Keely Hopkins
education

BFA Photography
Minor: Art History
2023 NSCAD University
Halifax NS

​ BSc Biological Sciences
Minor: Studio Art
2019 University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB​
solo and group exhibitions

Symbiotic SPAO and Canadian Agriculture and Food Museum group exhibition
May 18 - September 15, 2024
SPAO Centre Gallery
Ottawa ON

Fresh Eyes Guest Artist
February 2024
ViewPoint Gallery
Bedford, NS

​ Solar Power NSCAD Photography Collective group exhibition
September 26 - 30, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax, NS

​ Pages Turning group exhibition, curated by Neil Kehler
 July 11 - 15, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax, NS

​ Terra/Corpus group exhibition, curated by Luke Pardy
June 27 - July 1, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax, NS

Art  school is for  _______. Advanced Photography Student group  exhibition
April  18 - 21, 2023
Pop-up exhibition at 1870 Hollis St
Halifax, NS

​ Ouroboros [Water like a stone]
February 7 - 11, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax NS
​
Re-, NSCAD Photography Club group exhibition organizer and co-curator
January  5 - 29, 2023
ViewPoint Gallery
Bedford NS


​ Gaiety, NSCAD Queer Collective group exhibition

November 1 - 5, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax, NS


​ coming home, NSCAD Photography group exhibition organizer and co-curator

October 25 - 29, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax NS


​ ​ Student Art Exhibition curated by Museum Studies Senior Students

2019
The Penny Building, University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB


​ Cabinet of Queeriosities IV Community Exhibition

2017
Casa Lethbridge
Lethbridge AB



​activities

Curatorial Intern – 2023 Graduation Exhibition MYCELIA & Catalogue

January - May, 2023
Anna Leonowens Gallery
Halifax NS


NSCAD Photography Club [Collective] founder & organizer

June 2022 - May 2023
NSCAD University, SUNSCAD
Halifax NS


​ Artist with Difficult Histories Database
Project by Sydney Wreaks and Lucy Boyd

2022
Halifax NS


​ 50 things Artist
Ecology Action Centre + Zuppa Theatre Co.

2021
Halifax NS


​ A Partnership in Caring Artist
Project by Carrie Phillips Kieser
NSCAD University & Gynecological Oncology Division at QEII Health Sciences Centre

2021
Halifax NS

Poster Pole Gallery

Summer 2021
Argyle Fine Art
Halifax NS

memberships

Visual Arts Nova Scotia
2024

CARFAC Maritimes
2022 - 2024

NSCAD Photography Collective
2022 - 2024
Halifax NS
awards + grants

2024  Grants for Individuals - Create
Arts Nova Scotia
Halifax, NS

2024 Struts Gallery Media Arts Production Fund  
Struts Gallery
Sackville, NB

2024 Arthur Lismer Award for Academic Excellence
NSCAD University
Halifax, NS


2023 Student Art Award Finalist, Photography

NSCAD University
Halifax, NS


​ 2022 Roloff Beny Scholarship

NSCAD University
Halifax, NS


​ 2022 Student Art Award Finalist, Photography

NSCAD University
Halifax, NS


​ 2021 Joseph Beuys Scholarship

NSCAD University
Halifax, NS


2020 - 2022 Walker-Wood Scholarship

NSCAD University
Halifax, NS