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RASJAD HOPKINS has been influencing the creative market for decades. An Artist, Publisher, Author, Gallery Director and former Owner of some of the most influential galleries in the United States, Hopkins has truly made his mark. Now a full time painter he devotes his time to the creation of serene original landscapes, bringing both sense of calm and natural balance into form.
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EDUCATION:
BA, University of Washington
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MFA, Sculpture, Painting and Art History
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EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
Puyallup Fair, Washington State “Jurors Choice” for a watercolor
Tamarique Gallery, Seattle, paintings
Kinorn Gallery, Seattle, sculpture
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Puyallup Fair, sculpture
Bellevue Annual, paintings
World’s Fair 1962, sculpture
Panaca Gallery, Bellevue Washington, sculpture
Kinorn Gallery sculpture
Henry Gallery, U of W, thesis
Panaca Gallery, sculpture
Seattle Art Museum, Northwest Annual, sculpture ”Honorable Mention” and purchase by museum
Panaca Gallery, sculpture,
Frye Museum, Seattle Northwest Institute of Sculpture Invitational
Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, sculpture
Collectors Gallery, Bellevue, Washington,, sculpture
Collectors Gallery, one man show
Allied Arts of Tacoma, 3 man show, sculpture
Jakk’s Market Gallery, sculpture
Otto Seligman Gallery, sculpture
Vorpal Gallery San Francisco
Cory Gallery, San Francisco
Collector Gallery, “Invitational”
Vorpal Galleries New York and San Francisco
Magna Gallery, New York, paintings
Venture Fine Art, Portland, Paintings
Seahorse, Sausalito, Paintings
Genius Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, paintings and sculpture
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COMMISSIONS (partial list):
Matador Fountain, Seattle cast concrete, Maxwell Company, Seattle
Petrich Fountain and bronze pool, Tacoma Washington, Robert Chittock, landscape architect
Mayer Fountain, brass, Bellevue Washington, Chittock
Transcending, 8 ft bronze, Washington Federal savings and loan building, Seattle, McClelland and Osterman, architects
Fraternal Crest for Sigma Chi, black walnut, Bittman and Sanders, architects
Bronze and stained glass entry doors. Bittman and Sanders
Giants of the 20th Century, cedar wood, 14 ft for Poncho Seattle
3 groups of carved black walnut reliefs, Citizens Federal Savings and Loan, San Mateo
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HONORS:
Bronze relief sculpture Honorable mention in Northwest Annual exhibition (purchased by the museum)
Sculpture currently resides in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum.
Nominated to Northwest Sculpture Institute by members.
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ENTREPRENEUR:
1969 Created First Impressions, San Francisco an original lithographic workshop and publishing company
1971-1972 Rasjad Hopkins Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
1973-1979 With Franklin Bowles co-founded Bowles/ Hopkins Gallery, Bowles/Hopkins Publishing and Miller Gallery, San Francisco
1979-1982 Established and owned Horizon Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
1983-1993 Established and owned Magna Galleries, San Francisco and New York and Magna Gallery Publishing.
1994-1999 Venture Fine Art, Portland Oregon
1996-1999 Greenmix America (ecological projects US and Costa Rica)
2000-2011 Franklin Bowles Gallery , San Francisco, Director, Senior Consultant, Manager of Training
2012-2017 Painting full time and consultant for gallery management and development, San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe
AUTHOR:
Novel, “Maria Secret Ops” (authored as R Edward Hopkins)
Biographical “My Galleries”
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