Biography
Charlie-Anne Hopkins (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with place, materiality, and ecological transformation. They hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute.
Hopkins has participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera Arts, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Mildred’s Lane, Leland Ironworks, Sou’wester Arts, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and Aunt Dofe’s. Their work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In addition to their studio practice, Hopkins played a key role in founding Carnation Contemporary, a cooperative gallery in Portland, OR, dedicated to supporting emerging and underrepresented artists.
Rooted in a direct engagement with the land, Hopkins’ practice involves foraging natural materials to create inks, sculptures, and works on paper, forging a tangible connection to the physical landscape. Their work reflects both personal experience and broader ecological narratives, exploring the urgent and often unsettling reality of climate change. Living in the Western United States, Hopkins responds to the region’s shifting ecosystems—wildfires, droughts, and environmental flux—creating pieces that embody both mourning and resilience.
Challenging the patriarchal myths of the American West, Hopkins’ work disrupts traditional narratives of rugged individualism and conquest, offering alternative perspectives that center interdependence, adaptation, and reverence for the land. By weaving together history, ecology, and materiality, they invite a reconsideration of place—not as something to be dominated, but as a relationship to be nurtured.
Hopkins lives and works between Livingston, MT, and Lyle, WA, dividing their time between the studio and the saddle.
Artist Statement
My practice is deeply rooted in place. By foraging materials to create inks, sculptures, and works on paper, I establish a direct and tangible relationship with the land. This process ties my practice to the physical landscape in an intimate and evolving way, transforming natural materials into pieces that reflect both personal experience and broader ecological narratives.
My work explores the profound and often unsettling experience of witnessing climate change in real-time. Living in the Western United States, I am acutely aware of the rapid transformations taking place—wildfires, droughts, and shifting ecosystems—each leaving an indelible mark on the land and on my own sense of belonging. My pieces function as gestures of simultaneous surrender and defiance, embodying the tension between mourning and resilience. As I grapple with an increasing sense of nostalgia, my practice becomes a way to process grief while also resisting narratives of helplessness.
The imagery and subject matter I engage with stem from my deep interest in dismantling patriarchal tropes of the American West. I challenge the myths of rugged individualism and conquest that have long defined the region’s cultural identity, instead offering alternative perspectives that emphasize interdependence, adaptation, and reverence for the land. By weaving together history, ecology, and materiality, my work invites a reconsideration of place—not as something to be dominated or possessed, but as something to be in relationship with.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2024
Between the Earth and Sky Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Art in the Anthropocene, Livingston Center for Arts and Culture , Livingston, MT
Bloom Good Luck Gallery, Kalispell, MT
2023
Safekeeping 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Up in Smoke Punch Projects, Thorp, WA
It’s Complicated Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Bewildered Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
2022
Smolder Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Bewildered The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
Cowboys and Horse Girls Golden Hind Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Undomesticated Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2021
Soft Ambition Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Best of the Gorge Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
Second Date Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2020
From the Depths Sou’wester, Seaview, WA
Boundaries The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
Sirens Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Charlie-Anne Hopkins (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with place, materiality, and ecological transformation. They hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute.
Hopkins has participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera Arts, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Mildred’s Lane, Leland Ironworks, Sou’wester Arts, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and Aunt Dofe’s. Their work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In addition to their studio practice, Hopkins played a key role in founding Carnation Contemporary, a cooperative gallery in Portland, OR, dedicated to supporting emerging and underrepresented artists.
Rooted in a direct engagement with the land, Hopkins’ practice involves foraging natural materials to create inks, sculptures, and works on paper, forging a tangible connection to the physical landscape. Their work reflects both personal experience and broader ecological narratives, exploring the urgent and often unsettling reality of climate change. Living in the Western United States, Hopkins responds to the region’s shifting ecosystems—wildfires, droughts, and environmental flux—creating pieces that embody both mourning and resilience.
Challenging the patriarchal myths of the American West, Hopkins’ work disrupts traditional narratives of rugged individualism and conquest, offering alternative perspectives that center interdependence, adaptation, and reverence for the land. By weaving together history, ecology, and materiality, they invite a reconsideration of place—not as something to be dominated, but as a relationship to be nurtured.
Hopkins lives and works between Livingston, MT, and Lyle, WA, dividing their time between the studio and the saddle.
Artist Statement
My practice is deeply rooted in place. By foraging materials to create inks, sculptures, and works on paper, I establish a direct and tangible relationship with the land. This process ties my practice to the physical landscape in an intimate and evolving way, transforming natural materials into pieces that reflect both personal experience and broader ecological narratives.
My work explores the profound and often unsettling experience of witnessing climate change in real-time. Living in the Western United States, I am acutely aware of the rapid transformations taking place—wildfires, droughts, and shifting ecosystems—each leaving an indelible mark on the land and on my own sense of belonging. My pieces function as gestures of simultaneous surrender and defiance, embodying the tension between mourning and resilience. As I grapple with an increasing sense of nostalgia, my practice becomes a way to process grief while also resisting narratives of helplessness.
The imagery and subject matter I engage with stem from my deep interest in dismantling patriarchal tropes of the American West. I challenge the myths of rugged individualism and conquest that have long defined the region’s cultural identity, instead offering alternative perspectives that emphasize interdependence, adaptation, and reverence for the land. By weaving together history, ecology, and materiality, my work invites a reconsideration of place—not as something to be dominated or possessed, but as something to be in relationship with.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2024
Between the Earth and Sky Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Art in the Anthropocene, Livingston Center for Arts and Culture , Livingston, MT
Bloom Good Luck Gallery, Kalispell, MT
2023
Safekeeping 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Up in Smoke Punch Projects, Thorp, WA
It’s Complicated Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Bewildered Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
2022
Smolder Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Bewildered The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
Cowboys and Horse Girls Golden Hind Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Undomesticated Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2021
Soft Ambition Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Best of the Gorge Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR
Second Date Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2020
From the Depths Sou’wester, Seaview, WA
Boundaries The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
Sirens Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR