Abstract Expressionist French Woods - Abstract with Pink, Black, & Blue
Bay area abstract expressionist landscape of Paris, France woods by Eric Hoffman (American, B-1954).
Signed and dated "Hoffman '84" lower right and "Hoffman 1984 France" on verso.
Paper size: 19.5"H x 25.75"W.
Oil on paper.
Master of Fine Arts, 1978, San Jose State University, CA: Master of Arts, 1977, San Jose State University, CA.; Bachelor of Arts, 1975, San Jose State University, CA.;Education, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993; Computer Graphics, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA. 1996,1997; Filmmaking/ Animation / Computer Graphics, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA. 1996-1998; Video Editing & Motion Graphics, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, CA. 1999; Printmaking, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA. 2001; Spanish Colonial Wood Carving, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM. 2001;Sand Painting w/Lobsang and Jampa/Tibetan Monks of the Gyudmed Monastery, 2002; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 2007
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Art Contemporain, Foire Internationale de Madrid, Spain; 1979 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; 1979 Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Fine Arts Center, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM.;2002 Fine Arts Center, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM.;2001 Fine Arts Center, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM.;1998 Instant Image Museum, Amsterdam, Holland; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.; “The Art of Digital Technology” San Jose,CA.; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.;”Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA.;“Abstractions,” Stanford Faculty Gallery, Stanford, CA.; 1993 “Selections From The Permanent Collection,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.; “Switch,” School of Art and Design, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.; Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL.;1991 , Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL.;1990 “Gallery Artists: Painting and Sculpture,” EF Hutton Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Fl,;Kingsborough College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.; San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.; 1986 EF Hutton Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Fl.;San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.; 1985 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.; Art Contemporain, Foire Internationale de Madrid, Spain; Espace Creation, Foire de Lyon, France; 1988 “Selected Works 1978-1988: A Ten-Year Reunion,” Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. 1983; San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.; Chicago International Art Fair, Chicago, IL.; 1979 “California Artists,” Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.; Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Gallery/Museum, Buffalo, NY.; Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA.; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
Who's Who in American Art
“Abstractions,” Artweek, November 1982 (illus.).
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/GRANTS
Santa Fé, New Mexico, Monotype Printmaking, 2004
California Arts Council/Artist in Residence, Community School of Music and Arts Mountain View, CA,1995-1996,1996- 1997
Grenoble, France. Sponsored by La Maison Du Culture/Galerie Le Cargo and Galerie Losange, Du Service Culturel de L’Ambassade des Etats-Unis, France, 1988
Grenoble, France. Sponsored by Porcelin St. Claire, 1988
Athens, Greece. Sponsored by Nikos Zoulos, Greek International Shipping Industry, 1985
Nice, France. Sponsored by Galerie Le Chanjour, 1984 -1985
Paris and Grenoble, France. Sponsored by Du Ministre de la Culture, Paris. De la Ville de Grenoble. Du Credit Commercial de France. Galerie Jean-Yves Noblet, Twining Gallery, New York, 1984 Lyon, France. Espace du Creation, Foyer de Lyon, Realization par Television, France, Germany 1984
