The career of Chris Hopkins spans over three decades, encompassing many genres including high profile illustration for film, entertainment, sports, publishing and the corporate world, including theme art for three Super Bowls and marquee art for the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He has created work for the US government with works displayed in the White House during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and a commission for the Obama White House. As a civilian Air Force artist, Hopkins has painted works for the Air Force from assignments to Afghanistan, Thailand and Central America, which are included in the permanent collection of the Pentagon.

Chris was privately commissioned to create a narrative series of the N.W. Coast First Nations People that has traveled to several venues in Washington, Canada and California. He has created narrative paintings that celebrate the strength of the human spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen that traveled across the country. Chris’ current series of paintings delves into personal family history of the Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII.

Hopkins graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and taught there shortly after graduation. Chris was a resident artist at the Masterpiece Christian Arts Foundation. He has been awarded gold and silver medals from SILA and a “Life Achievement Award” from Air Brush Action magazine. In 2022, Chris was invited to participate in “Meymey’em” and International Indigenous Artists Gathering where he broadened his experience and artistic knowledge working beside and learning from indigenous artists from around the globe. Chris has collaborated with his wife Jan on numerous projects.  He has also worked in collaboration with Maori artist Lyonel Grant and has also teamed with Canadian First Nations artist Brenda Crabtree, producing portraits that celebrate significant indigenous artists.

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