galleries, University of Sunderland UK |
| 1992 | Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
| 1991 | Kunstverein Kirchzarten, Germany; Kunst Europa |
| 1990 | Galeria Joan Prats, New York, USA Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
| 1989 | Modern Times: A Retrospective Exhibition Castlefield Gallery, Manchester Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London |
| 1988 | Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, UK |
| 1986 | Serpentine Gallery, London Winchester Art Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Hampshire |
| 1985 | Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (catalogue) Rochdale Art Gallery, Lancashire (catalogue) |
| 1981 | The ACME Gallery, London |
| 1978 | First Spring Show, Serpentine Gallery, London |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2016 | Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery. London Islington Art Fair, Advanded Graphics London, London Uncommon Chemistry, curated by Dan Howard-Birt, Observer Arts, Hastings,East Sussex |
| 2015 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries London Twenty exhibition APT Gallery, Deptford London Barford Sculpture Auction exhibition, Berloni Gallery London |
| 2014 | Colour Boundary : with Caroline De Lannoy, Sharon Hall, Mali Morris and David Sweet (curator and catalogue essay), Gallery North, Northumbria University Newcastle GB/SWITCH/NL Pulchri Studios, Den Haag, Nederlands Drawing into Making, curated by John Crossley, Clarendon Studios, S E London Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries London Detail curated by Andrew Bracey H Project Space Bangkok; Transition Gallery, London; (2015 Usher Gallery, Lincoln) Colour Boundary (smaller version of Gallery North exhibition) : Slade School Gallery, UCL London Colour and Otherness Grace Teshima, Paris (curated by John Crossley) |
| 2013 | Breakthrough Hastings Arts Forum, St Leonards on Sea, E Sussex Islington Art Fair (Advanced Graphics London) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries, London Prints from Advanced Graphics : Beattie, Hopkins, Irwin, Kitchen, Klein at Chelsea Arts Club, London The Perfect Death – Horizons Lion & Lamb Gallery, Hoxton, London Conversations – An exhibition of small paintings curated by John Crossley, Clarendon Studios, S E London |
| 2012 | Delineation APT Gallery, Deptford Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA galleries, London Significant Others (with Patrick Caulfield, Marilyn Hallam, Janet Nathan) Advanced Graphics Gallery, Borough, London Discerning Eye (invited artist), Mall Galleries, London The Art of War: Defence Kapil Jariwala Gallery, Camberwell, London |
| 2011 | Uncaught Hares – Parts1 & 2 at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, and at Clifford Chance, London (catalogue) Invaluable APT Gallery, Deptford, London (curated by Sheila Vollmer & Victoria Rance) Islington Art Fair (Advanced Graphics London) |
| 2010 | Scratching the Surface curated by Francesca Simon, with Geddes, Hopkins & Wragg Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff Wales (catalogue as in 2007 Eton exhibition) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries, London SoCo Exhibition, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings East Sussex MIX Artists at APT Studios, APT Gallery, Deptford London Spoilt for Choice Advanced Graphics prints at King’s Place Gallery, London |
| 2009 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries, London Northern Print Biennale, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 2008 | The Colour Show Hilton Young Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall; selected by Bo Hilton. ‘ …Same As It Ever Was’ exhibition in three venues, The Arts Gallery Davies Street, Chelsea Triangle Space Millbank and Chelsea Futurespace, London (curated by Clyde Hopkins with Donald Smith and Eamonn Maxwell; catalogue essays by David Ryan, Matthew Collings and Clyde Hopkins). Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries, London Clyde Hopkins & Marilyn Hallam – Arts in Healthcare Scheme, Conquest Hospital, E Sussex, curated by Margaret Richards |
