Brandi Hofer
Lloydminster, AB, Canada
About Brandi Hofer
Brandi Hofer was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan in 1986. She studied in Red Deer, Alberta, at Red Deer College from 2004 - 2006 before transferring to the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008.
Hofer has worked in several art media including: Drawing, printmaking, and painting, with oils, acrylics encaustic, mixed media and watercolors.
Hofer has long focused on female portraits and has explored themes of feminism, empowerment, the emotional self, and the female psyche. Hofer's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in France, London, New York, and all across Canada. In 2011, she attended residencies at Red Deer College, Toronto Island, the Marnay Art Centre outside of Paris France, and was part of artist Robin Lambert's project in Montreal, Quebec. She was listed as the online Saatchi Gallery’s “Artist to Watch” feature on their website. Most recently her work appeared in HGTV’s House of Bryan, Bryan Inc, and has been published in World of Interiors Magazine.
Her upcoming show "Gus", based on parenthood, is set to show in Red Deer at the Harris-Warke Gallery, Lloydminster with through The Collective Art Market, and the Rouge Gallery in Saskatoon.
Brandi Hofer's studio where she works and creates is located in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada.
Education:
Education Bachelor of Fine Arts degree NSCAD Institution of Fine Arts 2006-2008
BFA Transfer Studies Red Deer College 2004-2006
Events:
Achievements
2018
Publication: The World of Interiors, Artistic Impressions, pg 247, April
2017
General Motors Canada Commercial Shoot/Artist Profile, April 10
2015
HGTV House of Bryan featuring a 5x5’ Custom Portrait Final Episode Airing Oct
2012/13
Founder of the Bea Fisher Annual Arts Bursary, The Brandi Hofer Arts Bursary Lloydminster SK
2011
Saskatchewan Arts Board Travel Grant, Saskatoon, SK
Arts Without Borders Travel Bursary, Lloydminster SK
2008
Graham Flatt Emerging, Artist Award, Lloydminster SK
Arts Without Borders, Best of show: 1st Alternative Category, 1st portrait categoryLloydminster SK
Media and Publications
2017
Red Deer Advocate, GUS is a Special, Collaborative Art Exhibit Inspired by Motherhood, Nov 18
Briarpatch Independant Magazine, pg 30 full page image, May/June
General Motors Canada Commercial Shoot/Artist Profile, April 10
Lloydminster Meridian Booster, Creative Contributions, Jan 25
Artist A Day Blog Feature, Jan 21
Newcap News, Jan 9
2016
The Lloydminster Source, Cool Kids on Display, Dec 13
Star Phoenix, Saskatoon SK, Remixing the Imagination, June 20
The Lloydminster Meridian Booster, Local Artist Takes the Next Step, May 30
Lloydminster Source, Local Artist to Study in Venice, May 26
Briarpatch Fiercely independent Magazine, Living Death by Siku Allooloo, Mar/Apr publication
2015
HGTV Canada, featured in House of Bryan, "Over and Grout" http://www.hgtv.ca/houseofbryan
St Albert Gazette, Funky Portraits and trippy geometries at VASA, Feb 7
Star Phoenix, Saskatoon SK, Arden discovers Lloydminster artist through Twitter, Oct 14
Featured on Sincerely Hope Blog: http://sincerelyhopeblog.blogspot.ca/2015/06/brandi-leah-hofer.html, June 11
2014
http://www.saatchionline.com Featured in Inspired by Kandinky Collection, Saatchi Online, Aug 28
Community Builders: Many Mediums for Lloydminster Artist, Sept 4, Lloyd SK
The Life and business of the working artist ,The Source pg 2, Lloyd SK
2013
http://www.saatchionline.com Best of 2013, website homepage
http://www.saatchionline.com Barley There: Nude Collection, Website homepage
http://www.saatchionline.com New Sensations: Inside the Studio, Website
2012
http://www.saatchionline.com One to Watch, website home page
The Source, February 21, pg. 3 Lloydminster, SK
Saskatchewan Arts Board 2011-2012 Annual Report, Art is for Everyone
2011
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting Website, Portrait of a Woman, pg. 1-10, Regina SK
Newcap News, November 21 pg. 2, Lloydminster SK
The Source, November 17 pg. 2 continued pg. 13, Lloydminster SK
Lloydminster Booster, Nov 14, Lloydminster SK
Inaugural Artist of the Month, November, SNAC, Regina SK
CBC Radio, July 28, Regina SK
CBC Radio, July 25, Montreal QC
CISM Radio, July 25, Montreal QC
Nightlife.ca Magazine, Blog of the week, July 18-25, Montreal QC
Fashionista Magazine, Through Painting, February 14, pg. 68-72 Calgary AB
Breakfast Television Edmonton, January 28, Edmonton AB
2010
Newcap News, Interview/Feature, Lloydminster AB
2008
NSCAD President’s Report, Celebrating Creativity, Halifax NS
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Rouge Gallery, GUS, Saskatoon SK (JUNE)
Collective Art Market/Cultural Science Centre, GUS, Lloydminster AB
2017
Harris-Warke Gallery, GUS, Red Deer AB
Rouge Gallery, Cool kids (instadentity), Saskatoon SK
2016
Rouge Gallery, Olivia a Series, Saskatoon SK
2014
Shervin Smith Art Gallery, Wild, Melfort SK
2013
Area, Brandi Hofer, Saskatoon SK
2012
Esteem Gallery, Brandi Hofer, Saskatoon SK
Harris-Warke Gallery, The 100 Encaustic Series Red Deer AB
2011
Hague Gallery, Portrait of a Woman, Regina SK
Opp Galerie et Boutique, Brandi Hofer Performance, Montreal QC
RDC Learning Gallery, 100 Encaustic Series, Red Deer AB
2008
Anna Leonowens Gallery graduation show, Brandi Leah Hofer, Halifax NS
Group Exhibitions
2017
Funky Fresh and Full of Spice, Saskatoon SK, June
2015
I Am NSCAD, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS, Sept 29-Oct 9
NUDE Saskatchewan, Regina Sk July 11
Naess Gallery, Girls Women Lives Images , Edmonton AB, July 6-Aug 17
VASA Gallery, Women Portraying Women, St Albert AB, June 6-28
VASA Gallery, Ferris/Hofer Coinside, St Albert AB, Feb 1-27
2013
A/P Gallery, Not-So-Mini Print Exhibition & Exchange, Calgary, AB
Stall Gallery, Brandi Hofer, Saskatoon SK
2012
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting, NUDE SK, Regina, SK
Affinity Gallery, Seeds, Saskatoon, SK
Affinity Gallery, Portrait of a Woman Book Signing Saskatoon SK
2011
CAMAC Residency, Open Studio Show, Marnay Sur Seine France
Federation of Canadian Artists, Open Print Show, Vancouver BC
The Alberta Printmakers Society 4th Annual Postcard Exhibition, Calgary AB
2010
Barr Colony Museum, MWCA Spring show, Lloydminster SK
Lakeland College, Arts without Borders, Lloydminster AB
2009
Lakeland College, Arts without Borders, Lloydminster AB
Barr Colony Museum, MWCA Spring show, Lloydminster SK
2008
Lakeland College, Arts without Borders, Lloydminster AB
Seeds Gallery, Halifax NS
