Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Educational History: June 1999: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey. My degree work, a 2 x 2m spiral in mixed media, is exhibited at Charing Cross Hospital, London.
1999-1995: Art student at universities in France and London.
1995: Baccalaureate with distinction in France. Primary and grammar schools in Denmark, Germany and France.
Artistic Specialisation: Progressive drawing and mixed media
Activities: Forthcoming Exhibitions
Permanent: Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, London.
October 2008: The Barbican Library, The Barbican, London.
October 2006: The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair 2006, London.
September 2006: Sense & Sensuality, with BlindArt, Bankside Gallery, London and New York; Menier Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London.
Selected Exhibitions
September 2004: The Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool.
February 2004: Two Women Show, Lang Gallery, London.
January 2003: ‘A day without fun is a day lost forever’, Solo Exhibition, Space Gallery, London.
August/July 2002: A&D Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London.
December 2001: ‘Boys and Girls – Girls and Boys’, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 73, Brighton.
May 2001: ‘Beautiful Creatures’, Solo Exhibition, The Red Gate Gallery, London.
September 2000: DFN Gallery, New York.
June/May 2000: ‘Funky, vulgar media babes’, Solo Exhibition, The Global Café, London.
Selected Group Exhibitions
March 2006: The Affordable Art Fair 2006, London, represented by Galerie Pascal Allouard.
January 2006/November 2005: The Christmas Show, Gallery KALEIDOSCOPE, London.
November 2005: Marziart International Gallery, Hamburg.
October/June 2005: Gallery KALEIDOSCOPE, London.
October 2005: The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair 2005, London.
June 2005: 'Pink Week' - Female, Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, London.
February 2005: 'Hard Bodies', with Corpus Fine Art, Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London.
December/November 2004: 'Pink Week' - Male, Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, London.
October 2004: The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair 2004, London; Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath.
September/July 2004: Lang Gallery, London; The Lotus Gallery, Bath.
May 2004: Gallery 28, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Cork Street, London.
January 2004/December 2003: Lang Gallery, London.
November 2003: Royal College of Art Secret 2003, Royal College of Art, London.
October 2003: ‘Drawing, the End of the Line’, Centre Culturel Jean Lurcat, Saint-Lo, France.
October/September 2003: Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath.
June 2003: Gallery 47, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London.
February 2003: ‘My Valentine’s mascara’, A&D Gallery, London.
October 2002: Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath.
August 2002: Museo Municipal Ourense, with Riverside Artists Group, Spain.
June 2002: ‘Challenge the Nail’, Salon des Arts, London.
May/April 2002: The Start Gallery 2000, London.
March 2002: Gallery 47, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London.
March/February 2002: The Affordable Art Fair 2002, London.
October 2001: The Start Gallery 2000, London.
September 2001: Candid Arts Trust, London.
August 2001: Hoax Gallery at the Lux Centre, London.
July 2001: Espace Garden City Gallery, Paris; The Start Gallery 2000, London.
April 2001: Candid Arts Trust, London.
March 2001: Hotbath Gallery, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, Bath; Jelly Leg’d Chicken Gallery, Reading.
February 2001: ‘Art on Paper’, Royal College of Art, London; Brighton Media Centre Gallery, Brighton.
November 2000: ‘The Nude’, Karen Taylor Contemporary Art Gallery, Twickenham; Lauderdale House, with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, London.
October 2000: The Affordable Art Fair 2000, London; Gallery Voltaire, London.
June 2000: ‘Women’, Hicks Gallery, London.
February/January 2000: Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery, Reading.
December/November 1999: ‘Off the shelf’, with Sherborne Contemporary Arts, Dorset.
In 1996 my artwork was in the final selection for the ‘Prix Picasso’, Paris.
Publications: 2006: Boomerang Media, ‘Kylie Style’
2004: Imagemakers, ‘Cutting Edge Fashion Illustration’, by Martin Dawber, foreword Jaspar Conran, launched at the London Book Fair 2004 and The Liverpool Biennial 2004
2001: Painting World, ‘Drawing the Line - Society of Graphic Fine Art’
2001: Wandsworth Guardian, ‘Perfect Picture Life of Art world’
2001: Artist Window
2000: TNT Magazine, ‘Funky, Vulgar, Media Babes’
2000/01: The Britart Directory
Commissions: One public commission for Charing Cross Hospital, London, and various private commissions for UK, USA and Germany.
Collections: Works in the collection of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP London, Patrizia Immobilien AG Munich and Susan Small (London)
Gallery Representation: Graham's Fine Art
56 Crouch End Hill
London N8 8AA
Tel: 020 8341 2526
www.grahamspictures.co.uk
Galerie Pascal Allouard
5 Halcyon Wharf
5 Wapping High Street
London E1W 1LH
Tel: 079 0016 3575
www.pascal.allouard.free.fr
Gallery KALEIDOSCOPE
64/ 66 Willesden Lane
London NW6 7SX
Tel: 020 7328 5833
www.gallerykaleidoscope.com
Corpus Fine Art
www.corpus-fine-art.com/hippe
Member of Foundation of Womens Art
www.fwa-uk.org
I was born in South Africa and have lived in a variety of countries - United Kingdom, France, Germany, Denmark and USA.
While working as a ballet dancer an injury gave me the opportunity to pursue a career in art.
Coming from a theatrical and dance background, the consistent theme of my work is movement, which I translate on a visual pictorial level. The movement of a body, voice ormelody transgresses into sweeping mass of lines capturing the energyand beauty of the moving entity.
I often like to combine my passion for drawing with collage, incorporating my fascination with materials and patterns.
