Foreign Familiar

Hosted by Soft Box Art Gallery

An exhibition by Andrea C. Hoffer

Opens December 6th 2018 at 6:30pm. Exhibition continues until January 2019. Gallery Hours:

• Mon - Fri from 10am to 6pm
• Sat from 10 am to 2pm

ANDREA C.HOFFER M.F.A.

'Andrea C. Hoffer entered Trinidad and Tobago in 1998. Here was a European artist, implanting herself in the Caribbean, utilising the age- old egg tempera medium to interrogate the landscape that now enveloped her. The irony here is that Hoffer involvement with the local space was sincere. It was personal. It was real. It was
not a clichéd fleeting tryst where a foreign artist comes to the Caribbean, becomes enamoured with the pretty countryside, paints some exotic pictures and then leaves. Hoffer, although utilising traditional painting techniques, presents unconventional images. The sheer scale of her work is intriguing. The superlative dimensions effectively serve as the first step in shattering the rigid distance between the viewer and picture plane. The iconography is also recognisable and easy for the viewer to relate to; especially an individual who grew up in a small Caribbean island.'

Excerpt by David Cave for Foreign Familiar catalogue accompanying the exhibition. 

Artist Bio
Andrea C.Hoffer born in Kirchhellen, Germany 1964 has been living and working between Düsseldorf, Germany and Tobago W.I since 1998.
Andrea C. Hoffer studied at Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, Germany, where she graduated with her masters in Fine Art as student of Professor A.R. Penck. Andrea also holds an undergraduate degree in Costume and Stage Design from Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf as a student of professor Karl Kneidl.

Andrea C.Hoffer is represented by galleries in Germany and has exhibited extensively in Europe participating in both solo and group exhibitions since 1994.
Her works are held in respected public and private collections world wide.