My art encompasses collage, assemblage, painting and photography. Across these fields I am attracted to working with salvaged materials and objects imbued with specific histories and uses. Contemplation and manipulation of these materials, and the ideas and stories that are embedded in them, drive my creative practice.
I wish to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the unceded land where I live and work, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their Elders, past and present.
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1997 University of Newcastle, N.S.W. – Post Graduate Diploma (Scientific Illustration)
1993 Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne – Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), First Class Honours
Art Education
1993 Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne – Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), First Class Honours
Awards / Grants / Residencies
2025 Residency at correspondences, Brunswick
2025 Residency at correspondences, Brunswick
2024 Artist Grant, Yarra City Arts for 'i-SPY' exhibition
2022 Artist Grant, Yarra City Arts, for 'Screen / Time' exhibition
2018 Finalist, Collins Place Summer Salon Prize, Naarm / Melbourne, Victoria
2017 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat, Victoria
2014 St Vincent's Hospital Artist Residency
2012 Highly Commended - Belle Arti Art Award, Chapman & Bailey, Victoria
2012 Finalist, PB Towage People’s Choice Award, Victoria
2012 Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Victoria
2005 Co-recipient of Artists’ Cultural Grant from Moreland City Council, Victoria
1997 Vice Chancellor’s Honours Scholarship, University of Newcastle, N.S.W.
1997 Artist Grant from The William Fletcher Trust, N.S.W.
1997 High Commendation, Australian Entomological Society Drawing Prize, University of Melbourne
1997 High Commendation, The Hunter Manning Group Surveyor’s Exhibition, University of Newcastle
1996 Grant from The Royal Society of Victoria to produce scientific illustrations for The Museum of Victoria
1995 High Commendation for Best Other Medium, Beta Sigma Phi Exhibition, Werribee, Vic.
2017 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat, Victoria
2014 St Vincent's Hospital Artist Residency
2012 Highly Commended - Belle Arti Art Award, Chapman & Bailey, Victoria
2012 Finalist, PB Towage People’s Choice Award, Victoria
2012 Finalist, ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Victoria
2005 Co-recipient of Artists’ Cultural Grant from Moreland City Council, Victoria
1997 Vice Chancellor’s Honours Scholarship, University of Newcastle, N.S.W.
1997 Artist Grant from The William Fletcher Trust, N.S.W.
1997 High Commendation, Australian Entomological Society Drawing Prize, University of Melbourne
1997 High Commendation, The Hunter Manning Group Surveyor’s Exhibition, University of Newcastle
1996 Grant from The Royal Society of Victoria to produce scientific illustrations for The Museum of Victoria
1995 High Commendation for Best Other Medium, Beta Sigma Phi Exhibition, Werribee, Vic.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 End Credits for a Misaligned World, correspondences, Brunswick
2024 Naturally Inclined, Retractable Art Space, Clifton Hill, Vic (curator and exhibiting artist)
2024 Opening, Retractable Art Space, Clifton Hill, Vic (curator and exhibiting artist)
2024 i-Spy, Bargoonga Nganjin / North Fitzroy Library, North Fitzroy, Vic
2022 Screen / Time, Carlton Library Light Boxes, Carlton North, Vic
2021 Homely, Satellite Projects, Vic
2020 The Waiting Room, Satellite Projects, Vic
2020 The Waiting Room, Satellite Projects, Vic
2019 Flesh, No Vacancy, Melbourne, Vic
2019 Scavengers, Alternating Current, Windsor, Vic
2019 Friends & Family, Daine Singer, Fitzroy, Vic
2019 Cut, Red Gallery, North Fitzroy, Vic
2019 Scavengers, Alternating Current, Windsor, Vic
2019 Friends & Family, Daine Singer, Fitzroy, Vic
2019 Cut, Red Gallery, North Fitzroy, Vic
2018 Paper, Neon Parlour, Thornbury, Vic
2017 Conversation, Barn Gallery at Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic
2016 Cut, The Dirty Dozen, Melbourne, Vic
2016 Wild Cards & Fugutives, Joyce McGrath Gallery, State Library Victoria, Naarm / Melbourne, Vic
2015 19.08.15, Home at 735, Redfern, N.S.W
2015 Persona Obscura, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic
2014 Howl, Brunswick Arts Space, Brunswick, Vic.
2014 I've Got You Under My Skin, Blak Dot Gallery, East Brunswick, Vic.
2017 Conversation, Barn Gallery at Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic
2016 Cut, The Dirty Dozen, Melbourne, Vic
2016 Wild Cards & Fugutives, Joyce McGrath Gallery, State Library Victoria, Naarm / Melbourne, Vic
2015 19.08.15, Home at 735, Redfern, N.S.W
2015 Persona Obscura, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic
2014 Howl, Brunswick Arts Space, Brunswick, Vic.
2014 I've Got You Under My Skin, Blak Dot Gallery, East Brunswick, Vic.
2013 Close Quarters, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne, Vic.
2013 Slow Watch, Gallery Ranfurlie, Glen Iris, Vic.
2013 Limits of Likeness, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne, Vic.
2013 Energy From Stillness, Red Gallery, Brunswick, Vic.
2012 Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic.
