Christian Hofmann

1957, Vienna, Austria

My work rather stands on its own. I also work as a curator and get to see quite a
lot of work, mostly representational painting. It is difficult to slot my
work into any current movement or school and it is easy to recognize my
specific style.

I definitely do not aim to communicate any obvious messages.
I am interested in the viewers emotional response. It is interesting that
my work tends to polarize many viewers - they either wholeheartedly reject
it or they love with enthusiasm. Could an artist wish for more?

I think it is the particular synthesis of depiction, technique, composition
and the unconventional subject matter that makes my work quite unique. The
subjects are everyday objects that I find around me. In contrast to
photorealism, however, I detach them from their surroundings and arrange
them in new contexts.

By continuously reducing them to their essence, the objects in my paintings
develop an intensity and presence that they would never have in reality.

1979 85: University of Applied Arts Vienna
Master of painting under Professor Hutter

1985: Diploma

2003: Curator of the exhibition-series Reality Check!, Positions of
Austrian Realist Art; Curator of the exhibition Tendencies, Gallery Exner, Vienna

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lives and works in Vienna.

2010 PLUS ONE GALLERY, London
2008 Gallery KARENINA, Vienna, Kubinhaus Zwickledt
2007 Kunstverein Steyr, SOTA GALLERY, Hong Kong, Künstlerhausgalerie Wien,
2006SOTAGALLERY, Hong Kong
Austrian Art Forum Milan, Italy
2005Gallery Exner, Zwischen(T)rume, Vienna
Gallery Tummler, Bonus Tracks, Schrding, Austria
2002-04Reality Check! toured through Austria
2001UNART GALLERY, Villach, Carinthia
2000Gallery Mondsee, Austria
1999Dreampainting, Museum auf Abruf, Vienna
1998Arthouse Bruck, Styria, Austria
1997ART MIAMI, USA
ART VIENNA, Austria
1996ART MIAMI, USA
ART AMERICAS, USA
ART FRANKFURT, Germany
Gallery Aphold, Freiburg, Germany
ART VIENNA, Austria
1995ART VIENNA, Austria
Gallery Altmann, Austria


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Plus One Gallery, London