Sculptor, draughtsman and lecturer, born in Bristol, who graduated with honours in fine art from Goldsmiths’ College, 1982–5. He moved to Leeds in 1985, joined Leeds Art Space Society; was artist-in-residence, Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, in 1987; and in 1988 joined Jacob Kramer College, Leeds, as a visiting lecturer. Hopkins led many workshops for organisations including Leeds City Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Contemporary Art Group. Group shows included New Contemporaries, ICA, 1984; Surrealism Surveyed – Responses to an Exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, 1986; and Showspace Summer 87, Winners Exhibition, Elizabethan Gallery, Wakefield, 1987. Among solo exhibitions were Hartcliffe Arts Festival, Hartcliffe, Bristol, 1984; Drawings, LASS Gallery, Leeds, 1985; and Sculpture, Cookridge Street Gallery, and Drawings, Wakefield District College, both, 1988.