lives Berlin and Poznan / contact: johoffmann@op.pl
born: 1968 in Poznan, Poland
ART EDUCATION::
2009
- professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan
2005
-
habilitation of doctor degree,
Department of Multimedia Communication, AFA in
2000
-
doctor degree in visual arts (Phd),
Department of Multimedia Communication, AFA in
1992
- MA
Diploma with Distinction in Graphics and Drawing
1987-1992
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studies at Academy of Fine Arts (AFA) in
Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Works
in the field of video, multimedia installation, graphics, object and book art
RECENT PROJECTS
"Molecule", "Hidden Dimension", "Water", "Secret Life"
2007 - "Walls" - Bereznitsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany
(exhibition resulting from one year artistic Fellowship at the
for Film and Television in
2006
- “Lightscape”
Deli-licht Project, Pennisula, Rotterdam
2005
-
“Here
& Beyond”, Objectnotfound Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
-
“Tones
& Whispers” – AT Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2004 - “Between distances”, Galerie Horst Dietrich, Berlin (in the frame of “KulturJahr der Zehn”
Galerierungang der Zehn – Zehn zeitgenössische
Positionen aus der Zehn neuen EU-Laendern)
- “Beyond
the line of eyelids. Travel” , XX1 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2003 - "Hidden Melody - looking for a sound,
ON
Gallery , Poznan, Poland
2002
- "Harmonia Mundi -
exercises in perspective", Kingsgate Gallery, London,
UK
2001
-
“music for individual
performances”, Gedok Atelierhaus, Lubeck, Germany
2000 - "Re: positioning”
/ "Music
of Spheres. Do it Yourself"
Artists Unlimited Gallery,
Bielefeld, Germany
- “Repetitions”, ON Gallery, Poznan
1999
- “Episode “, Labyrinth Gallery, State Gallery, Lublin, Poland
1997 - "A discrete point of suspension”, Biala Gallery, Lublin, Poland
-
"Up and Down”, The Commercial Gallery,
London, England
1996
- "Stable behaviour” Gallery Potocka,
Cracow, Poland
1995
- "a few steps above, a few degrees aside”,
Kingsgate Gallery, London
-
":21. It is important to
distinguish”, 2124 Gallery, Oslo
1994
- "Around un-sure
circulations”, Gallery Wejscie, Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland
- "throughOut”, Teraz Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
1993 - "In-between
sides”, Gallery ON, Poznan
-
"Travels around
un-measurable Time”, International Centre of Art, Poznań, Poland
- "Silence of small e-motions”, Gallery
AT, Poznan, Poland
- "Books-Objects”,
Galeria Dzialan/Gallery of Action, Warsaw, Poland
1992
- "From the diary of labirynth”, Gallery 104, Gent, Belgium
- "Small reflexions of
time”, ON Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2009 - „ Life Origin”, Espai d’Arts Visuals d’Amposta (EAV), Amposta, Spain
- "Art+Communication.
("Energy")"
International Festival for New Media Culture,
RIXC, The Centre for New Media Culture,
- "Voices from the Waters" 4th International Film Festival, Bangalore, India
- "WRO 09. 13th Media Art Biennale (Expanded City), Wroclaw, Poland
- "Transmediale Festival for Media Art, ("Going North" ) Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2008 - "Book Art Object", Museum "25th May", Belgrade, Serbia
- “Ping4.
Festival
- "Media Scape, "City Per(mutation)", City Museum Lapidarium, Novigrad Croatia (http://www.mediascape.info)
- "Strictly Berlin; Between Fiction and Fact", Galerie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
- "Romantica:
Single Channel Topos'
Ursula Blickle Videolounge, Kunsthalle Wien,
Austria
2007 - "Belo Horizonte - Brazil. Imagem-Pensamento” Mexico DC, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico
- “Ping4. Festival
- “Video Brasil”, Sao Paolo, Brasil, cat.
- "Art & Science", KHOJ Studios, New Delhi, India
- “Unfolding memoirs” The New Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, cat.
- “Verloren / Gefunden” Gutshaus, Petersdorf, Germany, cat.
- “Asia – Europe. Attitude”, Eis Fabrik - Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover.Germany
- “Asia
– Europe. Attitude”, Mona Collection, Poznan
- "12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07", Wroclaw, Poland, cat.
