Matthew Hopkins
View stockroom & exhibitionsHopkins constructs “an illogical narrative from a series of mutations, contradictions and dissolutions of familiar references. It seems that something is being communicated but it is impossible to clarify what that may be.” Biljana Jancic
Through diverse mediums – drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video and sound – Matthew Hopkins’ work is often characterised by abstracted, comical, sometimes grotesque (human, demon or clown) figures and faces captured in alienated environments.
Born in 1978, Hopkins lives and works in Sydney and has been exhibiting in artist-run spaces since 2003. In 2008 he was a finalist in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Artist Scholarship and had a studio residence at Artspace. He has held three solo shows at Gallery 9.
Sound performances are another integral part of Matthew Hopkins’ practice and they tie into to the work he does with his band, Naked on the Vague. The band recently toured with Zola Jesus and performed at the New Museum, New York in April 2011. The performance was part of the ‘Get Weird’ monthly sound series which was held in conjunction with the exhibition George Condo: Mental States.