2012 PB Towage People’s Choice Award, Atrium Gallery, Docklands, Vic.
2012 ANL Art Prize, Dome Gallery, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, Docklands, Vic.
2013 Slow Watch, Gallery Ranfurlie, Glen Iris, Vic.
2013 Limits of Likeness, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne, Vic.
2013 Energy From Stillness, Red Gallery, Brunswick, Vic.
2012 Belle Arti Prize, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Abbotsford, Vic.
2012 PB Towage People’s Choice Award, Atrium Gallery, Docklands, Vic.
2012 ANL Art Prize, Dome Gallery, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, Docklands, Vic.
2012 Visions of Self, Joyce McGrath Gallery, State Library of Victoria, Naarm / Melbourne, Vic.
2011 You Are Here, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton, Vic.
2009 Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Vic.
2008 Drawn From Nature, Lovett Gallery, Newcastle, N.S.W.
2007 Dead Reckoning, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
2005 Anita; A Group Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Vic.
2003 Zen Salad, Observatory Building, Royal Botanic Gardens, Naarm / Melbourne, Vic.
2003 Women at the WHIC, Royal Women’s Hospital, Carlton, Vic.
2002 Lure, Northern Arts Exhibition (Melbourne Fringe Festival), Artary Gallery, Regent, Vic.
2001 Wish You Were Here, IAA 9 by 5 Exhibition, Gasworks Park Gallery, Albert Park, Vic.
2000 Hang in the Hedge, Powerhouse Gallery, Daylesford, Vic.
Collections
2011 You Are Here, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton, Vic.
2009 Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Vic.
2008 Drawn From Nature, Lovett Gallery, Newcastle, N.S.W.
2007 Dead Reckoning, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic.
2005 Anita; A Group Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Vic.
2003 Zen Salad, Observatory Building, Royal Botanic Gardens, Naarm / Melbourne, Vic.
2003 Women at the WHIC, Royal Women’s Hospital, Carlton, Vic.
2002 Lure, Northern Arts Exhibition (Melbourne Fringe Festival), Artary Gallery, Regent, Vic.
2001 Wish You Were Here, IAA 9 by 5 Exhibition, Gasworks Park Gallery, Albert Park, Vic.
2000 Hang in the Hedge, Powerhouse Gallery, Daylesford, Vic.
Collections
Green Dot Films (LA)
Lowensteins Arts Management
Metro Pain Group
Museums Victoria
Metro Pain Group
Museums Victoria
National Archives of Australia
The Royal Society of Victoria
State Library Victoria
St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
The Royal Society of Victoria
State Library Victoria
St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
Yarra City Arts
Publications / Media
2021 La Trobe Journal, No.106, September, pgs. 2, 5, 28, 29
Publications / Media
2021 La Trobe Journal, No.106, September, pgs. 2, 5, 28, 29
2016 Creative Spaces, The Dirty Dozen Exhibition: CUT
2015 'Permutations at Home' - review of 19.08.15 exhibition by Susannah Smith
2015 Trouble Magazine, Salon (feature exhibitions), June Issue
2015 Persona Obscura: Disrupted Portraits - catalogue essay by Laura Skerlj
2014 'The Art Life', New Work Friday #173, Dec 26th
2014 Malatina Magazine, 'Inquietantes retratos inexpresivos realizados con tiritas' - Raoul Higuera, Dec 9th
2014 20 Minutos - Artrend, 'Retratos familiares perturbadores y nostálgicos hechos con tiritas' - Helena Cedran, July 13th
2014 'Unveiling Contemporaries - Savina Hopkins' by Petra Nicel, Oct 29th
2013 The Age, 'Small Works Get Up Close and Personal for Big Impact' - review by Penny Webb, Jan 30th, pg. 13
2013 Visual Pursuits, 'The Existential Ponderings of Savina Hopkins' - review by Marguerite Brown, Feb 11th
2013 Heritage Rescue, 'Spotlight on Savina Hopkins' by Sarah Gubby, July 25th
