BRIGETTE HOFFMAN
Brigette Hoffman was born in 1991 in Miami, fl. where she currently lives and works. She was raised in America to German and Nicaraguan parents. Hoffman completed her BFA at The Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg (Hochschule für Bildende Kunst Hamburg) Germany. Her first institutional exhibition was held at The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany in 2019 titled ‘ALLES KNETTEN, Metamorphose eines Materials’. Hoffmans’ work draws on figurative sculpture, physical animation and painting.
She blends references on themes like play, domesticity and the family, sexuality and identity, money and materiality, death and the divine. Her installations showcase a wide vareity of materials in order to rediscover a lost language of form and color. While her characters can appear unrestrained and wild, they simultaneously depict a childlike simplicity, frankness and innocence. Most influenced by elements of popular culture and the media, she creates surrealistically charged scenarios filled with a sense of rawness and primitive symbolism. Hoffmans worlds are anti-imperial and non-hierarchical. With a youthful palette, her intuitive process brings the material at hand to lif
2011
Scholarship for two week Summer Arts program; New World School of the Arts; Miami, Florida.
2013
Moved to Oldenburg, Germany.
2014
Graduated from Volkshochschule, Oldenburg with certification in Intensive German language course. VHS/ School of language; Oldenburg, Germany.
2015
Moved to Hamburg, Germany.
2015
Introductory to Bachelors in Fine Arts/ Year of mentoring with Artist and Professor Natalia Stachon
Hochschule für Bildende Kunst; Hamburg, Germany
2016- 2020
BFA Sculpting and Painting with artist and Professor Anselm Reyle Hochschule für Bildende Kunst; Hamburg, Germany
2020-2021
MFA Sculpting with Artist and Professor Pia Stadtbäumer Hochschule für Bildende Kunst; Hamburg, Germany
11/2020 to 12/2020
Freelance animation work
Company name: FACEBOOK – Hamburg, Germany
Providing stop-motion animation gif and 2d promotional work.
05/2020 to 07/2020
Freelance video and sculpting
Company name: V Magazine/ Gigi Hadid Collaboration; International. Providing sculpture mock up, video
documentation, Page feature in V Magazine.
01/2021 to 03/2021
Freelance digital design
Company Name: OMEN/ Thomas I Punkt- Hamburg,Germany
Providing designs and illustrations for in-store brand
Campaigns and clothing
07/2022 to 09/2022
Artist in Residence at Tomas Redrado Art Gallery, duration 2 months
EXHIBITIONS
Yesterday I woke up sucking a melon 2017. group exhibition, Galerie Genscher, Hamburg DE
Chi Chi’s Flug 2018. group exhibition, Westwerk Galerie, Hamburg DE
CHICKEN SCANDAL 2018. solo exhibition, Paul Roosen Contemporary, Hamburg DE
Katzen gehen immer noch 2018. group exhibition, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg DE
ALLES KNETEN 2019. group exhibition, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg DE
Affordable Artfair 2019. Hamburg DE
The Secret Sculpture 2019. group exhibition, St. Elmo’s Childrens Rights Museum, Hamburg DE
Der River 2020. group exhibition, Leipzig DE
Stilles Leben 2020. group exhibition, Affenfaust Galerie,Hamburg DE
Apocalypse Now 2020. group exhibition, Affenfaust Galerie, Hamburg DE
Variable Elements 2022. group exhibition, Club Gallery, Miami Fl.
Home Sweet Home 2022. solo exhibition, Club Gallery, Miami Fl.
