HOFFMANN
Uno Hoffmann was born in 1955 in Canada but raised in Stockholm for the first few years of his life. He studied architecture at the University of Toronto, after attending the University of Tel Aviv. He began his painting career prior to his studies in architecture, and his first major solo exhibition was at the Museum of Modern Art (Museu Gulbenkian) when he was 24 years old. Hoffmann’s background in architecture, printmaking, design, film and photography inform his art. His explorations in photography resulted in a number of collaborations with established photographers, illustrators, and writers, including Yuri Dojc, Paul Borges, and Steven Maier. His paintings merge American Abstract Expressionism with Modern European Neo-Expressionism. Uno Hoffmann has had numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art Stockholm, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona and the Geffen Contemporary Art Museum.
“The sea’s edge”, Acrylic on canvas, 96 x 60 in. (243.84 x 152.4 cm.)
“Momentum”, Acrylic on canvas, 47 x 60 in. (119.4 x 152.4 cm.)
“The voice”, Acrylic and Mixed media on board, 42 x 20 in.(106.68 x 50.8 cm.)
“Birthday Letter”, Acrylic on canvas, 77.25 x 60.5 in. (196.2 x 153.7 cm.)
“Event”, Mixed media on board, 30 x 48 in. (76.2 x 121.92 cm.)
“Singular”, Chromogenic plate , 60 x 36 in. (152.4 x 91.44 cm.)
“The double flame”, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 60 x 77.25 in. (152.4 x 196.2 cm.)
““Aspect”, Chromogenic plate , 60” x 36” (152.4 x 91.44 cm.)
“Orpheus and Eurydice”, Acrylic on canvas, 48” x 48” (121.92 x 121.92 cm.)
“Tiresias”, Mixed media on board, 30 x 60 in. (76.2 x 152.4 cm.)
“The momentary glance”, Acrylic and Mixed media on board, 77.25 x 47 in. (196.2 x 119.4 cm.)
“The other shore”, Mixed media on board, 60 x 42 in. (152.4 x 106.68 cm.)
“The place that invents silence”, Acrylic on canvas, 96 x 54 in. (243.84 x 137.16)
“Crow”, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
“Sandover”, Acrylic, and mixed media on canvas, 60 x 42 in. (152.4 x 106.68 cm.)
“Ritual”, Chromogenic plate , 60 x 36 in. (152.4 x 91.44 cm.)
“A moment of seeing”, Acrylic on canvas, 60.25 x 77.25 in. (153 x 196.2 cm.)
“Resurgence”, Mixed media on board, 48 x 30 in. (121.92 x 76.2 cm.)
Solo Exhibitions Museum of Modern Art, Lisbon Art New York Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto Art Southampton, New York “The Brain Project”, Toronto Art Miami, Miami Galerie Villepoix, Paris Zabriskie Gallery, New York G.E.L., Los Angeles Galeria Alvear, Madrid C&R Gallery, New York Sammlung Essl, Austria Spielen Gallery, Berlin International Sommerfestspiele, Berlin Gallery Cintrlk, Antwerp Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona Jablonka Gallery, Koln Verum G, Dusseldorf Galerie de Poche, Paris Annia Nosei Galley, New York International Sommerfestspiele, Berlin Gallery Cintrlk, Antwerp Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
Jablonka Gallery, Koln Verum G, Dusseldorf Galerie de Poche, Paris Annia Nosei Galley, New York Denison gallery, Toronto Glendon Gallery, Toronto ADD, Toronto Consulate General of Portugal, Toronto Goethe Institute, Toronto Gallery No, Toronto Belair Gallery, Toronto Calumet Gallery, Toronto
Selected Corporate Collections Museum of Modern Art, Lisbon Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona BP Corporation, London England Perenial International, London, England Faber and Strauss International, Berlin AWTP Technolgies, Los Angeles Optech Coroporation, New York London Life Insurance Corporation, Toronto
“The mirror that reflects elsewhere”, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Abridged Chronology 1974 – 1976
• Travels, studies (University of Tel Aviv ), and resides in the Middle East and Europe
1984 1989
• While contining to exhibit across North America and Europe establishs IT firm “Hoffmann + Associates” • First major solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (Museu Gulbenkian)
2002
• International Sommerfestspiele, Berlin
2006
• Goethe Institute, Toronto
2010
• Stimuleye Gallery, Toronto
2013
• Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto
2016
• “The Brain Project”, Toronto
1980
• BA Architecture, University of Toronto
2001 • Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona • C&R Gallery, New York • Sammlung Essl, Austria 2005
• Spielen Gallery, Berlin
2009
• Verum G, Dusseldorf Galerie de Poche, Paris
2012
• Gallery Cintrlk, Antwerp
2015 • Art Southampton, New York • Art New York, New York • Art Miami • Art Toronto