Vibrant mixed-media artwork featuring two figures facing each other against contrasting backgrounds—a green-skinned character with a red mask on the left against warm tones, and a dark-skinned figure on the right against blue. Both figures display exaggerated expressions and hold large red gemstone-studded gloves connected by delicate strings, creating a playful, dynamic composition rendered in bold colors and textured paint application.
Vibrant mixed-media artwork featuring two figures facing each other against contrasting backgrounds—a green-skinned character with a red mask on the left against warm tones, and a dark-skinned figure on the right against blue. Both figures display exaggerated expressions and hold large red gemstone-studded gloves connected by delicate strings, creating a playful, dynamic composition rendered in bold colors and textured paint application.

Kevin Hopkins Bio

Kevin Hopkins [b. 2000, Beaufort, South Carolina] is a painter based in Kansas City, Missouri. Hopkins’ work explores the celebration of life and the awareness of his mortality following the passing of an elder. Currently, he has focused his work on highlighting familial relationships through self-portraiture--or personas extracted from self-portraiture. Kevin now attends the Kansas City Art Institute majoring in Painting and Art History. He was recognized internationally as a… Read more

Kevin Hopkins [b. 2000, Beaufort, South Carolina] is a painter based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Hopkins’ work explores the celebration of life and the awareness of his mortality following the

passing of an elder. Currently, he has focused his work on highlighting familial relationships

through self-portraiture--or personas extracted from self-portraiture. Kevin now attends the

Kansas City Art Institute majoring in Painting and Art History. He was recognized

internationally as a 2021 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grantee and nationally as a 2021

AXA Art Prize finalist.

 

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