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Born 1965 Brantford, Ontario. Known for: Sculpture.
Peter Hoffer, Canadian. Peter Hoffer was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1965. He holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as degrees from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and the... Read full biography
Peter Hoffer, Canadian. Peter Hoffer was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1965. He holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as degrees from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He currently lives in Berlin. The surfaces of Peter Hoffer’s... Read full biography
Peter Hoffer, Canadian. Peter Hoffer was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1965. He holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as degrees from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He currently lives in Berlin. The surfaces of Peter Hoffer’s landscape and abstract paintings are coated with a highly reflective resin varnish. This material was chosen as a means to create tension between a painted surface and refined encapsulation. This... Read full biography
Peter Hoffer, Canadian. Peter Hoffer was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1965. He holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as degrees from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He currently lives in Berlin. The surfaces of Peter Hoffer’s landscape and abstract paintings are coated with a highly reflective resin varnish. This material was chosen as a means to create tension between a painted surface and refined encapsulation. This packaging of the “objet d’art” stills a moment in space and time and alludes to an item of value, not unlike religious reliquary. Reference is made to theatrical backdrops. The rapid execution of these paintings creates a generalized suggestion of a place or... Read full biography
Peter Hoffer, Canadian. Peter Hoffer was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1965. He holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as degrees from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He currently lives in Berlin. The surfaces of Peter Hoffer’s landscape and abstract paintings are coated with a highly reflective resin varnish. This material was chosen as a means to create tension between a painted surface and refined encapsulation. This packaging of the “objet d’art” stills a moment in space and time and alludes to an item of value, not unlike religious reliquary. Reference is made to theatrical backdrops. The rapid execution of these paintings creates a generalized suggestion of a place or setting. The viewer is both the actor in the scene and becomes a player within a scenario where the trees and landscape are person... Read full biography
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Peter Hoffer, Canadian
Peter Hoffer was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1965. He holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as degrees from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He currently lives in Berlin.
The surfaces of Peter Hoffer’s landscape and abstract paintings are coated with a highly reflective resin varnish. This material was chosen as a means to create tension between a painted surface and refined encapsulation. This packaging of the “objet d’art” stills a moment in space and time and alludes to an item of value, not unlike religious reliquary.
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