Unbridled
Charlie-Anne Hopkins
Daphne Sweet

Unbridled brings together the work of Daphne Sweet and Charlie-Anne Hopkins to examine the landscapes, mythologies, and cultural inheritance of the American West. The work in this exhibition explores how Western and classical narratives have shaped ideas of power, labor, gender, and belonging, reimagining these inherited stories through care, embodiment, and material practice.

Daphne Sweet’s paintings draw from classical art history and personal allegory, reworking familiar motifs through bold color, ornament, and layered symbolism. By reclaiming the female figure from the historical male gaze, her work transforms classical imagery into a visual language of agency, presence, and abundance.

Charlie-Anne Hopkins approaches the Western landscape through lived experience with horsemanship, land stewardship, and material practice. Their work reinterprets Western iconography through care, labor, and ecological attentiveness, challenging narratives of conquest while exploring relationships between bodies, land, and inheritance.

Together, Sweet and Hopkins create a dialogue between classical ideals and Western mythology, offering a vision of the West rooted not in dominance or nostalgia, but in relationship, tenderness, and the possibility of new forms of kin.

Charlie-Anne Hopkins holds an MFA in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute. Their work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Hopkins spearheaded the foundation of Carnation Contemporary, a co-op gallery in Portland, OR that champions the work of emerging and underrepresented artists.

Daphne Sweet is a Montana-based artist whose practice is rooted in drawing. Sweet translates her drawings into paintings and ceramic sculptures that investigate mythology, femininity, and the American West.

Upcoming Events 3-5pm on the PUNCH Stage

8/01
Charlie Apple
(indie-country/western psychedelia)

8/8
Will Rainier & the Pines
(americana/alt-country)
Host to Shadows
(indie-folk)

8/15:
Forest Ray
(psychedelic folk-n-roll)

8/22
Dandelioness
(gothic americana witch-pop)

8/29
Las Cantineras
(social justice-inspired latin fusion)