Hugo Hopping was born in Mexico, in 1974. In 2005, He graduated from CALARTS with a BFA. Since 2000, Hugo Hopping has worked through various strategies in contemporary art to explore definitions of social identity and politics in his work. He often employs video, photography, installation, sculpture, product design and architecture to generate systems. These systems serve as metaphors for new approaches to representation and Hopping often combines collaboration as a strong feature in his work. Hopping has generated extensive cultural programming as an educator. Currently he is based between Copenhagen and Los Angeles.