Bryan Hopkins

1995, Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, State University of New York, The College at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1990, Bachelor of Science, Liberal Studies-Studio Art/Photography Minors, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA

1997 - Present, Adjunct Professor, Ceramics & Three Dimensional Design, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY
2006, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Art & New Media, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY

2011, MudFire Clayworks and Gallery, Decatur, GA, Pure Function
2009, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2007, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Bryan Hopkins: New Work
2007, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, 2/2: Bryan Hopkins
2006, Long Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, Alumni Exhibition: Bryan Hopkins
2003, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Paying Attention
1999, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY, Instruments
1998, Bob Budin Gallery, Buffalo, NY, New Pots
1998, Kenan Art Center, Lockport, NY, Ritual Boxes
1997, The Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY, Reclamation
1997, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY, Ritual X

2011
Shades of White, Three Person show, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
eARTh, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
NCECA Exhibition, Fluid, Florida Craftsmen's Guild, St. Petersburg, FL
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Our Influences: Three Master Teachers/ Three Master Alumni, Serpentine Gallery, West Chester, PA
For the Table: Dinnerware, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Pairings, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Interpreting the Cup: Process, Influence, Intent, Crimson-Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2010
NCECA Exhibition, 10 Years, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
NCECA Exhibition, Strictly Funtional: Then & Now, Philadelphia, PA
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Table of Elements 2010, Manchester Craftsmans Allinace, Pittsburgh, PA
National Ceramic Tile Invitational, Kimura Gallery, Univ. of Alsaka, Anchorage
American Pottery Festival, Invited artist, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD Retail Show
Three Person Exhibition, Limestone Art, Fayettevile, NY
Porcelain, MudFire Clayworks, Decatur, GA
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2009
NCECA 2009 Clay National Exhibition, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Utilitarian Invitational, Seaward Park Clay Studios, Seattle, WA
30X5, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Drink Up! Ceramic Cup Invitational, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Spoon it, Fork it, Cut it up: A Salon Show of Domestic Ceramic Instruments, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
NCECA Exhibition, Veneration, Eye Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
NCECA Exhibition, In Focus: Three on the Vessel, Bentley Project Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Small Favors IV, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Winterfest 2009, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD Retail Show
2008
NCECA Exhibition, SUNY New Paltz Alum-Plus, Standard Ceramics, Pittsburgh, PA
NCECA Exhibition, Table of Elements, Manchester Craftsmans Allinace, Pittsburgh, PA
16th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, St. Petersburg, PA
2nd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition,Concordia Univ,St. Paul, MN
PotPOURri: Pots that Pour, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Tercet, Anelle Gandelman Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Transformations: 6 x 6, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
American Pottery Festival, Invited artist, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Small Favors III, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
For the House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
American Craft Council Baltimore Retail Show, Baltimore, MD
2007
Beyond/In Western New York, facilitated by Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
NCECA Exhibition, Placing Importance, Mad About Art, Louisville, KY
American Pottery Festival, Invited Artist, The Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Core Sample, Watershed Artists-Invite-Artists Program,
James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
The Cup & Saucer Exhibiton, Where I fell in Love Gallery, Warwickshire, England
Small Favors II, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Showroom, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Buy Regional!, Albright-Knox Art Gallery- Collectors Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Table Tops, Long Beach Island Center for the Arts, Loveladies, NJ
Gifted: Part 1, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Bryan Hopkins, Mary Jane Nussbaum, Jill Parisi, Pearl Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Tea Cups, Tea Bowls and Tumblers, Susan Maasch, Portland, ME
16th San Angelo National Ceramics Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
An Extravegance of Salt & Pepper: Containers/Shakers/Concepts
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Faculty Art Exhibit, State University Plaza Gallery, Albany, NY
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2005
NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Bottled Spirits, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
Jonesing, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Gifted, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Duets, Kentucky Museum of Art + Design, Louisville, KY
Craft Art in Western New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2003
11th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, PA
Western New York Clay Symposium Exhibition, SUNY at Brockport, Brockport, NY
2002
Necessary Objects, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Vessels that Pour, Gallery Mia Tyson, Wilmington, NC
2002 Craft Art in Western New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2009 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Crafts
2008 Best in Show, 16th Strictly Functional Pottery National
2007 New York State Council on the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend
2005 Big Orbit Gallery Member's Exhibition, Juror Award, Buffalo, NY
2004 New York State Council on the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend Grant
2003 Chautauqua Crafts Alliance Exhibition, Best in Show, Lake Chautauqua, NY
2002 The Arts Center, 2nd Place Award, Necessary Objects, St. Petersburg, FL
2001 Niagara County Community College X-Tra Mile Award
2000 HERD About Buffalo, selected artist for outdoor sculpture project
1999 New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1999 NYSCA Education Grant, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
1999 Niagara County Community College Outstanding Service Award

