the artist
Sarah Hopkins gained an MA in Fine Art with Distinction at
Swansea
Institute in 2003. A printmaker and lecturer, Sarah is also an
experienced arts facilitator and most recently initiated and managed
Swansea Print Workshop’s
Festival of Muslim Cultures Print Project
and jointly curated the
Contemporary Welsh Printmakers Exhibition in conjunction with
Swansea Print Workshop.
Her printmaking focuses on repetitious and transient experiences associated with physical and conceptual journeys. With an emphasis on the urban environment she explores the impact of human intervention and decay; declining industry, polluted landscapes and concrete facades of the inner city that are so plentiful in South Wales, all of which provide a wealth of material about the city and the people who live there.
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"Through the exploration of printmaking techniques I endeavour to transform the monolithic monstrosities that blot our landscape into everyday beauty; a beauty, which in its wonderful and bizarre quirkiness is an integral part of my neighbourhood." Sarah Hopkins "Her exploration of printmaking techniques is as various as the urban environment on which she focuses. Its diversity is reflected in the range of patterns and images, which simultaneously connote the issues which concern her. The combination of techniques, e.g. collagraph and silkscreen, introduces notions of multi-layered societies who inhabit similar spaces in the city. The innovative approach, sustained through experimental processes, instils the work with an original and dynamic thrust." Dr Anne Price-Owen |
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