Chris Hopkins Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design : BA/Hons in Visual Communication specialising
in Illustration
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Artist Statement: I Graduated from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2001 completing a BA/Hons in Visual Communication specialising in Illustration. Since then I have travelled for a year around Australia before moving to London in the hope of becoming a full time artist. At present I am working for an Advertising company in North London whilst taking on commissions outside of work. Toward the end of my degree I started to concentrate on Portraiture which I have continued since. I work from my own photographs using Charcoal on white paper and work usually to A1 in size. I try to capture moments that I feel are often lost when someone poses for you. These moments are usually captured when a person is relaxed and shows a side to them which gives a true representation of their personality. For this project I took photographs of people from Birmingham and interviewed them on their personal tastes in music. For my final show the viewer got to listen to chosen songs by each individual whilst viewing my drawings at the same time with the aim of them coming to their own ideas as to who these people might be. In my folder further information was held as to whom these people really were and what they did.
Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design : BA/Hons in Visual Communication specialising
in Illustration
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