2013 'The Obscure You' - catalogue essay for Limits of Likeness exhibition by Laura Skerlj
2013 Arts Hub, Savina Hopkins, Close Quarters, review by Marguerite Brown, Tues 19th Nov
2013 Art Almanac, Featured Exhibition - 'Savina Hopkins: Close Quarters', November
2013 Three Thousand, Calendar: Rubicon ARI Openings, by Toby Fehily
2015 'Permutations at Home' - review of 19.08.15 exhibition by Susannah Smith
2015 Trouble Magazine, Salon (feature exhibitions), June Issue
2015 Persona Obscura: Disrupted Portraits - catalogue essay by Laura Skerlj
2014 'The Art Life', New Work Friday #173, Dec 26th
2014 Malatina Magazine, 'Inquietantes retratos inexpresivos realizados con tiritas' - Raoul Higuera, Dec 9th
2014 20 Minutos - Artrend, 'Retratos familiares perturbadores y nostálgicos hechos con tiritas' - Helena Cedran, July 13th
2014 'Unveiling Contemporaries - Savina Hopkins' by Petra Nicel, Oct 29th
2013 The Age, 'Small Works Get Up Close and Personal for Big Impact' - review by Penny Webb, Jan 30th, pg. 13
2013 Visual Pursuits, 'The Existential Ponderings of Savina Hopkins' - review by Marguerite Brown, Feb 11th
2013 Heritage Rescue, 'Spotlight on Savina Hopkins' by Sarah Gubby, July 25th
2013 'The Obscure You' - catalogue essay for Limits of Likeness exhibition by Laura Skerlj
2013 Arts Hub, Savina Hopkins, Close Quarters, review by Marguerite Brown, Tues 19th Nov
2013 Art Almanac, Featured Exhibition - 'Savina Hopkins: Close Quarters', November
2013 Three Thousand, Calendar: Rubicon ARI Openings, by Toby Fehily
2007 The Age - A2, ‘Dead Reckoning’ review by Megan Backhouse, Nov 24th, pg. 10
2007 Yartz programme, Channel 31, episode 195, ‘Dead Reckoning’, artist interview with Ralph McLean
2007 Hand Made Life, Show/s of the Week (‘Dead Reckoning’) by Beck Jobson & Ramona Barry
2007 Fly journal, Issue 1, 2007, pg. 18 – 20, ‘Tags & Bugs’ by Pauline Hopkins
2007 Yartz programme, Channel 31, episode 195, ‘Dead Reckoning’, artist interview with Ralph McLean
2007 Hand Made Life, Show/s of the Week (‘Dead Reckoning’) by Beck Jobson & Ramona Barry
2007 Fly journal, Issue 1, 2007, pg. 18 – 20, ‘Tags & Bugs’ by Pauline Hopkins
2005 The Herald Sun, Oct 24th, 'Anita: a group show' Critic’s Choice review by Jeff Makin
Publications (contributions by artist)
2016 Overland Literary Journal, Winter issue #223 (O L Society), guest artist, cover art & illustrations
2016 Materiality: Fake, Part VII (Pinknantucket Press), back cover photograph
2014 Materiality: Surface (Pinknantucket Press), inside cover art
2014 Materiality: Precious (Pinknantucket Press), photo essay, pgs. 38 - 41
2013 Materiality: Time (Pinknantucket Press), cover art
2013 Crank, Issue 2 (Pinknantucket Press), illustration & article, pgs. 23 & 24
2013 Psychotherapy in Australia (Psychoz Publications), cover art; Nov 2013, Feb 2010, Aug 2009, Feb 2009, May 2007, Aug 2006, Feb 2006, Feb 2005, Nov 2003, Nov 2002, Aug 2001, Aug 2000, Feb 1999, May 1998
2011 'Sunday Service' by Leah Annetta (Bounce Books), pg. 38
2007 Kids Art Works: Art Supplement & Art Units - co-wrote & illustrated publications for primary education, distributed across Australia & New Zealand, 2002 - 2007
2003 'Mosses & Allied Plants' by D. Meagher & B. Fuhrer (A.B.R.S.), frontispiece illustration
2002 'Spiders & Scorpions Commonly Found in Victoria' by Dr Alan Yen, Dr Ken Walker & G. Milledge (Royal Society of Victoria), series of scientific illustrations
2001 M.A.F.R.I. - Exotic Marine Pests Report # 25, by B. Cohen, M. McArthur & G. Parry, scientific illustrations
2001 Museum Victoria: Human Mind & Body Information Kits, series of scientific & medical illustrations
