Ashlee Hopkins

artist
b. 1995

Education

2018
Associate (Ceramics), JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2016
Bachelor of Visual Art (ceramics), University of South Australia

Awards

2024
Fleurieu Bienalle Art Prize Winner

Professional Experience

2024
Aboriginal Artists in Residence Program (facilitator/tutor/mentor), Yatala Labour Prison, SA (in conjunction with Ku Arts, funded by Department of Corrections)
Ngapala Arts Regeneration Project (facilitator/tutor/mentor), Copley, SA

2023
Ngapala Arts: Professional Development for Tarnanthi (tutor/mentor), Copley, SA (funded by Ku Arts, Tarnanthi)

2022
Strong Arts Program (tutor), Coober Pedy, SA (funded by Ku Arts)
Nature Festival Hub Workshop (tutor), Tarntanya/Adelaide

2021
SICAD Program Manager, Ku Arts, Tarntanya/Adelaide
Professional development workshop (tutor), Ngapala Arts, Copley, SA (funded by Ku Arts)
Arts and Culture Program (tutor), Papershell Farm, Willunga, SA

2020-21
Production Manager, Ceramics Studio, JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2019
Assistant to Regina Pilawuk Wilson, JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide (funded by Tarnanthi)
Professional development workshop (tutor/mentor), Ngapala Arts, Copley, SA (funded by Ku Arts)
Assistant to Kevin Boyd, JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2018-19
Tailor Made Program (tutor and course design), ACH Group + JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2018
Ceramic technician, Ernabella Arts, APY Lands
Ernabella Jewellery Project (tutor), Ernabella Arts, APY Lands (funded by Ku Arts)

2017-21
Short Course Program (tutor), JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2017
Clay Bosses (tutor), JamFactory, Tarntanya/Adelaide (supported by Remote Communities Ceramic Network)

2016
Skills development workshop (tutor), Ernabella Arts, APY Lands (funded by ArtsSA)

Selected Exhibitions

2023
Simple Pleasures, Murdoch Hill, Peramangk Country/Oakbank, SA
Friends + Lovers, Tiziana Rinna Gallery, Tarntanya/Adelaide
Barossa Beidermeier, JamFactory Seppeltsfield, SA
Omnipotence, Tiziana Rinna Gallery, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2022
Fortified, Melbourne Design Week, Naarm, Vic

2021
Common Elements, Duncan Fisher Jeffries, Tarntanya/Adelaide
Inside Outside, Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
Fortified, JamFactory Seppetlsfield, SA
Where Land Meets Sea, Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA

2020
the forest knows Where you are, JamFactory Collect, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2019
Pungungi Marrgu (Old and New), JamFactory Gallery One, Tarntanya/Adelaide

2018
Generate, JamFactory Gallery One, Tarntanya/Adelaide
Converge, Duncan Fisher Jeffries, Tarntanya/Adelaide

Selected Commercial Commissions

2023
Southern Ocean Lodges, Karta Pintingga/Kangaroo Island
Dawn Patrol Coffee, McLaren Vale, SA

2022
Bandit, Unley SA
Victor’s Place, Old Noarlunga, SA

2021
Hentley Farm Restaurant, Seppeltsfield, SA
Masa, Bowden, SA
Dawn Patrol Coffee, McLaren Vale, SA

2020
Hentley Farm Restaurant, Seppeltsfield, SA
Anchovy Bandit, Prospect, SA

2019
Luigi’s, Tarntanya/Adelaide, SA
Woodstock Coterie Restaurant, McLaren Flat, SA
New Nordic, Prospect, SA

2018
Diaspora Kouzina, Tarntanya/Adelaide, SA

2017
Magill Estate Restaurant, Magill, SA
Mitolo Wines Restaurant, McLaren Flat, SA