Sara Hoffmann
Media artist based in Berlin
Sara Hoffmann works at the intersection of art, botany and ecology. Her photographic and audiovisual works, drawings, installations and AR works are created in the context of social and societal issues and reflect aspects of globalization as well as the ecological crisis.
Hoffmann studied Photography at the Folkwang University of the Arts, Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam and completed a postgraduate program in Media Art at the Academy of Media Arts. Her work has been shown in many group exhibitions including Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Folkwang Museum Essen and the European Media Arts Festival in Osnabruck.
Since 2018 she is a member of Saloon – Network for Women in the Art Scene of Berlin.
Education
2020 Academy of Media Arts Cologne: Media Art, Diploma (Postgraduate Studies) with Prof. Gütschow, Prof. Wohnseifer, Prof. Kuball, Prof. Hörner/Antlfinger
2013 Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen: Photography, Diploma (with Honors) with Prof. Neudörfl, Prof. Muller
2011/12 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam: Fine Arts, Exchange Programm with Prof. Schwartz, Prof. Kooiker, K. Zdjelar
Awards | Grants | Nominees (selected)
2021 Stiftung Kunstfonds Neustart Kultur project grant
2021 Kunstpreis NRW shortlist
2020 C/O Berlin Talent Award 2021 nomination
2016 Kölschglas Edition Art Cologne finalist
2013 The Society of Friends and Sponsors of the Folkwang University of the Arts project grant
2011 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, International Scholarship
Soloshows (selected)
2022 Lichtung. Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin
2021 Phantom Horizons #39 curated by Robert Seidel, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2021 Ohne Sorge (Without Worry) invited by Daniela Risch, City of Gold, Essen
2020 Cherry Picking Paradise Studiofoyer KHM, Cologne
2020 Videofenster #16: Steintürme (Stonetower) invited by Daniela Risch, City of Gold, Essen
2020 Cherry Picking Paradise Matjö – Raum für Kunst, Cologne
2017 Needs and Demands. f(x), Cologne
2014 siebzehn CASE, Cologne
2013 LIVE Rathaus Verteilerebene, Essen, Collaboration with Dominik Krolikowski
2012 Outside Atelier & Galerie 52, Essen
2010 Narziss. Studio B, Essen
Groupshows | Festivals (selected)
2022 Saloon on Paper curated by Maren Marzilger, Artfair Dresden, Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden
2022 Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies (Longing for Paradise) curated by Julia Moebus-Puck and Elisabeth Windisch, Q18, Cologne
2021 in difficult times curated by Peter Branger, Project room Bethanien, Berlin
2020 Action Printing @brix initiated by Saloon Berlin, Haus der Statistik, Berlin
2020 Ctrl-Space live curated by Christian Sievers, Info-Screens underground stations, Cologne
2020 Photoszene-Festival Cologne
2019 Scan Me. curated by Heike Ander, Atelier 3, KHM, Cologne
2018 Akademie [Arbeitstitel] (Academy, Working Title) curated by Dana Bergmann, Gregor Jansen & Anna Lena Seiser, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
2017 EMAF No.30: PUSH European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck
2017 Videonale.16: Perform! Künstlerforum Bonn
2017 Urban Stage Erholungshaus Bayer Kultur, Leverkusen
2017 Kulturmeile invited by Yvonne Klasen, Eisbüro, Cologne
2016 Wir wollen mal nicht übertreiben (Let us not exaggerate) PiK Cologne
2016 Museumsnacht (Museumnight) invited by Heike Ander, KHM, Cologne
2016 Screen, no screen curated by Heike Ander, Glasmoog, Cologne
2016 Where are we? That depends. curated by Heike Ander, Art Cologne, Cologne
2015 Flex zone Pipin Sixteen, KHM, Cologne
2015 we , animals (6) – transference curated by Ute Hörner, Mathias Antlfinger, Anne Hoelk, Meinblau, Berlin
2015 Are you series? curated by Raimar Stange, Sammlung Philara, Dusseldorf
2015 Die Grosse Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
2015 Schau mal Mama, ich bin dran Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen
2014 Blicke Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets Endstation Kino, Bochum
2014 fest. flüssig. flüchtig. – Ein Ort im Prozess Waidmarkt 3, Cologne
2014 Künstlerbücher & mehr – aktuelle Entwicklungen curated by Nadine Nitsche, Forum Confluentes, Koblenz
2014 Clap Temporärer Raum, Essen
2013 Video Folkwang – Die nächste Generation Folkwang Museum, Essen
2013 Räume für Fotografie – Folkwang Abschlüsse Rathaus Galerie, Essen
2013 Romantic Drive curated by Christopher Muller, Trakt, Mainz
2013 zyklus – Der Mensch unter der Führung des Menschen curated by Rebekka Benzenberg and Oliver Blumek, Studio Roh, Dusseldorf
2011 Uncut de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
2011 Open Studios Galerie 52, Essen
2011 Atelier curated by Isa Köhler, Pakt Zollverein, Essen
2011 Folgendes: Photographs of a man-altered landscape HFBK Hamburg
2011 Im Innen. Die eingeschriebene Form – zu Gedächtnis und Erinnerung curated by Edgar Lissel, FotoK, Vienna