Julius Hofmann, born in Göttingen, Germany (1983) lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. Hofmann address modern themes through a medium that harks back to past centuries. Since he graduated from the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, he has been focusing his research on themes such as pictorial composition and the representation of space and surfaces in the digital age. Drawing inspiration from videogames, Hofmann’s filmic works contain jerky, flickering, and geometric aesthetics in the form of 3D animations.
EDUCATION
2005
Studies at the School of Visual Art of Leipzig
2007
Class of Neo Rauch
2009
Class of Heribert C. Ottersbach
2011
Graduated
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Will of the Gods is Great Power, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Chimaera, Galerie am Ratswall, Bitterfeld, Germany
2018
Cinematic Cybernetics, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Unter der Linden, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018
Unter der Linden, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
2015
Might of Young engines, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ekstatische Einsamkeit, Julius Hofmann & Michael Kirkham, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig,
Germany
2013
Mustang, Villa Katzorke, Essen
Regulator, Galerie Baer, Dresden, Germany
Stony Fields, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Initiative and surrender, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
2011
Die Ernte des Lebens (The Harvest of Live), Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig, Germany
Aurora, Ornis A. Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands
“Nemesis”, UNC Gallery, Seoul/South Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Act 1- Laying under the hot shade of the mad song, Ombrella, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Dark & Stormy, Espronceda, Barcelona, Spain
The Leipzig Connection, Bacva Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2017
Colours of Descents, mit Robert Seidel und Tobias Hild, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
2016
Your Light is my Darkness (part 2), Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
Kunsthochschulen zu Gast, HGB-Fachklasse Prof. Ottersbach, Bayer Kultur, Leverkusen
Storyteller. Contemporary Art from Leipzich, National Art Museum & Goethe Institut
Hanoi (Vietnam)
Your Light is My Darkness (part 3), Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam
Immer und Ewig, 23th Leipziger Jahrausstellung, Westwerk, Leipzig
Tiere sehen dich an, Zionskirche, Berlin
2015
Nocturne. Ahnung, Abgrund und Apokalypse in der zeitgenössischen Kunst,
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig
Personalities on Paper, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam
Gute kunst? Wollen!, SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Germany
Warheiten, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Liesborn (Germany)
Your Light is my Darkness (I), Re: Surgo, Berlin
2014
bb, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
BGL#1, Kesselhaus, Bergisch Gladbach / Cologne
Mensch werde wesentlich, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst, Zwickau
“Wahrheiten” – Werke aus der SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Kulturhaus,
Leverkusen
Klasse Ottersbach – “Die Pferde sind tot”, Forum Kunst, Rottweil
2013
Un été spectaculaire, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam
WIN /WIN – Purchases by the Cultural Foundation of Saxony 2013, Baumwollspinnerei
HALLE 14, Leipzig
Blumen, Flowers, Blomster, Galerie Mikale Andersen, Berlin
Tierstücke – Dutch animal painting of the 17th century in dialogue with contemporary
painting, SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Liesborn
2012
German now – from Leipzig, Seongnam Art Center, South Korea
New Smokes from Old Fires, Frappant, Hamburg
Eros und Thanatos (SØR Rusche Collection), Werkschauhalle Leipzig
A:B:C: Mooning, Gallery FIST, Hamburg
2011
After the Goldrush, Kunstverein Speyer
Wunderkammer, Amsterdam
Convoy, Galerie Biksady, Budapest
18th Leipziger Jahresausstellung
Gallery Genscher, Hamburg
Saxonia Paper, Kunsthalle of Sparkasse Leipzig
2009
Fluch der Akribik, Kunstverein Bad Sulzfeld
Schwarze Schwäne, Junges Forum, Wiesbaden
2008
Junge Kunst 13 – Christoph Freidhöfer, Sonja Kälberer, Julius Hofmann, Albrecht Pischel,
Danny Schulz | Malerei, Fotografie, Installation, Video, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Julius Hofmann – REimport (catalog), MMKoehn, Leipzig/Berlin (2015)
Nocturne. Ahnung. Abgrund und Apokalypse in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (catalog),
Sparkasse Leipzig (2015)
German Now. From Leipzich (Catalog), Seognam Arts Center und UNC Gallery,
Seoul (South Korea) (2012)
Convoy Leipzig (catalog), Biksady Galerie, Budapest (2011)
Julius Hofmann: Die Ernte des Lebens (catalog), LUBOK Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig (2011)
“Julius Hofmann” in: Salié, Olaf: Rising Young artists to keep an eye on. Köln: daab. (2011)
COLLECTIONS
Olbricht Collection Berlin
Thomas Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin
Collection von Metzler, Frankfurt am Main
Museum of Visual Art Leipzig
Reydan Weiss Collection, Essen
Collection Westhoff, Bremen
Art Collection of Sparkasse Leipzig