Alan Soffer

Born Philadelphia, PA. My interests are diverse from philosophical to psycological, to political, though the artwork seems more of the spirit than any of the above. My work is generally from the ab-ex world, though since the first in 1973 there have been subjects like religious objects; historic and mythical subjects; geometric abstractions; figurative explorations; and scientific based phenomena

Alan Soffer began sculpting in 1973 and had transitioned to painting by 1985, through a breakthrough program at Bennington College. Teaching abstract painting workshops and curatorial engagements ensued around 2000. Encaustics allowed him to marry a sculptural component to his painterly approach while studying at Ringling School in 1998. The hot, pigmented waxs inherent translucency perfectly supports his vocabulary for expressing space from the microscopic to the galactic. Whatever the direction, the work is always influenced by Joseph Campbell, the noted mythologist, who Soffer considers his mentor.Soffer is in numerous major collections, including The National Museum of American Jewish History; Musee du Chateau, Montbeliard; American Express; Larry & Roberta Ballen; Saul & Lori Krenzel; R & R Seidenberg. Exhibitions have traveled throughout the US, Argentina, Cuba, Kurdistan, and France. Significant exhibitions have been at Musee du Chateau, Montbeliard, France; Gallery Sakiko-NY, Haydon Art Center, NE, Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia; Widener University, PA; State College-PA; Art Museum of the Americas-DC; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art; National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia; Hoyt Institute, Pa...

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Major Solo & Group Exhibitions:
LIFE & DEATH: Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington;
RETROSPECTIVE @Villanova University; DREAMING @ West Chester University; PROGRESSION: Widener University; EVOKING ORIGINS, DCCA, Wilmington, DE; CURIOUS NARATIVES, Borowsky Gallery, Phila.; DECONSTRUCTIONS, Hoyt Institute; Ergane Gallery, NYC, GAllery Sukiko, NYC, Rosenfeld Gallery, Phila.; RINCON AND BEYOND, Central Penn College; WHAT'S THIS JOURNEY, Pippin Gallery, Santa Fe; DIVERSE VISIONS, Creation Gallery, Juno Beach, FL; ACROSS BORDERS, Art Museum of the Americas; IMPACT AFRICA, Bucks Counsty Communisty College; ELEMENTAL THREADS, National Museum of American Jewish History