Paul Hopmeier

Paul Hopmeier b. 1949 Westmead NSW
Lives and works in Sydney, NSW.
Article on Paul Hopmeier at Serious Art
Education
1971-76
National Art School
Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education
Diploma of fine Art, Major in Sculpture
1978-1979
New York Studio School, New York

solo exhibitions
2006 Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2003 Defiance Gallery, Sydney
1998 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1996 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
1993 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1990 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1989 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1988 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1987 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1986 Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
1985 The Performance Space, Sydney
1983 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
1982 Gallery A, Sydney
1980 Gallery A, Sydney

group exhibitions
2006 Thirteen Sculptors – Two Views, Chase Gallery, Sydney
2005
‘The 10th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
The Art OMI Australia Retrospective, National Art School, Sydney
Sculpture Survey 2005, Gomboc Gallery Sculpture Park
2004
Sculpture 2004 – Shown throughout 23 Sydney Galleries, 
Defiance Gallery Sydney, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery 
Defiance Gallery at the Seymour Theatre, Seymour Theatre, Sydney
2003
Sculpture 2003 – 22 Galleries, Defiance Gallery
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
2002
The Lady Nock Collection, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Selected Works, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture 2002, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
Sculpture 2002, 12 Galleries, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2001
Revamp, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Small Wonders, The annual 6x6x6 Inch Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery & king st gallery, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Woollahra
2000
Sculpture 2000 – 12 Galleries, Defiance Gallery
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
The Importance of Being Small, The Annual 6x6x6 Inch Miniature Sculpture Show
Defiance Gallery & king street gallery, Sydney
Various Views, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Tribal Echo, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown
Tribal Echo, Oceanic Arts Australia, Paddington, Sydney
Sculpture 2000, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1999
Big Thoughts, Small Works, Defiance Gallery Sydney
Still Life Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
On the Tiles, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney
Five Easy Pieces, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Silver, 25th Anniversary Exhibition College of Fine Arts
Past Faculty, Ivan Dougherty Gallery and Studio Block, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney
1998
Rossmore Steel, Casula Powerhouse Arts Center, Sydney
Pas D’Accrochage en Publique, Cell Block, National Art School, Sydney
Outside In, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University
The Defiant 6”, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Figure in the Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
1997
Biggest Little Sculpture Show In Town, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
It’s A Box II, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
1996
Size Is Not Important, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
A Box by Any Other Name, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
1994 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1993 New York Studio School, Sydney, Orange, Tamworth
1991 Graeme Sturgeon Memorial Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1990
Australian Commercial Art Fair, Exhibition Hall, Melbourne
Sculptors at the Table, Sydney
1986 The Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
1985 9th Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura
1984
Sculpture Now at the Performance Space, Sydney
2nd Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne
1982 Objects, Lewers Bequest & Regional Gallery, Sydney
8th Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura
1981 Continuum, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1979
East Sydney Technical College Survey Show, Sydney
New York Studio School Sculpture Show, New York
1978 New York Studio School Sculpture Show, New York
1977 Kinneal Park Group Show, Sydney

awards & travel
2006 Uzbekistan, Kurdistan
2000
Russia, Czech Republic and Austria
Cambodia, Viet-Nam
Romania, Turkey, Greece and Germany
1994 USA and France
1992 ART/OMI USA
1983 USA
1982 VAB Studio Equipment Grant
1981 USA
1979 Europe
1978 VAB Travel Grant and Greene Street Loft, USA
1977 Awarded the Marten Bequest

collections and commissions 
Macquarie University Sculpture Collection
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW
Australian National University Collection, Canberra
Colac Sculpture Park
Lewers Bequest & Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith
Mildura City Art Collection, Mildura
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
NCDC Tuggeranong, Canberra
University of Technology, Sydney
Private Collections

bibliography
2000
Harris, Peter., ‘The Power of the Miniature’, World Sculpture News
Volume 6, Number 2, Spring, p.30-35
Harris, Peter., ‘A Complete Story’, World Sculpture News
Volume 6, Number 2, Spring, p.38-39 
Harris, Peter., ‘Sculpture 2000 at Access Contemporary Art Gallery,’ Exhibition Reviews
World Sculpture News, Volume 6, No.1 Winter, p.68-71
Smee, Sebastian., ‘Pick the Primitives,’ Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, 22 April, p.12 
Reed Burns, Jenna., ‘A New Tribe’ , Design, Domain, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April
1999 Smee, Sebastian., ‘Hermann’s Hermits,’ Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald 20-26 February p.13
1998 France, Christine., ‘Landscape And The Human Spirit-Three Sculpture Parks’
Art and Australia Vol 35 No.4 pp.502-509
McDonald, John., ‘King Hit At Casula,’ Spectrum Arts, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 June p.16
Kerr Forsyth, Holly., ‘How Does Your Garden Grow: Shaping Nature, Real Life- Review
The Weekend Australian, 4-5 April p.13
1997 Richardson, Julia., ‘The Big Shrink,’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October
1996 Smee, Sebastian., ‘Small But Perfectly Formed’, Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 11-17, p.23
1993 Scarlett, Ken., 'Sculpture On Campus
Macquarie University Sculpture Park Sydney',
Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Garden’s, Craftsman House, pp.27-32