-
"Strictly
Berlin - Targets of Opportunity", Galerie der Kunste, Berlin,
Germany
2006 - "Poza", Real Art Ways Hartford CT, USA, cat.
- "Khoj Kalkata" - Baruipur - Calcutta, India
- "Made in Video, Video Days of Citizen Journalism, Public Secrets and ARTivism", Cinemateket/Danish Film Institute, Kopenhagen
- "Temporary Cities" Cultural Communication Centre of Klaipeda, Lithuania
- "Temporary Cities", National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia .
- "Heroine", City Gallery BWA Leszno, Poland, cat.
- "Poetry&Art. Public Text Works" 37 Poetry International Festival, Theatre/Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- "The Time of Stars. Innovations in the
Universe”, European
Patent Office, Berlin, Germany, cat.
-
"Coma“,
Lower-
2005 -
"Continuum“, Stara Rzeznia, Poznan, Poland
- "Kontakt –
Kontekst", City Gallery Arsenał, Poznan, Poland
- "Contact – Context", Kunstlerforum Bonn, Germany, cat.
- "Sense
in Place”, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
- "Poznań Art Now II",
City Gallery BWA, Bielsko Biala,
Poland
- „Myths and Antimyths“, Forum Gallery, Centre of Culture Zamek,
Wroclaw, Poland
- „Neue
Horizonte entdecken",
in frame
of „Kulturjahr der Zehn“,
Zeche
Zollverein, Essen, Germany
- „Cybersonica”
Dana Centre, Science Museum, London, UK
-
"Art. Poznan”, Stara Rzeźnia,
Poznan, Poland
- "WRO 05 11th
International Media Art Biennale", Wroclaw, Poland
2004 - “Inner and Outer Perspectives”, Callendar Park
Gallery, Falkirk Scotland, UK
- “Alphabet”, AT Gallery,
Poznan, Poland
- "Mediations. Poznan Art Now“,
Lodz Biennal, Lodz, Poland
- “Gallery Tour of Ten”,
(in the frame of “KulturJahr der Zehn -Zehn zeitgenössische
Positionen aus der Zehn neuen EU-Laendern“)
International Club of the Foreign Ministry of
Germany, Berlin, Germany
- “The Art of the Ten”, (in the frame of “KulturJahr der Zehn), Rathausgalerie, Munchen, Germany
- "ArtOmi Open Studios,
Ghent, New
York, USA
- "Canvas, Poetry & Art 35th Poetry
Internation. Rotterdam Theatre/Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam,
Netherlands
2003
- “OniONe”, Innerspaces Multimedia Centre for Art,
- “The
Fourth Element. The Earth”, Gallery of Artists’ Union, Warsaw,
Poland
- “Bread
Matters” - Museum of Water, Lisbon,
Portugal
- "9th Wexford Artists’ Book Exhibition,
Ireland
- "Book”, Municipal Gallery, Jelenia
Góra, Poland
-
"Bookmorning” , Gallery of Action,
Warsaw, Poland
-
"Lightness of Things",
Centre for Modern Art in Warsaw
- "The history Book that
never was",
Massachusets College of Art,
Boston, USA
- "Siedem / Siedem”, State Museum , Zielona Gora, Poland
-
“Spiritual in Digital Arts”, The
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Canada
- “Tensions”,
Innerspaces Multimedia Art Centre, Poznan, Poland
2002
- “Black and White”, AT
Gallery, Poznan, Poland
- “XX-change”, X-change Festival, Linz,
Austria
- "Kunstlerinnenbucher“, Gedok-Galerie, Hannover, Germany, cat.
- "Nothing Serious”, Cube Cinema, Bristol
U.K.
- "Graphica Creativa. Links" , 10th International
Triennal Jyvaskyva Art Museum, Finland, cat.
- "Black and White" AT Gallery, Poznan
- "International Digital Miniature Print",
2001
- “Single Currency Exhibition”. Cortona International Symposium: A
Print Odyssey, Italy
- “NONA” / “Music for inert repetions ”, At Jesuits’ Gallery, Poznan
-
“Anatomies of darkness”,
Baltic Gallery of Art, Ustka, Poland
- "Hommage a J.Ludwinski", R Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2000
-
“Volumes
of Vulnerability”, Standpoint Gallery, London, U.K.
