Marsha Hoffman

Artist Statement
From the moment I viewed Pierre Bonnard’s, “Nude in Bathtub” at the Pompidou Museum in Paris I knew I wanted to create art with brilliant colors, shapes and texture that would convey my deepest emotions. I grew up in Miami surrounded by artists, writers, musicians in a lively and volatile household filled with chaos and activities circulating around dance and art.

This framework I bring to my art everyday; painting in a kinetic, energetic, reactionary way. Dancing, scraping, manipulating fabrics, cutting, melting wax and painting intuitively. Much of my work is in the moment, many themed around our countries political environment, most based on my personal journey.

I have no agenda many times allowing the materials to dictate what they want to convey. I am constantly experimenting and making up my own techniques and methods with found objects or whatever feels right at that moment. Many times going back to a painting and hosing it down or scraping it down to its essence only to begin again.

Deborah Rutter, (former president of the Kennedy Center) said, “It is important to understand that artists are really the mirror to who we are as a society. The artists are truly the ones telling our stories. If we r...

self taught artist

“Critical Mass Gallery”, Owner and operator
947 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, 33139. 1984-1986

Azaleas Art Gallery, 835 12th Street, Vero Beach, Fl. 2006-2008.
Survivors Art Exhibit, Reitz Union Art Gallery, 686 Museum Rd, Gainesville, Fl. 32611, May 5th-25th, 2007.
Foothills Folk Art Festival, Downtown Newton, NC. 31 N. College Ave, Newton, NC. 28658 September 30, 2016
Hickory Art Crawl, Downtown Hickory, NC. May 17th, 2018
Hickory Art Crawl, Downtown Hickory, NC., September 20, 2018
Refections on Humanity and the Holocaust, COMMA Performing Arts Center, 401 S. College St., Morganton, NC., 28655 July 24-August 24th, 2018.
Queen City 15 Gallery, 317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Once Upon A Time: Evocations of Childhood November 5th-December 19th, 2021.
Open Eye Cafe, 101 S Greensboro Street, Carrboro, NC. 27510. Solo show October 1st-November 30th, 2021.
Smelt Art Gallery-Death Faire 7, 213 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC. 27312 November 5th-December 5th, 2022.
Durham Art Guild, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC. 27701. Spring Fling-Members Showcase Exhibition, January 20-March 4, 2023
Smelt Art Gallery-Death Faire 8, 213 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC. 27312 November 1st -November 23rd, 2023
Durham Art Guild-120 Morris Street,...