ANDREA C. HOFFER

Biography

1964                   born in Kirchhellen , Germany
 
1994 -1999        studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf , Germany
 
1997                  Masterstudent from Prof. A.R.Penck
 
1999                  Master Degree ( M.F.A.) at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf , Germany
 
1992 -1994        studied costume and stage design  at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf , Germany
 
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany and Tobago, West Indies.
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Andrea C. Hoffer entered Trinidad and Tobago in 1998. Here was a European artist, implanting herself in the Caribbean, utilising the age-old egg tempera medium to interrogate the landscape that now enveloped her. The irony here is that Hoffer involvement with the local space was sincere. It was real. It was not cliched fleeting tryst where a foreign artist comes to the Caribbean, becomes enamoured with the pretty countryside, paints some exotic pictures and then leaves. Hoffer, although utilising traditional painting techniques, presents unconventional images. The sheer scale of her work is intriguing. The superlative dimensions effectively serve as the first step in shattering the rigid distance between the viewer and picture plane. The iconography is also recognisable and easy for the viewer to relate to; especially an individual who grew up in a small Caribbean island.

Excerpt by David Cave for Foreign Familiar catalogue accompanying the exhibition.  
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Studio - Düsseldorf, Germany
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Studio - Tobago, West Indies
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