The Book Art. Museum, Lodz, PL; San Francisko Center for the Book , USA
- “Artists’ Books Exhibition”, King Stephen Museum, Szekesfeher, Hungary
- “The book and what next”, AT Gallery, Poznan
- “Construction
in Process" The State Museum in Bydgoszcz
- “Contemporary Original Books, Palais des Congres, Marseille, France
1999
-
"Polish Artists’s books” Stadt Bibliothek, Stockholm,
Sweden
-
"Passion”, Gasworks,
London, UK
-
"The Notation of Silence”, Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
-
"Moveable Horizons of Notions.
Conceptual reflection in Polish Art”
- "Oikos” / "In the shadow of
gravity", State Museum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
-
"Meanders of Presence”,
Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
-
"Place of Permament Residence”,
Tatranska
Gallery, Poprad, Slovakia
-
“Place of Permanent Residence II”, State Museum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
-
“The Idea of a Book”, State Musuem in
Torun, Poland
1998
- "A
Few Private Impulses”, The State Gallery Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
-
"International
Symposium" / "Common Ground" Spike Island Artspace, Bristol,
UK
- "20/20”, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham,
UK
-
"In Orbit Round the Drifting
Book II”, Polish Culture Institute, Budapest, Hungary
- "O.N. presents”, Wyspa Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
- "Fort Sztuki 98. Letter-Word-Sentence”,
Goethe Institute, Cracow, Poland
- "Photographie”, Kunst-und Atelierhaus
Horn, Austria
1997
- "The Book and the Body”, The
Operating Theatre Museum, London, UK
- "20/20”, Kingsgate
Gallery, London, UK
- "International Joint Art
Exhibition”, Shin
Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
- "In Orbit
Round the Drifting Book”, Gesamthochschul Bibliothek, Kassel,
Germany
- "43rd Hiroshima Peace Exhibition”,
Hiroshima Prefecture Art Museum, Japan
-
"Propositions” (with D.Allsop and J.Riddy) Cairn Gallery,
Gloucestershire, UK
1996 -
"Fictions”, Centre of Culture
„Zamek”, Poznan
-
"Polimetrie”, the State Gallery Arsenal, Wroclaw, Poland
- "Polish
Art Critics’ Recommendations”, The State Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland
1995 - "Natural
Setting”, The Chelsea Physic
Garden, London, England
- "On the edge”, Camley Street Natural
Park, London, England
1994 - "The Best Diplomas 92/93”,Gallery
of Polish Artists Union, Warsaw
-
"Collection II”, Centre For Contemporary Art in Warsaw
- "Winners of M.Dokowicz Award”,The State Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland
- "Wielkapolska
Studio”, Wielkapolska Studio, Poznan, Poland
1993 - "Different
Book”Gallery ON, Poznan, Poland
1992 - "Work from Poland”
- "Books and Pages - Polish Avant-garde Artists’ Books” Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland
portfolio
projects:
2001
- “A
print Odyssey”. University of West England in
Bristol UK, Cortona University , Italy
2003
- "The history Book that never was", University of West England in
Bristol UK, Massachusets
College of Art, Boston, USA
contribution to website
galleries and projects:
2003
- "Little Song
Films", www.littlesongfilms.com
VIDEO WORKS
"Hidden Dimension", 2010
"Proteois-resume", 2009
"Water", 2009
"Borderline", 2009
"Secret Life", 2008
"Life is...",("Life Matters") 2007/8
"Even if", 2007
"Passage", 2006
"Text Flow", 2006
"Somnium",
2005/6
“Tones and
Whispers”, 2005/6
“Alef”
– 2004/5
“Beyond the line of
eyelids. Travel”,
2005
"Hidden Melody. Harmonia Mundi -
exercises in perspective.2002/3
"Encoded", 2003
"Life - Motif", 2004
"Anatomy of a moment", 2002
"Omphalos", 2002
"Babel. Recitative II", 2002
"Babel. Recitative I", 2002
BOOK WORKS introduction
„Intimacy of
Thousand and One Nights”„
"Music for inert
repetitions”,
"Music for inert repetitions,
pocket edition”
“Cardiocord”,
"dhe
ent”,
„fly”,
2008
- Artistic
Stipend of the Polish Minister of Culture and Cultural Heritage
2007 - the 1st prize in the Polish edition of the competition "2007- a very spatial year" organized by the European Planetology Network "Europlanet",
the Space Research Center and Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw, the Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory in Olsztyn,
for the 50th
anniversary of the “Cosmic Age”.
