My name is Ryan Hopper currently residing in Salem, Oregon graduated from Arizona State University with my BFA in Art Education. I’m from Tuba City, Arizona located on the Navajo Nation. Born and raised on a sheep camp from a family of shepherds, weavers and traditional healers. A lot of my inspiration comes from studying wildlife, landscape artworks and looking at works of art by various different artists from Robert Bateman, Andrew Wyeth and etc. The wildlife art of Bateman is what fuels my appreciation of the wildlife art and Wyeth contemporary paintings that show me they can be seen with an artistic imagination that can be received within a more profound way.
My works are done primarily within printmaking processes and oil paintings that capture both land and animals with a decorative element to be incorporated in homes and public spaces. There is nothing like being surrounded by nature, beauty and animals. Thus, most of my work incorporates these images from my travels, photographs and observing animals within their natural habitat.
For the month of January, Ryan Hopper, our Artist-in-Residence, is busy creating two paintings as part of an art installation at the Salem Public Library, which will be featured during the month of February for Salem Reads. The installation is inspired by the book Why Didn’t You Tell Me by Carmon Ritta Wong. Additionally, Ryan will have a series of his work displayed at Ike Box throughout February!
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Ryan Hopper during his SAA residency in April 2022.
Please feel free to contact Kathleen Dinges Rice, Artists Resources and Outreach Director, at anytime with questions. She can be reached at 503-581-2228 x312 or Kathleen@SalemArt.org.
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