Markus Hofer (artist)

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Markus Hofer (* 1977 in Haslach an der Mühl , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian sculptor .

life and work

After attending the University of Artistic and Industrial Design Linz and the Art Academy Berlin-Weissensee , Markus Hofer studied and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Bruno Gironcoli .

The instruments that Hofer uses to get to grips with familiar objects and surroundings are those of intervention. The artist himself reserves the right to choose where and to what extent he uses them. The public space is used as well as the private one. Already existing objects carefully selected by Hofer are given a new level of meaning through his sculptural interventions. Our usual patterns of perception are not only reversed, but also expanded and placed in a new context. When confronted with an object such as a garden hose or a boiler, perception is transformed. Hardly anyone looks at these objects from a formal-aesthetic point of view - except for Markus Hofer - who as a sculptor is primarily interested in the external shape. However, he makes use of the original function to use terms such as flat water and the like. a. figuratively, and he brings the simple banality of the objects back into focus. The demarcation between art and everyday objects is as complex as it is varied.

Markus Hofer was the first artist to be invited to the Intervention exhibition series by the Albertina , Vienna . His works have also been shown at the Belvedere in Vienna, the Kunsthalle Krems , the Museum Würth in Germany and other institutions.

Exhibitions and participation in trade fairs

  • 2004 - The Power of Color, Theseus Temple , Vienna
  • 2005 - Chilean Eggs, Space, Kforum Vienna (solo exhibition)
  • 2005 - Concrete Salon, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
  • 2006 - site effects, Hollenburg Castle , Lower Austria
  • 2007 - Sceneshift, Passage Gallery, Künstlerhaus Vienna , (solo exhibition)
  • 2007 - Kunstzelle, WUK (cultural center), Vienna
  • 2008 - Space Invasion, Austrian Museum of Folklore (solo exhibition)
  • 2008 - May I Have Your History, Artist Quarterly, Sotheby’s Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
  • 2009 - The Beauty of the Mistake, LX factory, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2009 - Flavors of Austria, The Art Foundation, Athens, Greece
  • 2009 - Water / Life, Carinthia State Exhibition, Millstatt Abbey , Carinthia, Austria
  • 2009 - Time Zone, Haus Frey, Graz, Austria (solo exhibition)
  • 2010 - Tracing Abstract, Documentation Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten, Austria
  • 2011 - Small Format, LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2011 - Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni, Italy (solo exhibition)
  • 2011 - Sculpture 2011, Konstanz, Germany
  • 2011 - Interventions in Graz, Orpheum Graz , Austria (solo exhibition)
  • 2012 - Objected Tables, Hofmobilien Depot Vienna, Austria
  • 2012 - Museum Humanum , Fratres, Austria
  • 2012 - Fiera Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea 2012, Bologna, Italy
  • 2012 - Le tour de la Réalité, LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium (solo exhibition)
  • 2012 - Painted Interventions, Austrian Cultural Institute , Washington, USA
  • 2012 - Wunder, Kunsthalle Krems , Austria
  • 2012 - Intervention (1), Albertina, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
  • 2013 - Emerge Art Fair, Washington, USA
  • 2013 - AEIOU Austrian Aspects in the Würth Collection , Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
  • 2014 - Art Brussels, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg-Vienna, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2014 - Art Paris, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg-Vienna, Paris, France
  • 2014 - Here is an armchair, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
  • 2014 - The Other Side, Mirrors and Reflections in Contemporary Art, Austrian Gallery Belvedere
  • 2014 - The endless room, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)

Public collections

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography on markushofer.at
  2. ↑ Markus Hofer's website , accessed on October 14, 2014
  3. ↑ Artmosphere Gallery GmbH (ed.): Markus Hofer - Active matter , Salzburg, 2010, foreword by Stefan Tasch MA, (Catalog of the exhibition at the Rudolf Budja Gallery, Salzburg, January - March 2010)
  4. ↑ wienerzeitung.at of March 22, 2013 , accessed on October 14, 2014
  5. ↑ Website of the Albertina ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 23, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.albertina.at
  6. ↑ Markus Hofer's website , accessed on July 23, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Haslach an der Mühl , Upper Austria