Education
2013, MFA, San Diego State University
1995, BFA, Rhode Island School of Design

Professional Experience

2017, Assistant Professor, Summer session at Vietnamese Maritime Academy; classes taught: Critical Thinking and Global Ethics

2015, Assistant Professor, Summer session at Vietnamese Maritime Academy; classes taught: Critical Thinking and Global Ethics

2014, Assistant Professor, Summer session at Vietnamese Maritime Academy; classes taught: Critical Thinking and Global Ethics
2013 to present, Studio Jeweler, Zoe Chicco Jewelry
2013, Assistant Professor, Summer session at Vietnamese Maritime Academy; classes taught: Critical Thinking and Global Ethics
2012, Teacher’s Assistant for Seth Papac, S.D.S.U.
2012, Assistant Professor, Summer session at Vietnamese Maritime Academy; Critical Thinking.
2010, Technical Demonstration: Mingei International museum docent visit, San Diego State University
1995- present, Sole proprietor, Alexandra Hopp Jewelry
1995- 2009, goldsmith/ head goldsmith at Mallary Marks Studio Jewelry
1995, Teacher’s Assistant for Klaus Burgel, R.I.S.D.

Grants and Fellowships
2013, Graduate prize, Galerie Marzee, NL
2012, SDSU Art Council Scholarship
2011, SDSU Women’s Association Scholarship
2011, Windgate Scholarship
2010, Windgate Scholarship


Group Exhibitions

2017, Duality of Presence, super + CENTERCOURT gallery, Munich, Germany; The Blue House, New Orleans, La.; Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, Tx. Curated by Kerianne Quick and Jess Tolbert.

2016, AKA Wear It, Beyond Bling symposium, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Ca. 
2014, Beyond the Horizon, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Mariah Tuttle.
2014, Difference and repetition, Nextlevel Gallery, Paris, France. Curated by Benjamin Lignel. 
2013, Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, NL
2013, Suspended in Pink, (traveling exhibit) The Atrium -The School of Jewellery, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Gabi Green Studio, Munich, Germany, Heidi Lowe Gallery, DE U.S.A, Circuits Bijoux presented by Ateliers d’Art de France, Paris France Galerie V&V, Vienna Austria. Curated by Laura Bradshaw- Heap.
2012, American Craft Today, The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC. Curated by Mark Leach.
2012, Burn Notice, Flor Y Canto and Jackson Everett Galleries, San Diego, Ca.
2012, SDSU Annual Art Council Scholarship Exhibition, La Jolla Athenaeum, La Jolla, Ca.
2010, Show Some Style, PG Contemporary, Houston, Texas. Curated by Zoya Tommy.
2011, High n’ Dry, Flor Y Canto and Jackson Everett Galleries, San Diego, Ca
2010, Bull’s Eye, Flor Y Canto and Jackson Everett Galleries, San Diego, Ca
1997, Precious, Fort Point  Arts Community Gallery, Boston, Ma.
1995, International Student Exhibition, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
1995, Senior Show, Woods Garry Gallery, Providence, R.I.
1995, International Exhibition, American Center for Culture and Commerce, Prague, Czech Republic.
1994, Jewelry Biennial Show, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, R.I.





Bibliography
The Boston Globe, Art that gets next to, and even under, your skin, 1997.
Art Jewelry Forum, DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION: Gallic theory on craft hits New Zealand, New Zealand hits backBenjamin Lignel & Damian Skinner, 2014. 
Link at: http://www.artjewelryforum.org/articles-series/difference-and-repetition
Art Jewelry Forum, MARZEE GRADUATE SHOW 2013. Lizzie Atkins. 2013. 
Link at: http://www.artjewelryforum.org/exhibition-reviews/marzee-graduate-show-2013

Skills: Gold and metal smithing skills include hand fabrication in base and precious (gold, silver, platinum family) metals, all methods of hand construction, enameling, etching, anodizing, casting, model making, mold making,  sinking/ raising, and chasing and repousee. Skills in other materials include plastics, papers, fibers, resins, woodworking/ carving, design, and jewelry rendering.

In the collections of:
CODA museum, Apeldoorn, NL 
Heidi Lowe, USA

Represented by:

Platina gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. www.platina.se

Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL. www.marzee.nl


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