Working from his studio in Tacoma Washington, Mark Hoppmann Is a multi-media artist working primarily in watercolor, India ink, and graphite. He studied art for one year in Florence, Italy, before graduating from Drake University in 1978 with a BFA in graphic design and commercial art. An offset press operator in the graphic arts industry for twenty years, Mark returned to art full time in 1999. Mark has exhibited his watercolor paintings and drawings in multiple galleries across the Pacific Northwest.
He has self-published several illustrated handmade books, Including “Thirteen Ways”, celebrating the poetry of Wallace Steven’s, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crows”, funded partially through a Tacoma Artist Initiative Project grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission. His work is currently represented by Vamp and Tramp Booksellers LLC.
His work can be found both private and public collections, including the University of Puget Sound, The Ringling College of Art & Design, Emory University, The University of California at Bayside, and the Savannah College of Art & Design. He is the former President of The Puget Sound Book Artists which currently has over 100 members from across the country.
Artist’s Statement
I have alwasys been curious. That curiosity has resulted in an eclectic accumulation of objects, memories, experiences, and books, all which in turn, inspire my art. With apologies, to Rudyard Kipling, my intent is to design books for those “with satiable curtiosity.”
Mark Hoppmann
Select Achievements, Exhibitions, & Affilitations
For a full CVA, contact the Artist:
mark@markhoppmannart.com
2019:
Exhibition: Transforming Knowledge: Altered Encyclopedias
9th Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition
Artist in Residence: Charles Wright Academy
Exhibition: The Book as Art: Beyond the Page
2018:
Exhibition: What is an Artist Book?
Solo Exhibition: A Garden of Earthly Delights
2017:
Grant Recipient: Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma Artists Initiative Project
2016:
7th Puget Sound Book Artists Member’s Exhibition
UK Exhibition: Bridging the Waters
2015:
6th Puget Sound Book Artists Member’s Exhibition
Exhibition: Carpe Librum
2014:
Exhibition: Undercover Stories: The Secret Lives of Books
5th Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition
Exhibition: Coptically Bound
Solo Exhibition: Charles Wright Academy
2014-2017:
President: Puget Sound Book Artists
2013 – Present:
Website Administrator: Puget Sound Book Artists
2012:
Solo Exhibition: Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crows
2011:
Grant Recipient: Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma Artist Iniative Project
2011 – 2017:
Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition
2010:
Collaboration: Simple Measures: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
2008 – 2010
Co-Owner: Gallery 96
2007 – Present
The Tacoma Studio Tours
2006:
Exhibition: Columbia Tower Club, Seattle, Wa
2001 – 2008
Freighthouse Square Art Gallery: Member & House Artist
2000 :
Solo exhibition, Tacoma Audubon Society
Collections
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
University of Puget Sound
Ringling College of Art & Design
Savannah College of Art & Design
Emory University<
University of California at Bayside
Baylor University
Library of Congress
Selected Bibliography
August 31, 2018 The Tacoma Weekly, “The Garden of Earthly Delights: The art of Mark Hoppmann at Collins Memorial Library” Dave Davison
November 6, 2014 “The Life and Work of a Professional Artist” Lee Pennebaker, KUPS Radio
October 23, 2012 Cityline Tacoma, Click Cable Network: The Tacoma Studio Tours
February 24, 2012 The Tacoma News Tribune, “UPS Art Exhibits Features Dual Sides of the Creative Coin” Rosemary Ponnekanti
Nov 30, 2007 The Mast, Pacific Lutheran University, “Recreating Beauty”
May 3, 2007 The Tacoma Weekly, “Gallery 96: small on space, large on art”
May 2005 Dragon Press, Artists of the Northwest
May, 2000 The Towhee, Tacoma Audubon Society: “New Art Gallery”
