SELECTED BIO:
VIOLET HOPKINS (El Paso, Texas 1973) lives and works in Los Angeles. She holds a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Selected exhibitions include Gallery Sora, Tokyo (solo); Galeria Moriarty, Madrid (both 2008); BaliceHertling, Paris (2007) (solo); Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (2006-7); Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro NC; (2006-7); Foxy Production, New York (solo); David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles (solo); Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London (solo with Lesley Vance); Peres Projects, Berlin ( all 2006); The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection (various venues) (2005); Deitch Projects, New York; David Zwirner Gallery, New York; CRG, New York (all 2004); Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo (2003).
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Exhibitions
Selected Bibliography
Griggs-Saito, Katrina. "Violet Hopkins: Lux, Lumen." The Japan Times, May 29, 2008
Patterson, Tom. "A Profusion of Pleasure." Winston-Salem Journal, 31 December 2006.
Spiegler, Marc. "LA Art Is Here To Stay." The Art Newspaper, 8 December 2006: P.1.
Wagner, James. "Violet Hopkins at Foxy Production." jameswagner.com, 7 November 2006.
Brooks, Amra. “Violet Hopkins.” Artforum, September 2006: 385-386.
Pagel, David. "Summer Sampler Has a Dark Side." The Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2005: E26.
