EVA HOFFMANN
ART STUDIO
NEW
SOUTHERN NEVADA MUSEUM OF FINE ART
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MASTERS
April 16 2011 through 2012
My painting RED in the show
Some of Hoffmann's paintings are as rigid and unyielding as math equations. They are sturdy, reliable, and seem almost engineered rather than painted, put together with a welder rather than with a brush. It would be a mistake to think however that Hoffmann's intention is to promote industralization. Painting would be an unconvincing medium to convey belief in mass production and manufacturing. The lack of any detail that might burden the eye shows that the forms, which lack evasiveness that characterizes the art in our frenetic age, are the point.
It may come as a surprise, then, that Hoffmann demonstrates such tenderness in her terse interpretations of landscapes, which are pared down until they resemble color field paintings. The gentle luminosity of these paintings go beyond the frame of what seems more of a window than a canvas. What these share with her more stolid pieces is a comforting cohesiveness. Hoffmann is audaciously decisive and unwilling to leave the viewer in discomfort. She is almost messianic, taking on what our nervous generation, glutted with choices, is often unable to do: selecting a path knowing that this means the rejection of infinite others
Review by Eugene Hwang "The Decisiveness of Eva Hoffmann"
Ico Gallery New York, NY TRACES OF MEMORY Art show
PUBLICATION 2011
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MASTERS VOLUME IV Curated by Despina Tunberg (available at amazon.com)
AWARD
11th Annual Regional Juried Show 2008
Newburyport Art Association
Award for oil painting
Juror: Andrew Witkin, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Judge's comments: "I so appreciate the quietness of the scene. Through the perspective, color choice, brushstrokes and overall format, this piece focuses on its subject matter in a quiet yet compelling manner."
ARTIST STATEMENT
Talking environment…. We are moving around without recognizing the messages from the cities, villages, fashion and houses. I tell the untold stories with my paintings.
Painting and architecture is the obsession and passion of my lifetime. I like more doing artwork rather than writing about my art. Each work is a new invention. A unique visual experience to every person who gives a work a home or happens to glance its way. As I come to the completion of a painting I sense an original spirit infusing the composition. The many years of my work and study of fine art served me well and I feel my paintings show the result of intense private scrutiny and concentration.
I believe seeking peace is the highest of priorities one should have within their life goals. I try. When I think of what I would most like you the viewer to come away from a work of mine with is a sense of enjoyment and a little more peaceful than when it first attracted your attention.
EXHIBITS
NEW: SOUTHERN NAVADA MUSEUM OF FINE ART INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MASTERS
SOLO SHOWS
2011- 2012 Newburyport, MA Oregano Ristorante
2009 Solo Show Oesterle Art Gallery, North Central Collage Illinois
2007 Ipswich MA USA Sovereign Bank Solo exhibition
2006 Ipswich, MA USA Visitor Center Solo Exhibition
2006 Ipswich MA USA Sovereign Bank Solo exhibition
GROUP SHOWS
2004 Newburyport Art Association in Newburyport, MA USA juried art show
2005 Newburyport Art Association in Newburyport, MA USA juried art show
2006 Newburyport, MA Art Association Water Street juried art show
2007 Newburyport, MA, Art Association New England Abstract Group Art Show
2007 Newburyport, MA, Art Association Plain Air Plus Art Exhibit & Sale
2007 Newburyport Art Association Art Exhibit & Sale2008 Newburyport Art Association Newburyport, MA juried show
2008 "WATER" Redbrick Art Center Beverly, MA2008 Marblehead Art Association Juried Show
2008 Black and White Show Lawrence, MA
2008 "Green" Show ALL Arts Gallery, at 246 Market St, Lowell, MA current exhibition
2008 11th ANNUAL REGIONAL JURIED SHOWNEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERJUROR: ANDREW WITKINBARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY BOSTON, MA
Judge's comment: "I so appreciate the quietness of the scene. Through the perspective, color choice, brushstrokes and overall format, this piece focuses on its subject matter in a quiet yet compelling manner."
2008 “Sparkling New" Art Association Salem, MA
2008 "New England Regional Juried Show" Marblehead MA Art Association
2008 "Shapes of Emotions" juried show in Glousester MA Rocky Neck Art Center
2008 Art Walk Beacon Hill Boston2008 Salem, MA Artist Raw Selected Works
2008 Marblehead, MA Art Association Member Show2008 Newburyport Art Association Large Works Show
2008 Newburyport Art Association Abstract Group Show
2008 Newburyport Art Association Juried Show2008 Newburyport Art Association Art Show
2008 December ICO GALLERY NEW YORK, NY
Review by Eugen Hwang:Some of Hoffmann's paintings are as rigid and unyielding as math equations. They are sturdy, reliable, and seem almost engineered rather than painted, put together with a welder rather than with a brush. It would be a mistake to think however that Hoffmann's intention is to promote industrialization. Painting would be an unconvincing medium to convey belief in mass production and manufacturing. The lack of any detail that might burden the eye shows that the forms, which lack evasiveness that characterizes the art in our frenetic age, are the point.It may come as a surprise, then, that Hoffmann demonstrates such tenderness in her terse interpretations of landscapes, which are pared down until they resemble color field paintings. The gentle luminosity of these paintings goes beyond the frame of what seems more of a window than a canvas. What these share with her more stolid pieces is a comforting cohesiveness. Hoffmann is audaciously decisive and unwilling to leave the viewer in discomfort. She is almost messianic, taking on what our nervous generation, glutted with choices, is often unable to do: selecting a path knowing that this means the rejection of infinite others.
2009 Newburyport Art Association2009 Marblehead Art Association
2009 Newburyport Art Association, Juried show
2009 Solo Show Oesterle Art Gallery, North Central Collage Illinois2009 July Hamburg, Germany2009 July Marblehead, MA
2009 August Newburyport, MA juried show
2010 Newburyport, MA juried show2010 Marblehead Art Association ju
2010 Newburyport, MA juried show
2010 Marblehead Art Association juried show
2011 Marblehead Art Association juried show
2011 May-July Las Vegas Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art International Contemporary Masters
2011 May Newburyport Art Association Regional Juried Show3
2011 May Time and Tide Gallery Ipswich, MA
2011 NAA juried show
2011 Marblehead Art Association juried show
2011 May-July Las Vegas Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art International Contemporary Masters
2011 May Newburyport Art Association Regional Juried Show3
2011 May Time and Tide Gallery Ipswich, MA2011 NAA juried show
2011 September Newburyport Art Association Juried show
2011 October- November Time and Tide Gallery, Ipswich, MA
2011 Rolling Ridge, North Andover, MA
EDUCATION
Tha base of my artist education is the School of Architecture Budapest Hungary (bachelor degree). Graduated architect, with several projects in Europe. Four year special classes for art as figure and landscape drawing, color using and design of form and modeling. Postgraduate education for design, master degree. Art class in the USA at Robert Scott jackson and Nella Lush.
MEMBER
Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Andover Artist Guild, North Andover, MA
Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA
Licensed architect in Germany, Bayerische Architektenkammer