Charlie-Anne Hopkins (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with place, materiality, and ecological transformation. They hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute.
Hopkins has participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera Arts, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Mildred’s Lane, Leland Ironworks, Sou’wester Arts, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and Aunt Dofe’s. Their work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In addition to their studio practice, Hopkins played a key role in founding Carnation Contemporary, a cooperative gallery in Portland, OR, dedicated to supporting emerging and underrepresented artists.
Rooted in a direct engagement with the land, Hopkins’ practice involves foraging natural materials to create inks, sculptures, and works on paper, forging a tangible connection to the physical landscape. Their work reflects both personal experience and broader ecological narratives, exploring the urgent and often unsettling reality of climate change. Living in the Western United States, Hopkins responds to the region’s shifting ecosystems—wildfires, droughts, and environmental flux—creating pieces that embody both mourning and resilience.
Challenging the patriarchal myths of the American West, Hopkins’ work disrupts traditional narratives of rugged individualism and conquest, offering alternative perspectives that center interdependence, adaptation, and reverence for the land. By weaving together history, ecology, and materiality, they invite a reconsideration of place—not as something to be dominated, but as a relationship to be nurtured.
Hopkins lives and works between Livingston, MT, and Lyle, WA, dividing their time between the studio and the saddle.