| 2007 | Scratching the Surface Drawing Schools, Eton College, Eton: Geddes, Hopkins, Simon & Wragg (catalogue essay by Mathew Collings) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries, London APT Open x2 selected by Emma Biggs & Mathew Collings, APT Gallery, Deptford, London. SoCo Exhibition, Arts in Healthcare, St Leonards on Sea, E Sussex Painting Unlimited..selected by Cath Ferguson, APT Gallery, Deptford, London. 20/21 Art Fair, RCA London (Advanced Graphics London) SoCo December Exhibition, The Beacon, Hastings, East Sussex |
| 2006 | Circus Artpack, The Empire, Bethnal Green, London Thread drawings selected by A Parsons and H Shiba, APT Gallery, Deptford Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries, London 20/21 Art Fair Royal College of Art (Advanced Graphics London) |
| 2005 | Sea Voices: Contemporary British Painting Part two, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, East Sussex Islington Art Fair Advanced Graphics London, London |
| 2004 | Islington Art Fair Advanced Graphics London, London London Print Fair Royal Academy of Arts, London Four Artists – Paintings and Prints: Beattie, Geddes, Hopkins, Jones: Advanced Graphics Gallery, Borough London Clyde Hopkins, John McLean,Carol Robertson Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff Wales The Mill Exhibition – selected by Nick Hall anderssonhall.com, Greenwich London First APT Open Exhibition APT Gallery, Deptford London |
| 2003 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA Galleries London The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries London (selected by Bob Boas) Small is Beautiful – War & Peace, Flowers Central Gallery London |
| 2002 | Ten Days in Deptford APT Gallery, London The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries, London (selected by Graham Crowley) Chelsea Arts Club, London |
| 2001 | Clyde Hopkins & Marilyn Hallam Art in Hospitals Project, Conquest Hospital, Rother NHS Trust, East Sussex British Abstract Painting 2001 Flowers East Gallery London (catalogue) Five Artists Lewisham Town Hall (loan scheme) London Life in Art photographs by Steve Pyke, Folkestone, Hastings and SE England tour (catalogue/book publication) Real Encounters, artists featured in Life in Art The Pier, Hastings East Sussex Chelsea at Millbank research from artists at Chelsea College of Art London |
| 2000 | Islington Art Fair 2000 Advanced Graphics London, London Five from Lewisham :loaned work for exhibition at the Civic Suite, Lewisham Town Hall, London Art Fair Royal College of Art (with Francis Graham Dixon) London New Publications Advanced Graphics London, London Art on Paper Royal College of Art London Contemporary Print Exhibition The Barbican Centre London London Original Print Fair Royal Academy of Arts London |
| 1999 | Coastal Currents Hastings Museum and Art Gallery East Sussex Islington Art Fair 1999 Francis Graham Dixon Gallery London Works on paper APT Gallery, Deptford London Small is Beautiful Flowers West Gallery, Santa Monica USA |
| 1998 | Summer Exhibition Hastings Museum and Art Gallery East Sussex Chelsea Arts Club London Small is Beautiful – Music Flowers East Gallery London |
| 1997 | Delight (paintings by Dellow, Hallam, Hopkins, Rigden and Welch) Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames (catalogue) |
| 1996 | Second Impressions Reg Vardy Arts Foundation Gallery, University of Sunderland The Leading Edge London Institute Gallery, Davies Street London Delight (paintings by Dellow, Hallam, Hopkins, Morris, Rigden and Welch) The John Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University (selected, curated and catalogue essay by David Sweet) British Abstract Art Part 3 – Works on Paper Flowers East Gallery, London The Harlech Biennale Harlech, Wales |
| 1995 | British 20th Century Abstract Painting The Atkinson Gallery, Millfield Somerset Tom Watt and Friends Ramsgate Library Gallery, Kent Permanent Waves (invited artist) Hastings Museum and Art Gallery East Sussex Recent Work Star Gallery, Lewes East Sussex |
