Coral Bed Painting

Diane Hoffman grew up in Miami, Florida and lives in Providence, Rhode Island and works in her studio in nearby Central Falls. Her paintings are made with hand-made paint, silkscreen and customized tools such as modified brushes, string and felt rolling balls. She teaches at Brown University, Art Institute of Boston and Community College of Rhode Island. Hoffman's work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Tusculum College (Greenville, TN), Rhodes College (Memphis, TN), The Tennessee Arts Commission (Nashville), Brevard College (NC), and Contemporary Art Workshop (Chicago). Her work has also been exhibited at Brooks Museum of Art (Memphis, TN), Wheeler Gallery (Providence, RI), and Kunstruimte NP40 in Amsterdam. She has been an artist in residence at the Oberpfalzer Künstlerhaus (Schwandorf, Germany), Buren College of Art (County Clare, Ireland), the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Montana Artist Refuge. Her work is in the collection of Stadt Schwandorf, Germany, Theater Works (Memphis, TN) and the Memphis Fire Museum.