2011 American Craft magazine, Voices, April/May
2010 500 Vases, Lark Publishing
2009 Buffalo Spree, "Q&A: WNY artisans", Jana Eisenberg, June
Ceramics Monthly, Exhibition Review, October
2008 Studio Potter, "What's that for?", winter 2008 edition
Ceramics Monthly, UpFront, Transformations: 6X6, October
New York Times, "Ceramics Gleam...", September 16
2007 Artvoice, "Into the Bienniel", Becky Moda, October 4
Buffalo Rising, "Three Buffalo Tenors of Art", Bill Zimmerman, March 10
2006 The NCECA Journal 2005, "Meditations on the 2005 NCECA Clay National", Josh Green
2005 Ceramics Art & Perception, "Paying Attention", Justin Novak, Issue 61
Buffalo News, "Valley View", Richard Huntington, February 11
Buffalo Spree, "Spinning the Show House", Barry Muskat & Elizabeth Licata, July/August
2004 Buffalo News, "The Artistry of Crafts", Richard Huntington, Oct. 27
Buffalo News, "Size Matters", Richard Huntington, Dec. 10
Buffalo Spree magazine,"Lift That Brush! Fire That Kiln!", Ronald Ehmke Jan/Feb
2003 Artvoice, "Miniatures of the Massive", Cynnie Gaasch, December 18
Buffalo Spree Magazine, "Artful Givivg", Reine Hauser, November/December
Artvoice, "Finding, Desiring, Acquiring", Cynnie Gaasch, October 9
2002 Artvoice, "Something to Say", Cynnie Gaasch, October 24
2001 Buffalo Spree Magazine, "Made in Western New York", Bob Davis, Nov/Dec
2000 Ceramics Monthly, "Bryan Hopkins", February
Buffalo News, "Perfect Harmony", Richard Huntington, Novenber 3
Buffalo Spree Magazine, "Jim Chooses...", Jim Bush, Sept/Oct
Buffalo News, "One Artist's thanks to the city", Don Esmonde, August 10
1999 Artvoice, "Sex and Politics...", Steve Mitchell, October 27

2011 92nd St Y, New York, NY Two day porcelain workshop
2010 Corning Community College, Corning, NY One day workshop
Peter's Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ, "Pure Porcelain", 5 day workshop
Millersville University, PA, Visiting Artist (2 Days)
2009 The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, Weekend Porcelain Workshop
Buffalo State College, "Beyond the BFA", lecture, Design Dept. Seminar
2008 Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Week-long workshop in porcelain
Niagara-Wheatfield High School, Press Mold Workshop
Buffalo State College, "Making my way...", Lecture, Design Dept. Senior Seminar
2007 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, "Violently Reverent", Porcelain Workshop
Lewiston-Porter High School, Lewiston, NY, Lecture- " So you're an artist?!"
2006 West Chester University of PA, "Fragilly Functional", Exhibition Lecture
State University of New York, the College at Fredonia, "thus far...", Lecture
2005 Buffalo State College, "Making my way...", Lecture, Design Dept. Senior Seminar
2004 Buffalo State College, "Beyond Art School: Making a Living as an Artist
2003 State University of New York, the College at Brockport, "Why I make what I make"
Lecture, Western New York Clay Symposium, , Brockport, NY
2002 Buffalo State College, "Beyond Art School: Making a Living as an Artist", Lecture, Design Dept., Senior Seminar
2001 State University of New York, the College at Fredonia, "A Porcelain Primer", Demonstration
Kensington High School, Buffalo, NY, Two Day Handbuilding Workshop
2000 Daeman College, "on the prospect of a unified craft theory", Lecture, Buffalo, NY
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Artist Talk, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo State College, Career in Crafts Day, Lecture and Demonstration
Resident Artist, Art Park, Lewiston, NY