| 1994 | Lead and Follow: the Continuity of Abstraction : Bede Gallery Jarrow, and Atlantis Gallery London (catalogue) Whitechapel Open Whitechapel Art Gallery London Gallery Artists: Paintings and works on paper 1982-94 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery London Made in Greenwich 1974-1994 The Living Room Gallery, Greenwich London Summer Spectrum Hackney Arts Festival London British Abstract Art: Part 1 Painting Flowers East Gallery London (illustrated catalogue) Post Decadence 1984-94 Cafe Gallery London |
| 1993 | Contemporary British Art Four painters from Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery. Bayer A.G. Leverkusen and Dusseldorf Germany (illustrated catalogue with translated essays) Water Colour Curwen Gallery London |
| 1992 | Paintings and Sculpture from the Greenwich Studios Woodlands Art Gallery London A Centenary Exhibition University of Reading Berkshire Whitechapel Open (invited artist) Whitechapel Art Gallery London Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (invited artist), RA Galleries London Five Years: Works on paper & an Exterior Sculpture Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery London |
| 1991 | Kunst Europa (organised by British Council) Kunstverein Kirchzarten, Germany (catalogue) Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery London Inaugral Exhibition – the Gallery at John Jones London Artspace Bristol Building: Art Auction and Exhibition Gimpel Fils Gallery London The Discerning Eye Mall Galleries London |
| 1990 | Group exhibition with Spanish artists Bird, Casamada, Pijuan, Llados Galeria Joan Prats, New York USA Southern Arts touring exhibition organised by Winchester Art Gallery, Hampshire Contemporary Art Society, London Artists from the Greenwich Studios Greenwich Citizens Gallery, Woolwich The Broadgate Exhibition, organised by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Whitechapel Open Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| 1989 | Gallery Artists Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London Painters at Winchester Winchester art Gallery, Hampshire The Day Book Exhibition Andrew Jones Art, UK tour |
| 1988 | Athena Art Competition (invited artist) Barbican Gallery, London The Presence of Painting – Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-1988 South Bank Centre UK tour commencing at the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield (catalogue) Hommage to the Square Flaxman Gallery London Eleven Artists Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery London Whitechapel Open The Whitechapel Gallery London The Fuse Gallery, Smithfield, London The Day Book Exhibition Andrew Jones Art, UK tour |
| 1987 | Coastlines Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne Sussex On a Plate James Hockey Gallery Farnham Surrey and Serpentine Gallery London Symondsbury Gallery, Dorset Group Exhibition, Cotham, Bristol |
| 1986 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (invited artist), RA Galleries London |
| 1985 | Clyde Hopkins and Stephen Cooper Axiom Gallery Cheltenham Gloucestershire Clyde Hopkins, Richard Rome and Mary Shemilt Woodlands Art Gallery London Axiom Review Exhibition Axiom Gallery Cheltenham Gloucestershire |
| 1984 | Painters at Winchester – Part 1 Winchester School of Art Gallery Hampshire Whitechapel Open The Whitechapel Gallery London Group Exhibition, The Gloria Gallery, Nicosia Cyprus TSWA Open Exhibition national touring exhibition UK |
| 1983 | Whitechapel Open The Whitechapel Gallery London |
| 1982 | Clyde Hopkins & David Sweet The John Holden Gallery, Manchester Drawings The University of Kent, Canterbury The Opening Exhibition Hull Artists Association Kingston upon Hull Humberside Five Local Artists The Old Mill Studios, S E London (selected by Tim Jones) Ten University Art Gallery Reading Berkshire Artists for CND The Acme Gallery London Small Works by British Artists IKON Gallery and national tour UK |
| 1981 | Painters from the Greenwich Studios Woodlands Art Gallery London |
| 1980 | Seven Painters Kettle’s Yard Gallery Cambridge and tour The Hayward Annual (selected by John Hoyland) Hayward Gallery London (catalogue) Small Works by Younger British Artists Somerville College Oxford (selected by Jennifer Durrant) |
