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Helen Hopcroft - Curriculum Vitae






EDUCATION

1994 Masters of Arts (Painting), Royal College of Art
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania

EMPLOYMENT
2006-2007 University of Newcastle, lecturer (Bachelor of Arts, Creative Arts major) and external examiner Honours candidates
Freelance writer and photo journalist
Gosford Regional Art Gallery, art workshop tutor
Camp Creative, drawing tutor, Bellingen
Nescafe Big Break judging committee
2005 Camp Creative, drawing tutor, Bellingen
2001- 2004 University of Newcastle, lecturer (Bachelor of Fine Arts)
Nescafe Big Break judging committee
1996 Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Art UK, lecturer (Fine Arts)
1994 Royal College of Art, lecturer (Drawing department)
Admissions panel, RCA Masters program (Painting department)

PUBLICATIONS

‘Ideology paints itself into a corner’
The Australian newspaper and website, Higher Education supplement p26, 19/12/2007
‘Mazie Turner at the John Paynter Gallery’
Arts Hub website 20/12/2007
‘Ideology paints itself into a corner’
www.onlineopinion.com.au upcoming
The Green Mist’ review of album ‘Next Stop Antarctica’ to be published in Music Forum magazine February 2008
Newcastle University degree show’ review
Arts Hub website 28/11/2007
‘Sydney College of the Arts degree show’ review
Arts Hub website 21/11/2007
Six foot cactus spotted on streets of Newcastle’ review of Sarah Symons Back to Back gallery exhibition of ceramic sculptures-Arts Hub website 5/11/2007
Stop the World: I want to get off!’ review of sculpture exhibition Lake Macquarie Art Gallery- ArtsHub website 12/11/2007
Censorship is un-Australian: or is it?’ article published on ArtsHub website 8/10/2007
‘Censorship is un-Australian: or is it?’ article published in the September edition of the NAVA quarterly and online in the Reading Room section of their website.
‘We’ll always have Paris: but is that a good thing?’ article published in the Sydney Morning Herald 26/2/2007
‘Portrait of a lady’ short story published in unsweetened 2006 UNSW literary journal
Numerous articles and photographs published in the 2006/2007 period in sailing magazines and websites including: www.Sail-World.com, www.Powerboat-World.com, Australian Yachting, Sydney Morning Herald, Classic Boat (UK), Cruising Helmsman and the Coastal Passage

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2008      Endangered: drawing the line, Long Gallery, Tasmania
2007      Whatever I like, Despard Gallery, Tasmania
2006      Diverse RCA, Royal College of Art, London
               Greenpeace Art for Action, The Gallery at Darling Park, Sydney
               Tutors exhibition, Bellingen Art gallery
2005      Tutors exhibition, Bellingen Art gallery
2000      Melbourne International Art Fair, Bett Gallery
               Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
               Fine Arts faculty exhibition, University of Newcastle
1999      Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
               Shifting Currents, COFA faculty show, UNSW
1998      Melbourne International Art fair, Despard Gallery
               Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
               Upbeat and Lively, Bett Gallery, Tasmania
1997      Sea; marine treasures from the collection of TMAG, Tasmanian Museum and Art
               Gallery
1996      Contemporary Still Life, Virgin Atlantic Lounge, curated by RCA Painting
               department, Heathrow
1995      Exhibition of prints, Barbican Art Gallery
1994      Masters exhibition, Royal College of Art
               National Westminster 90’s prize for art, Royal Academy
1993      Preface: a New Generation of Painters,RCA
               John Minton Travel Award exhibition, RCA
1992      Pyschosoma, University of Tasmania
               Wave piercing art, Long Gallery, Tasmania
1990      National exhibition student art and design, Royal Exhibition buildings, Melbourne
1987      Commonwealth Bank and the National Art Exhibition, Royal Exhibition buildings,
               Melbourne
               Commonwealth Bank and the National Art Exhibition, the Long Gallery, Tasmania

SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2004      Paintings against American foreign policy, Watt space, Newcastle   
2000      Icarus Bomb, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide Festival
               Icarus Bomb, Soho Galleries, Sydney
               Icarus Bomb, Bett Gallery, Tasmania
1998      Heart Shaped World, Despard Gallery, Tasmania
1997      Mother Midnight, Gallery Differentiate, London
1995      The Divine Scam, Despard Gallery, Hobart
1992      The worst horse in the village, Despard Gallery, Tasmania

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Royal College of Art
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Launceston Art Gallery

COLLECTIONS
Parallel Media Company, London
FTSD Company, London
Susan and Robert Kasen Summers, New York
Robyn Archer
RESIDENCIES
1993The John Minton Travel Award, Barcelona, RCA
1992Susan and Robert Kasen Summers, New York
Chroma Australia, paint factory residency, Sydney

SELECTED AWARDS
2007 Free Range Canberra campaign postcard design
UNSW inaugural Animal Law conference poster design
1999Young Australian of the year, Arts finalist, Tasmania
1994National Westminster 90’s prize for Art, Royal Academy
Fatima and Faiza H Alkazzi award, RCA
Parallel Media Company prize, RCA
The Matthews Wrightson Charity Trust Award, RCA
The Sir Ernest Cassel Education Trust Award, RCA
1993 Young Achiever awards, arts award, Tasmania
1992 Nescafe Big Break




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