Ruan Hoffmann

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Although a painter, Ruan Hoffmann (b.1971) is most commonly known for his autobiographical ceramic pieces. He has worked with the ceramic medium for 18 years and produces many plates and bowls made with paper clay. He uses the surfaces of plates, bowls, tile panels, and small sculptures as canvasses for his icon-like images. His art is often infused with personal concerns about identity and sexuality.

Hoffmann has attended various residencies, including the Thami Mnyele Foundation for African artists in Amsterdam and being the first South African / African to be awarded a residency at the Zentrum fur Keramik in Berlin 2012/13.

His work is represented in the corporate art collections of Apple (Johannesburg), the South African National Association for the Arts (Cape Town), ZAM Africa magazine (Amsterdam), the Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium and the Spier Contemporary Art Collection (Stellenbosch), to name a few.

During 2011/12, the artist had solo exhibitions in New York, Cape Town and London. 

He is currently living and working in Amsterdam.

 

Ruan Hoffmann
Radiation Pressure
2008
Spitbite- and liftground aquatint on Zerkall Intaglio 250gsm
Edition of 15
Paper dimensions: 47.5 x 37.5 cm
Impression dimensions: 25.7 x 20.5 cm

Price R4500 (excl. VAT)

 

Ruan Hoffmann
Blood on your Hands
2008
Liftground aquatint and softground etching on Zerkall Intaglio 250gsm
Edition of 15
Paper dimensions: 47.5 x 37.5 cm
Impression dimensions: 25.7 x 20.5 cm

Price R4500 (excl. VAT)

 

Ruan Hoffmann
The Legs of your Tears
2008
Liftground aquatint, softground & hardground etching on Zerkall Intaglio 250gsm
Edition of 17
Paper dimensions: 76 x 63.5 cm
Impression dimensions: 48 x 39.3 cm

Price R8050 (excl. VAT)

 

Ruan Hoffmann
Heartburn
2008
Liftground aquatint and softground etching on Zerkall Intaglio 250gsm
Edition of 16
Paper dimensions: 37 x 27 cm
Impression dimensions: 19.4 x 11.2 cm

Price R2500 (excl. VAT)

 

Ruan Hoffmann, Het Tranenmeer, Prints
Ruan Hoffmann
Het Tranenmeer
2008
Spitbite, liftground aquatint and burnishing on Zerkall Intaglio 250gsm
Edition of 16
Paper dimensions: 38 x 48 cm
Impression dimensions: 8.2 x 19 cm

Price R2000 (excl. VAT)