2004 -
Artistic Stipend of the Polish
Minister of Culture
1994 -
The Poznań
1993 -
The Award of M.Dokowicz (1st
prize)
1992 - Artistic Stipend of the Polish Minister of Culture
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES:
2009
- Centre
for Experimental Media Art CEMA by Srishti College of Art, Design and Technology
in collaboration with National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore,
2007
- Art & Science Residency, Khoj Artists Association in
collaboration with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology in New Delhi, India
2006 -
Khoj Kolkata International Art
Residency Calcutta,
2005/6
- Fellowship at the
2004 -
2001 -
Gedok Schleswig-Holstein Residency,
2000 -
Artists Unlimited Residency,
1998 -
KulturKontakt Scholarship, Kunst-und
Atelierhaus Horn/Vienna, Austria
1998
- Art
Residency at the
CURATORIAL
WORK:
Since
1995 curator and between 2002 – 2007 co-runner of
curator
of many Polish and international exhibitions and:
2000
- curator
of the exhibition "Volumes of Vulnerability"
- curator of the
presentation of "Bristol Art Library",
1999
- curator
of the exhibition “Notation of Silence”,
- curator of the Norwegian-Polish Workshop at the Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
other:
Since
2009 - Jury Member of the
collection of “Polish Artists’ Books XX/XXI”, National Library Warsaw,
Poland
2007
- Jury Member of
the 13th
2006 - art director of the exhibition on art and innovation in astrophysics, astronomy and cosmic space ‘The Time of Stars. Innovations in the Universe”,
in the frame of German-Polish Year at European Patent Office in Berlin and the
Patent Office of Polish Republic in Warsaw
1994 - co-founder of the Wielkapolska Studio in Poznań
PARTICIPATION
IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (talks and presentations):
2009
- “XI
Festival of Science & Art“,
2008 - “ISEA International Symposium of Electronic Arts”, Singapore organised by international cometee of ISEA , Minister of Information of Singapore,
Media Development Authority of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, LASALLE College of Arts,
Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Management University, National Museum of
Singapore
- Participant of the International Leonardo Education Forum and
Experts Meeting,
2007
- “Impact V“,
(conference organized by
- “X Festival
of Science & Art“
- “Mutamorphosis.
Challenging Art & Science“,
Prague
,
organized by Leonardo / ISAS (International Association for Art. & Science) and
- “Interfaces
of Art”,
2005 - “Impact IV” , Universitad der Kunste, Berlin, Germany,
conference organized by
University of West England in Bristol, Universitat der Kunste in Berlin and
Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan
- “VIII Festival of
Science and Art“,
2001
- “Impact II”
Conference at UIAH,
- “Art Spaces in
Gender Perspective”, University in
1999
- “Impact
I” Conference on Contemporary Graphics,
since 1997 lecturer at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan/Poland
AS GUEST PROFESSOR / ARTIST
2009 -
Srishti College of Art, Design and
Technology, Bangalore, Indien
2008 - Tesla Art&Science Resaerch Group, University College London UK (presentation)
2007
- Erasmus
Austausch, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2003, 2004 - UAM University, Dep. Of Physics, Poznan Poland
2003
- MA
European Fine Art, Barcelona, Spanien
2002 -
London College of Printing, now:
London College of Communication (University of the Arts London), UK
2002-2004
- Winchester School of Art,
Southampton University, U.K
2002
- Byam
Shaw School of Art, (University of the Arts London), UK
1999-2000
- Camberwell College of Arts,
(University of the Arts London), UK
2000 -
De Montfort University Leicester,
U.K
2000 -
Universidad de Castilla –
1996 -
Byam Shaw School of Art, (University
of the Arts London), UK
1995 -
Statens Kunstaakademie, Oslo,
Norwegen
1995 -- The State College of Fine Arts, Zakopane, Poland
1994
- The State College of Music, Poznan, Poland
EXTERNAL
EXAMINER:
2007-2009
- The National College of Art and Design, Fine Arts MA&BA,
Dublin, Ireland
2004-2005
- The Winchester School of Art, MA&BA, Southampton University, UK
- Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland
- London Institute, Chelsea College of Art and Design, England
- The Bristol Art Library, England
- University of West England, Bristol
- Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
- King Stephen Museum, Szekesfeher, Hungary
- Matt’s Gallery, London,
UK
- Shin Gallery Collection,
Hiroshima, Japan
- International Collection of
Contemporary Creative Artists’ Books, Marseille, France
- WRO Centre for New Media Wrocław
- VideoBrasil , Sao Paolo, Brasil
-
Transmediale Berlin, Germany
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES:
2009 - “Language in Art. Chronicle of the art manifestation NewCanvas©Poetry&Art for Poetry International Festival 2004-2006"
Poetry International Festival,
Rotterdam,
- "Voices from
the Waters" 4th International Film Festival,
- „WRO
09. 13th Media Art Biennale („Expanded City”)”, Wroclaw,
2008
- “Book-Art Object”,
Punctum for Art Experiment & Serbian National Library,
- "ISEA
2008, The 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art", ISEA2008 Pte
Ltd
2007
- "Unfolding Memories",
The New Gallery,
- “XII International Biennail of Media Art WRO
- “Asia –
- “Poza”,
- “LIMITE 16th International Electronic Art Festival
SESC_Videobrasil”, SESC Sao Paolo, Brasil
2006
- "Stern Stunden.
