Kelli Hoppmann
medium: painting
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 Predator, Pray 2006 Painting |
 The Fox Hunt 2007 Painting |
 The Gyre 2006 Painting |
 The Patient Crow 2006 Painting |
 On the Way to the Cocktail Party, Hope and Despair are Mocked by Fate 2005 Painting |
 The Divine Mrs. H. 2008 Painting |
 Three Graces 2008 Painting |
 Red String 2008 Painting |
 Moon Foxes 2007 Painting |
 A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing 2008 Painting |
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Contact information
Artist resides in: Madison, WI
Email Address: kellhopman@yahoo.com
Web site: kellihoppmann.com
Artist statement
Hoppmann's paintings are too conscious to categorize as surreal, but are nonetheless dreamy and mesmerizing. Her oil paintings are a stage set she creates for her characters to play out allegorical themes. Stories of love, lust, pathos, sin and even sometimes contrition are what compel her to paint. Humans and animals become one, so that she can remind us that, whether for good or bad, our actions are often very primal. These paintings are sometimes disturbing, often funny and always simply beautiful to look at.
Biography
Kelli Hoppmann is a working Wisconsin artist. Educated at the University of Wisconsin Madison, she has been exhibiting in the Midwest for the past 20 years. Some of her exhibits include:
--The Wisconsin Academy, Madison, Wis.
--The Artisan Gallery, Paoli, Wis.
--The Feltre School, Chicago
--The Milwaukee School of Art and Design
--Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, Minn.
She has also been active in creating "found space" exhibits in the Madison, Wis., area with the art group Artbite. This October, she collaborated in mounting an art book show featuring 30 artists from around the country. The show was chosen as one of the five best events in the Madison Book Festival by the Wisconsin State Journal.
Hoppman teaches figure painting at the University Extension in Madison, Wis.
She lives with her two small children and fluffy white dog, Bob, in Madison.
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