Cathrin Hoffmann

Cathrin Hoffmann

BornNationalityBased In
1984GermanBerlin, Hamburg
Biography

In her paintings, sculptures and installations, Cathrin Hoffmann reimagines, remodels, and recycles various corporealities to explore and question what being human means in the future post-digital age. The distorted figures, whose bodies amass both sharp-edged and curvy forms, defy standardized and stereotypical ideas of the human physique, particularly circulated by the media. Although Hoffmann predominantly works with feminine shapes, she does not draw a dividing line between male and female, human and animal, animal-human and machine, natural and artificial. Her aesthetic operates in an equivocal realm, in which these kinds of dualisms are non-existent. Hoffmann’s work distinctly dismisses such dualist ideas and sets a new basis for futuristic, diverse body types. ...

Selected Artworks
This Is Not Surreal!
Cathrin Hoffmann
This Is Not Surreal!, 2020
150 x 180cm
Took You Long Enough
Cathrin Hoffmann
Took You Long Enough, 2020
125 x 155cm
The Head Between Your Hands Is Getting Smaller And Smaller
Cathrin Hoffmann
The Head Between Your Hands Is Getting Smaller And Smaller, 2020
220 x 170cm
Triage
Cathrin Hoffmann
Triage, 2020
165 x 140 x 80cm
Look What You Made Me Do
Cathrin Hoffmann
Look What You Made Me Do, 2020
160 x 140cm
Is This Not A Voluntary Concern?
Cathrin Hoffmann
Is This Not A Voluntary Concern?, 2020
100 x 80cm
I Agree With Your Look Of Horrified Realization
Cathrin Hoffmann
I Agree With Your Look Of Horrified Realization, 2020
190 x 160cm
I Stick My Finger In Existence
Cathrin Hoffmann
I Stick My Finger In Existence, 2020
190 x 270cm
The Luminaries Became Felty
Cathrin Hoffmann
The Luminaries Became Felty, 2022
220 x 160cm
The Clangor
Cathrin Hoffmann
The Clangor, 2022
140 x 200cm
When Wind Knocks Over A Mirror
Cathrin Hoffmann
When Wind Knocks Over A Mirror, 2022
180 x 100cm
No One’s Watching
Cathrin Hoffmann
No One’s Watching, 2022
120 x 100cm
Fog Flies Like A Cloud Of Breath
Cathrin Hoffmann
Fog Flies Like A Cloud Of Breath, 2022
160 x 230cm
Far From Here
Cathrin Hoffmann
Far From Here, 2022
300 x 190cm
Everything Was Already
Cathrin Hoffmann
Everything Was Already, 2022
160 x 140cm
We Need To Be Equipped To Be Disturbed
Cathrin Hoffmann
We Need To Be Equipped To Be Disturbed, 2021
190 x 300cm
Dust From Plasma
Cathrin Hoffmann
Dust From Plasma, 2022
140 x 100cm
Supposed To Fight – That Was The Deal
Cathrin Hoffmann
Supposed To Fight – That Was The Deal, 2021
160 x 167 x 110cm
Blue Skull With At Least A Cherry
Cathrin Hoffmann
Blue Skull With At Least A Cherry, 2020
68 x 53 x 29cm
The Kneeling
Cathrin Hoffmann
The Kneeling, 2022
170 x 100 x 175cm
Mensch Mosaik
Cathrin Hoffmann
Mensch Mosaik, 2022
10 x 100 x 100cm
Finger Trees
Cathrin Hoffmann
Finger Trees, 2022
174 x 100 x 220cm
Can‘t Stop The Beat
Cathrin Hoffmann
Can‘t Stop The Beat, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
Contact With The Inside Of The Mask Only
Cathrin Hoffmann
Contact With The Inside Of The Mask Only, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
Ride Boldly, Ride If You Seek For It
Cathrin Hoffmann
Ride Boldly, Ride If You Seek For It, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
It’s Not Gone, Just waiting
Cathrin Hoffmann
It’s Not Gone, Just waiting, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
After Paul, After Édouard, After Marcantonio, After Raffaello
Cathrin Hoffmann
After Paul, After Édouard, After Marcantonio, After Raffaello, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
The Surveying Of The Abyss
Cathrin Hoffmann
The Surveying Of The Abyss, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
The Pattern That Unites
Cathrin Hoffmann
The Pattern That Unites, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
Who Wants What From Whom And Why
Cathrin Hoffmann
Who Wants What From Whom And Why, 2023
190 x 140 x 4.5cm
Stop Being Shocked
Cathrin Hoffmann
Stop Being Shocked, 2023
199 x 80 x 64cm
Something’s Long Been Wrong With This Fantasy
Cathrin Hoffmann
Something’s Long Been Wrong With This Fantasy, 2023
239 x 56 x 75cm
Gallery Representation
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