Innovationen im Weltraum”, European Patent Office, Berlin, Germany
- "Heroine", State Gallery BWA Leszno, Poland
- "Contact - Context",
IF Museum
2005 - "Polish Video Art" , IF Museum, Poznan / Stowarzyszenie Kontekst Sztuki, Poland
- “Miejsce
Wspolne” (“
- "ON Gallery
2003-2004", ON Gallery, Poznan,
Poland
- “By a Thought,
Speech, Word, Image”,
2004
-
“Alphabet“ AT Gallery,
- “Mediacje / Mediatons“ ON Gallery, If Museum Inner Spaces, Poland
- “Galerierungang
der Zehn – Zehn zeitgenössische Positionen aus der Zehn neuen EU-Laendern
”, KulturJahr der Zehn, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, LVBG, Berlin, Germany
2003
- "AT Gallery
1982-2002", AT Gallery,
- "The
Fourth Element - The Earth", Artists’ Union Association, Warsaw,
Poland
2002
- “Links. Graphica
Creativa”, Jyvaskala Art Museum, Finland
- "Kunstlerinnenbucher
",
Gedok Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2001 - “Conceptual Reflection in Polish Art. Current Practices. Moveable Horizons", Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland
2000
- "Books and Pages",
Piotr Rypson, Centre for Contemporary Art in
- “Volumes of Vulnerabilty”, Gefn Press,
- “Re:positioning”,
Artists Unlimited,
- "3rd International Artists' Books Exhibition",
- "The Book and What Next",
AT Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1999
- “Place of
Permanent Residence”, Tatranska Gallery in Poprad (
- “Episode”,
Galeria Labirynt / State Gallery BWA, Lublin, Poland,
(cat.indyv)
1998
- „Phoptographie”,
Kulturkontakt Wien, Austria
- „20/20” Kingsgate
Publications, London, UK
1997
- “The Book and the
Body”, London Institute,
1992
- “Books
and Pages - Polish Avant-garde Artists’ Books”
Centre for Contemporary Art in
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS – articles/texts/contributions
2009
- reviewer of the book "Interactive Media Art" published by the
Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland 2009
2003 - "Through the looping glass. Monika Wiechowska’s Photography", Zamek Książąt Pomorskich, Szczecin, Poland
2002
- “Homo
Oeconomicus XVIII (3/4)”
2001
- “Artists’ Books
Yearbook 2001 –
- “Places and Spaces
of Art. in Gender Perspective”,
2000
- “ON
Gallery 1998-
- “International
Directory of Artists’ Books”, C.E.M., France
- “Impact”,
1998 - "Art Book as an object and creative workshop" / ”Książka Artystyczna jako obiekt oraz warsztat artystyczny”
T.Wilmański, WSP,
Zielona Góra
- „Nowe Przestrzenie sztuki/ "New Spaces of Art” Biała Gallery, Lublin, Poland
- „Sculpture
1997
- “Oronsko
No4/97” Magazine of the Centre of Polish Sculpture,
1995 -
"First and Last. Hanna Luczak”, Gallery Herslebsgate 10,