Phill Hopkins British

Phill Hopkins (b.1961) is a British contemporary artist whose versatile practice has a multifaceted nature. He has created a body of work that is remarkably diverse, yet is firmly rooted within a complex and coherent artistic strategy. He is predominantly a painter, who makes drawings and photographs, and sometimes makes sculpture. He works with a range of media, from the traditional to the unconventional.

Hopkins was brought-up in a working class family in Bristol, in southwest England. Although school was difficult he excelled at art, but did not experience the world of art beyond the classroom until accidentally visiting The Arnolfini gallery when he was fifteen. After working in a warehouse and a bakery he was accepted by Goldsmiths College of Art in London.

Hopkins has exhibited in museums and galleries including The Imperial War Museum, Kettles Yard, Laing Art Gallery, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, John Hansard Gallery, The Usher Gallery, The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, The Sherwin Collection, The Hepworth Wakefield,  Nanjing Baijia Lake International Culture Investment Group, China, The Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecskemet, Stadt Dortmund, Germany, Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture,  Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Doncaster Museums & Art Gallery.

His work can be found in private collections in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and China,