Brian Carew-Hopkins
Founder of VooGlue and the Decentralised Art Gallery (DAG). I build authenticity and provenance technology for physical fine art, and I have a long track record across technology ventures, public-sector delivery roles, and business transactions.
What I do now
I’m the founder of VooGlue and DAG. The business is under operational management. My founder-level focus is product direction, defensible innovation and intellectual property, partnerships, and strategic options.
What I’m known for
- Building technology that binds verified information to real-world assets (fine art), with a strong emphasis on authenticity and provenance
- Developing protected inventions (patents, and earlier design/trademark work) over a ~30-year period
- Delivery in environments that require governance, accountability, and practical outcomes (including government)
- Transaction and value-creation work with business owners (including M&A-related work)
- Maintaining an active fine-art practice alongside technology work (revelationism), including works that can incorporate VooGlue as part of the viewing experience
Selected career chapters
- 1990s: founded and scaled a technology-led aviation education and training business in Singapore
- Public-sector: director-level market/export development leadership roles, including work reflected in parliamentary record
- Transactions: worked with owners on growth, value creation, and transaction readiness (including business transactions / M&A-related work)
- 2016–present: founded DAG/VooGlue and led the development of the platform and its authentication infrastructure through to an operating business
Evidence and references (primary sources)
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- Public-sector leadership: named in WA Parliament Hansard as Director, Export & Market Development (link).
- WA Parliament Hansard (Legislative Council, 13 May 2008) — listed as Director, Export & Market Development. (link)
- Founder and inventor of a granted US patent for online artwork gallery systems and methods, plus additional filings in DAG systems and authentication. (link)
- Patents (Google Patents) — “Online artwork gallery systems and methods” (granted US patent family showing Brian Carew‑Hopkins as inventor). (link)
- Patents (Google Patents) — “Decentralised Art Gallery systems and methods” (application listing Brian Carew‑Hopkins as inventor). (link)
- Patents (Google Patents) — “Rotating Sigil Authentication…” (application listing Brian Carew‑Hopkins as inventor). (link)
- Public chapter: stood as an independent candidate for the WA Senate in the 2019 federal election (a personal chapter that tested an idea in the real world). (link)
- Wikipedia (election record mention, not a biography page) — listed in WA Senate results tables for the 2019 federal election. (link)
- LinkedIn (full work history) — LinkedIn profile page.
Useful Links
LinkedIn (full chronology)