Artist · Holland Tunnel 2026
Emily Hopkins
Also known as Emily M. Hopkins
Painter
Emily Hopkins is an abstract painter who divides her time between the Hudson River Valley and Mid-Coast Maine, known for large, layered, brightly colored canvases.
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Biography
Emily Hopkins studied at Simon's Rock of Bard College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League before earning a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute in 1987. She had an early solo show at Van Dam Space in New York in 1993 and showed at Warren Street Gallery in Hudson in 1995. Much of her exhibition history since then has been in Maine, including shows at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Carver Hill Gallery, Waterfall Arts, Granite Gallery and the Maine Art Gallery, and solo exhibitions at Husson College (2008), The Yellow Shed in Rockland (2016) and Hey Sailor Gallery in Searsport (2024). In New York she has shown at Garner Arts Center in Garnerville and Perry Lawson Fine Art in Nyack.
In 2026 she had a solo project-room show at Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill, Maine. Hopkins describes approaching a painting like a visual poem, building surfaces from drips, transparent washes and thick paint, and says that bringing in outside references such as landscape, figure and still life has fed her abstraction. That interest connects to Unframed at Holland Tunnel Revisited in Newburgh (2026), where she showed work made during three years of weekly painting sessions with the group.
Practice. Large-scale, intuitive abstract painting combining transparent drips, thick impasto and saturated color; draws on observation of landscape, figure and still life.
Holland Tunnel record
Every show and performance at Holland Tunnel, with the artists who were part of it.
- 2026
Exhibition
Unframed
With
- Tom Benson
- Paul Chidester
- Nancy Manter
- Mitch Markowitz
- Michelle Marozik
- Kendall Munk
- Itty Neuhaus
Connections
Who Emily has shown or played with at Holland Tunnel, plus collaborators in the directory.Shown togetherWider circle
Wider circle
- Tom Bensonco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Paul Chidesterco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Nancy Manterco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Mitch Markowitzco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Michelle Marozikco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Kendall Munkco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
- Itty Neuhausco-exhibited in Unframed (2026) and fellow member of the weekly outdoor painting group
Career timeline
- 1987BFA, Pratt Institute
- 1993Solo exhibition, Van Dam Space, New York
- 2008Solo exhibition, Husson College Gallery, Bangor, ME
- 2010Third place, Oil/Acrylic, Bangor Public Library juried show
- 2016Solo exhibition, The Yellow Shed, Rockland, ME
- 2024Solo exhibition, Hey Sailor Gallery, Searsport, ME
- 2026Solo project room, Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME; Unframed at Holland Tunnel Revisited, Newburgh
Selected exhibitions
| 2026 | Unframed | Holland Tunnel Revisited, Newburgh, NY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Solo show, Project Room | Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME |
| 2026 | Bending the Arc (juried) | Perry Lawson Fine Art, Nyack, NY |
| 2025 | Group show | Garner Arts Center, Garnerville, NY |
| 2024 | The Unfolding of Things (three-person) | Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME |
| 2024 | Solo exhibition | Hey Sailor Gallery, Searsport, ME |
| 2016 | Solo exhibition | The Yellow Shed, Rockland, ME |
| 2008 | First Traces | Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME |
| 1995 | Group exhibition | Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY |
| 1993 | Solo exhibition | Van Dam Space, New York, NY |