Oliver Hoffmeister is a painter-printmaker who has shown nationally. Through painting as image-making, Hoffmeister strives to create a practice which focuses upon the obscure nature of the imagined image, with particular reference to the artist’s own conceived imagery.

Through the use of motifs, painterly marks and framing he attempt to loosely define space and form in an effort to create indeterminate scenes through which vague narratives can be constructed. The imagery pulls influences from a range of sources, yet always uses everyday experiences from himself as a starting point. More recently he have attempted to delve into his creative process and re-think his paintings, the imagery he make and the manners in which he work. He is currently on the Royal Drawing School’s drawing year.

CV

Solo shows
Newcastle – 36 Gallery – ‘I Wish I Had Wings’ : 02/09/22 – 11/09/22
Berwick Upon Tweed – Gymnasium gallery – ‘Hide and Seek’ : 22/05/21 – 27/06/21

Group shows
London – Liliya Gallery – ‘In The Making’ : 01/03/23 – 04/04/23
Newcastle – 36 Gallery – ‘Collected’ : 11/06/22 – 23/06/22
Blyth – Republic Gallery – ‘After The Flood’ :13/05/2022 – 10/06/2022
Online – Blue Shop Cottage – ‘Works On Paper 4’ : 09/04/2022 – Present
Newcastle – Newcastle Contemporary Arts – ‘Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere: Painting In The North-East. Now!’ : 09/03/22 – 09/04/22
Newcastle – Gallagher & Turner – ‘Three’s a Crowd’ : 27/01/22 – 05/03/22
London (online) – Contemporary British Painting (online) – ‘Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021- Online Longlist Exhibition’ : 10/12/21 – 13/02/22 (Longlisted)
London – Safe House One – ‘Friends with Benefits’ : 28/07/21 – 31/07/21
London (online) – online – ING Discerning Eye Prize 2020 : 19/11/20 – 31/12/20 (Shortlisted)
London – 155a Gallery – ‘Ghosts That Live Amongst Us’ (Warbling Collective) : 15/09/2020 – 26/09/2020 (Shortlisted)
Newcastle – Northern Print Studio : ‘Glossary of Etching’ : 04/03/20 – 12/09/20
Newcastle – The Biscuit Factory : ‘Contemporary Young Artist Award 2019′ : 17/05/2019 – 29/08/2019
London – The Cello Factory – Ingram: ‘Young Contemporary Talent Award 2018’ : 22/11/18 – 26/11/2018
Middlesborough – MIMA – ‘The Middlesborough Art Weekender’ : 04/10/18 – 07/10/18

Skills & Experience

Technique tuition: painting
Visiting lecturer (FE)
Workshops (family / general)
Workshsops (adult)