Kate Hopkins has a BA in political science, and an MFA in printmaking and currently lives and works in New York City. In 2024 Hopkins was accepted into the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program. Recent exhibitions include Structure and Story at the EFA Gallery, Works on Paper curated by Kim Conaty, Chief Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Conaty selected Painted Weaving No. 12, (thank you Emma Lee) for the second place prize. In 2025 three of Hopkins’ paintings were acquired by the Stanley Center for Peace and Sustainability.

Initially inspired by the microscopic scales that cover butterfly wings, Hopkins’ watercolor paintings explore the innate physiologically calming and grounding effects of biophilic patterns from nature. The work is simultaneously a deep commitment and exploration of the process itself. Finding kinship with other often women-led mediums of the textile arts, through her work and research, Kate explores the historical and social impact of creative labor and craft traditions. Kate deconstructs the psychologically demanding and tedious process to ask if there is meaning behind creative labor that is fundamental to human flourishing both as an individual, and by extension, a community.