Louisa Hopcroft

Louisa M.A Hopcroft ● email:- ● 101 Koputara Road, Himatangi, Manawatu ● I am a graduate with a degree in Arts and Media from the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, and part time writer. I am seeking meaningful employment to support my creative pursuits. Core Competencies include: Creative + Computer & Social Media savvy + Diligent + Excellent Oral and Written Communication + Attentive + Culturally Sensitive + Physically able + Discerning + Committed to the Treaty of Waitangi Employment History 2017 - Present Writer/Contributor, parttime, The Lovepost Global, https://www.thelovepost.global/creators/louisa-molly-annabell 2018 May - October Front of House/Barista, full time, The Bee's Knees Cafe, Palmerston North, New Zealand 2018 January - May Front of House, full time, BOHO Cafe, Palmerston North, New Zealand Part Time Employment 2016 - 2017 Front of House, casual, Cafe Royal, Palmerston North, New Zealand 2016 Waitress, part time, The Shroom Room Cafe, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand 2014 Waitress, part time, Gengy's Mongolian Buffet Restaurant, Palmerston North, New Zealand Exhibitions 2017 NMIT Graduate Exhibition, NMIT G Block, Nelson, New Zealand 3 of 84, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand Parkin's National Drawing Award, Academy Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand 2016 NMIT Level 6 Exhibition, The Refinery Artspace Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand Light Nelson 2016, Nelson, New Zealand 2015 NMIT Level 5 Exhibition, NMIT G Block, Nelson, New Zealand 2014 S+ART Sculptural Installation, Te Manawa, Palmerston North, New Zealand Refinery Artspace Annual Competition, The Refinery Artspace Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand 2013 - 2014 Palmerston North Girls High School Annual Exhibition, Square Edge Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand 2016 Co-curation and Installation of ‘Lost in Founder's’ exhibition, G-Space Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand 2013 - 2015 Installation/de-installation of WAI (Women's Art Initiative) exhibition, Square Edge Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand Awards and Achievements 2017 Parkin's National Drawing Award Finalist 2015 NCEA Scholarship in Painting 2014 Palmerston North Girls High School Top Scholar in Visual Arts Konica Minolta Award for Excellence in Painting NCEA Distinction in Painting NCEA Distinction in Sculpture S+ART Palmerston North City Council Science and Art Grant Publications 2019 ​The Binding Thread: Trama Textiles Women's Weaving Cooperative​, in process of publishment at The Lovepost Global Now Rise: Drinking Ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazonas​, published at The Lovepost Global 2018 ​Reef Life Restoration: Breathing Life Back Into our Oceans with Nanotechnology ​, published at The Lovepost Global Everyone a Star​, published at The Lovepost Global 2017 ​At the Sea's Edge​, published at The Lovepost Global Shaped by the Sound of Wind, The Slant of Sunlight: NMIT Graduate Show 2017​, published in BAM 2017 NMIT Graduate Exhibition Catalogue For Michael,​ poem accompanying Michael Mckeagg's photography series in ‘Where the River Bends’, Illam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand 2016 ​Moth,​ published at Kiss Me Hardy, ​https://kissmehardy.co.nz/ Education 2015 - 2017 Bachelor of Arts and Media, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Nelson, New Zealand 2014 NCEA Level 3 Endorsed with Excellence, Palmerston North Girl's High School, Palmerston North, New Zealand Referees All referees are supportive of my CV and are happy to be contacted in regards to it. Catharine Salmon (previous lecturer at NMIT) --Rowena Bahl (creator of The Lovepost Global) --