| 1979 | Open Attitudes Museum of Modern Art Oxford (selected by Alister Warman) |
| 1978 | Drawing in Action Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Humberside (selected by John Clark) Bates, Crowley, Hopkins Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art Hampshire Small Works Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery Newcastle Northumbria |
| 1977 | Drawings by Painters and Sculptors Greenwich Theatre Gallery Greenwich London |
| 1976 | Drawings and Prints The Aquarius Gallery, Harrogate |
| 1975 | Six Artists The Africa Centre London |
| 1974 | Four Painters Congress House London |
| 1964 | Dryden and Hopkins Gas Showrooms, Barrow in Furness Cumbria |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2014 | Colour Boundary illustrated catalogue essay and notes on paintings Gallery North, Northumbria University | David Sweet
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| 2012 | brown madder illustrated catalogue essay Chelsea Futurespace and UAL
Kensington & Chelsea Today March/April :review of brown madder |
Brandon Taylor
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| 2012 | Indian Yellow interview and video Merston Gallery, W Sussex | Paul Kopecek |
| 2011 | Uncaught Hares: Parts 1 and 2 illustrated catalogue essays University of Greenwich | David Waterworth, David Webb |
| 2010 | Scratching the Surface illustrated catalogue with text (as in Eton exhibition 2007) Bay Art, Cardiff | Matthew Collings |
| 2009 | Northern Print Biennale illustrated catalogue, Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| 2008 | … Same As It Ever Was illustrated catalogue with essays. Chelsea College of Art, UAL. Exhibition curated by Clyde Hopkins with Donald Smith and Eamonn Maxwell. | David Ryan, Matthew Collings
Clyde Hopkins |
| 2007 | Scratching the Surface illustrated catalogue with text at Eton College Berkshire | Matthew Collings |
| 2005 | Sea Voices: Contemporary British Painting part 2 illustrated catalogue text and notes, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Sussex | Jane Brumfield & the artists |
| 2002 | Contemporary September ‘International News’ | Richard Dyer |
| 2002 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition catalogue | |
| 2001 | British Abstract Painting 2001 Flowers East Gallery London illustrated catalogue | |
| 2001 | Life in Art: Photographs by Steve Pyke book – photography and interviews: published by SE Arts, Steve Pyke and SAGA | |
| 2001 | Portrait of the Artists: Weekend FT 9 June | |
| 1998 | Vodka, a Stiff Breeze and Paranoia exhibition – The Front illustrated catalogue essay The London Institute (UAL) | Sacha Craddock |
| 1998 | Clyde Hopkins Time Out March | Sue Hubbard |
| 1998 | In Sight The London Institute November | |
| 1997 | Bonny Old Clyde Hopkins Highbury & Islington Express November | Michelle Thomas |
| 1997 | Around the Galleries The Times November | Sacha Craddock |
| 1996 | The Screen, The Surface and The Future : Issues in Architecture Art & Design Polemics Vol 4 No 2 1992 | David Sweet |
| 1996 | Delight illustrated exhibition catalogue with texts May | David Sweet |
| 1995 | Art Beat: What’s On : January | Nick Wegner |
| 1994 | The Whitechapel Open review The Sunday Telegraph | John McEwen |
| 1994 | Graduates of the Central School of Art : The Whitechapel Open illustrated review The Independent on Sunday 15 May | Tim Hilton |
| 1994 | East End Masters of Projection: the Whitechapel Open review The Independent 18 May | Richard Dorment |
| 1994 | Made in Greenwich 1974-1994 The Living Room : catalogue essay | Cuillin Bantock |
| 1994 | A Collector Who Backs His own Hunches Independent on Sunday 31 July | Geraldine Norman |
| 1994 | A Brush With the Unexpected The Independent on Sunday 14 August | Tim Hilton |
| 1994 | Art The Sunday Telegraph 16 October | John McEwen |
| 1994 | Arts. The Best of 1994 The Independent on Sunday 18 December | Tim Hilton |
| 1993 | Painting for Chemists The Times 13 January | |
| 1993 | Britische Kunst im Foyer des Bayer-Hochhauses Verschlusselter Kosmos RheinischerPost 16 January | Esther Sculoff |
