Lydia Hoffnungsthal's Profile

From: Spain
Joined: April 07, 2008
www.lydiahoffnungsthal.net

About sandino:

Lydia Hoffnungsthal was born in Cologne, Germany in 1965. From 1984 Lydia began her studies of Fine Art, attending the Fachhochschule für Kunst und Design of Cologne. During this time she completed an Art History course and continued her studies whilst working as a colour artist for the Cologne animation studio. Lydia earned her bachelors degree in Fine Art graduating in 1991.
Inspiration for Lydia’s work are the milieu and palettes of her home in the Balearics. Her distinctive, mixed-media technique uses contrasting colours, textures and materials; to explore the dynamics of human emotion, movement and life at its most natural;

I like to capture the peculiar and stranger instances in life, people in their most private moments when they do not feel observed and can therefore be totally themselves – uncovered and honest. In portraying the comicalities of human beings, it is more often than not, that one achieves a new dimension of dignity.”


Lydia Hoffnungsthal aims to intrigue, amuse and uplift the viewer. Dynamic movements and energy are captured with intense, colourful brushstrokes and in some instances, actual moving parts (as in her “Swinging Wave”). She has a deep fascination with texture – and seeks to obtain tension in her work by incorporating local raw materials into her paintings - such as hessian sack cloth woven with silk, pure pigments contrasted with oil colours, fine cloth stitched with rough string, clay, sand, bamboo and even freshly sown grass! The result is that Lydia’s work is animated, witty radiating humor and vitality.

She subsequently spent ten years working as a colour artist at Cologne Cartoon– the award-winning animation company, working on films such as Santas’s First Christmas and Petzi Bear – developing skills and techniques combining colour and movement – elements that are evident in her work today.

In 1996, in search of new inspiration, sunshine and a simplified more “real” lifestyle, she moved from her homeland Germany to Mallorca in the Balearic Islands. Buying a derelict house on a plot of land without electricity or running water, it was back to nature for Lydia, her husband, and daughter who lived in a tent for several months and used water from a local well whilst the renovations were taking place!

They live there to this day with their 20 year-old horse (who they brought over from Germany), their cats and chickens.


Solo Exhibitions

2007 - Centre d´Art la Real -Mare Nostrum- Palma de Mallorca,Spain

2006- Light Gallery -Summer Day Dreams - London U.K.

2003- Centre Cultural Felanitx, Work 1996 -2003 Spain

2002- Centre Civic Son Macìa,Work 1996 - 2002 Spain

1998- Banca March, Manacor, Spain

1995- Gallery Schröder u. Dörr,- Terra incognita - Refrath, Germany

1995 - Stadtgallery Wesseling, - Sommerwärme -

1994- Gallery Schröder u.Dörr Refrath, Germany

1987- Bank Stadtsparkasse Rösrath, Germany

1986- Studio Hoffnungsthal, Cologne, Germany


Group Exhibitions

2009-Angel Exhibition A&D Gallery London U.K.

-Mirca Human Rights Tour, Skogas, Sweden

-IV.Blue Sky Project Niigata Japan

-12x12x122 Beca Gallery New Orleans, USA

2008 -Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada

- Gallery Artower Athens, Greece

-Il segreto di Eva-Livingallery Primo Piano, Lecce Italy

Emaar international Artsymposium, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, United Arabic Emirates

2007-The dream the subconcious-Livingallery Primo Piano,Lecce, Italy-

Gallery Schröder u.Dörr -LandSchaften- Refrath Germany

2006-Summer Show - A&D Gallery London ,U.K.

2004- En projecte … Torre de Ses Puntes, Manacor

- Alte Lederfabrik, Rösrath, Germany

- Gallery L´Espai de Mallorca, Barcelona, Spain

2000- Gallery Schröder u. Dörr, - Wanderung - Refrath

1999- VI. Premi Ciutat de Manacor, Spain

- Sala de Cultura Sa Nostra, Maó, Menorca, Spain

1998– Fair, Art Multiple - Düsseldorf, Germany

- Gallery Quasàrs, Manacor, Spain

1997– Fair, Art Cologne -, Cologne, Germany

- Fair, Art Multiple - Düsseldorf, Germany

- Gallery Quasàrs, Manacor, Spain

1996 - Fair, Art Cologne - Cologne, Germany

- Fair , Art Multiple- Düsseldorf, Germany

1995 - Fair,Art Multiple - Düsseldorf

1994- Gallery Schröder u. Dörr, - Bergisch Intim - Germany

- Haus Hirtenturm, Blankenheim, Germany

- Haus Eulenbroich, Rösrath, Germany

1988- Haus Eulenbroich, Rösrath, Germany

Projects

2008 Art Symposium 12th February - 28th of February DubaiUnited Arabic Emirates
2009 Landfillart Pennsylvania U.S.A.
2010 Planet Earth Book