Joanna Hoffmann
http://free.art.pl/hoffmann/
„The Secret Life", 11:43 min., 2007
"Life Matters", 20:38 Min., 2007, 3 video pieces on SARS (1) and malaria (2) executed at the
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Delhi, India
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born in Poznan , lives Berlin and Poznan, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, As. Professor (dr.hab) at the AFA in Poznan, Author of 25 solo shows among others at the Centre for Modern Art in Warsaw, Kingsgate Gallery, London, Potocka Gallery, Cracow; Labirynth. State Gallery Lublin (PL); Galerie Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld, Germany;, XX1 Gallery Warsaw; Horst Dietrich Galerie – Galerienrundgang der Zehn, Berlin ; OBF Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico; “Lightscape” Deli-licht Project, Rotterdam, Bereznitsky Gallery in Berlin
Participated in over 100 exhibitions in Poland and abroad. i.e. : Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw (“Books and pages”, “Conceptual reflection in Polish Art”, “Lightness of Things”), Spiritual in Digital Arts, The Evergreen Cultural Centre, Canada, 2003, “Cybersonica” Dana Centre – Science Museum in London, 2005; WRO 11 & 12th International Media Art Biennale Wroclaw; 35 Poetry International Festival, Schouwburg, Rotterdam; "Temporary Cities", National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia; “Time of Stars. Innovations in the Universe”, EPO Patentamt, Berlin, 2006; “Mediation. Europe – Asia”, Eis-Fabrik, Hanover, Video Brasil, Sao Paolo, 2007
Awards include Stipends of Polish Minister of Culture in 1992, 2004, 2008; KulturKontakt Austria 1998; Art Omi, Ghent-New York, USA 2004; fellowship at the Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam 2005/6, KHOJ Kolkata (2006) & KHOJ Delhi Art & Science Residency, India (2007), Ist prize in the art competition „2007-a very spatial year” by the Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Science.