| 1993 | Im Dickicht der Farben Ko’lner-Stadt-Anzeiger 16 January | |
| 1993 | Contemporary British Art Francis Graham-Dixon gallery with Bayer AG Leverkusen; illustrated catalogue with various translated texts | |
| 1992 | Critic’s Choice The Sunday Telegraph 1 November | John McEwen |
| 1992 | City Limits 20 October | Richard Dyer |
| 1992 | London Notes No. 6 CV Journal of the Arts | |
| 1992 | Rising in the East End The Guardian 25 June | Tim Hilton |
| 1992 | The Independent 13 October | Ian Gale |
| 1992 | The Royal Academy Magazine, Autumn 1992 | Andrew Lambirth |
| 1991 | Kunst Europa catalogue contains essays including Clyde Hopkins by | Stefan Berg and David Sweet |
| 1990 | Notes on Clyde Hopkins Painting 1989-90 Francis Graham Dixon Gallery exhibition catalogue essay | Bryan Robertson |
| 1990 | Critic’s Choice The Guardian 19 September | Tim Hilton |
| 1989 | The Burlington Magazine May review | Tony Godfrey |
| 1989 | Modern Times Manchester Guardian 9 May review | Robert Clark |
| 1989 | Time Out 5 April | Robert MacDonald |
| 1989 | Arts Review 24 March | Peter Davies |
| 1989 | Critic’s Choice The Guardian 22 March | Tim Hilton |
| 1988 | Homage to the Square and Fuse Gallery Exhibition, The Guardian | Tim Hilton |
| 1988 | The Presence of Painting Mappin Gallery and UK tour:organised by the South bank centre: catalogue essay | Michael Tooby |
| 1987 | On a Plate Sunday Times Colour Magazine | |
| 1986 | Abstract Art Today Arts Review | Peter Davies |
| 1986 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition review Financial Times | William Packer |
| 1982 | Artscribe February/March issue review | David Sweet |
| 1982 | Clyde Hopkins : Paintings catalogue essay for Rochdale and IKON galleries | Brandon Taylor |
| 1982 | The Pitfalls of Liberation Artscribe No 37 | David Sweet |
| 1982 | Ten University of Reading catalogue | Anna Gruetzner |
| 1981 | Reviews I Almost Wrote Artscribe No 31 | Adrian Searle |
| 1981 | Tribune | Margaret Richards |
| 1981 | Artscribe (Spring Issue) | Mark Murphy |
| 1981 | Acme Gallery Exhibition Art International (Summer Issue) | Edward Lucie-Smith |
| 1979 | Open Attitudes Artscribe review | Adrian Searle |
| 1979 | Seven Painters artist’s statement and catalogue essay | William Packer |
| 1979 | Artscribe No 24, John Hoyland interviewed | |
| 1979 | Aspects review | Peter Fuller |
| 1979 | Financial Times review | William Packer |
| 1979 | The Observer review | William Feaver |
| 1979 | Hayward Annual illustrated catalogue | Tim Hilton and John Hoyland |
| 1979 | Open Attitudes MOMA Oxford notes | Alister Warman |
| 1979 | Harper’s and Queen, profile | Bryan Robertson |
| 1978 | Kaleidoscope BBC Radio 4, Serpentine show reviewed | Bryan Robertson |
| 1978 | Serpentine Exhibition artist’s statement | |
| 1978 | Aspects No 3, interview | Jean Fisher |
Poster photographs, 1986 by Bruce Bernard © Estate of Bruce Bernard
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL
1987-2016 Member of E A Abbey Council – Scholarships at BSR
1990-2006 Principal Lecturer (Painting) and Professor, Chelsea College of Art & Design University of the Arts London
1988-90 Head of Fine Art, Winchester School of Art
1985-90 Member of the Painting Faculty, British School at Rome
1982-88 Head of Painting, Winchester School of Art
1974-82 Part-time and sessional lecturer at various art colleges and universities including Hull College of Art, Canterbury, University of Reading, Manchester, Newport, etc. Visiting lecturer to many other UK art colleges
External Examiner on post-graduate (MA and MFA) courses include the Royal College of Art, the Slade School (UCL), Winchester (University of Southampton) and Manchester. Undergraduate courses include Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, the Slade School, Cardiff, etc.
EXHIBITION CURATION
2003 colourspace APT gallery, London SE8; 27 contemporary artists including Grenville Davey, Chris Ofili, Noel Forster
2007-08 ‘ …. same as it ever was’ Artist tutors and ex-students from the Painting course at Chelsea College of Art; shown across
three UAL exhibition venues in London
