Pierre Philippe Hofmann

BIO & CV


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Pierre-Philippe Hofmann [°1976, B & CH ],
lives and works in Brussels and Switzerland

Hofmann's research focuses on issues of complexity in representation. Because it is the sum of all past experiences and adventures, contemporary knowledge presents itself to us as a vast mass of specific, intertwined information. Even if today's technologies give us the impression that this information is accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time, we still lack a systemic understanding of our environments. To remedy this, we might be tempted to smooth out our knowledge, to mould it to our individual abilities. Or would we be even easier to leave it to the specialists to better understand our world? PP Hofmann is not really a believer in this kind of comfortable solutions.

His work, which is part of a conceptual tradition, is mainly rooted in the landscape and attempts to make visible these different levels of complexity. The artist never tires of exploring the landscape at different scales; he constantly creates distortions between time and space, between the general and the particular. Through endurance, repetition, mise en abyme and the confusion between live and recorded, he proposes new readings of immediate reality. Through his installations, Hofmann creates new phenomenological experiences and new readings of the world. The long-term project Portrait of a Landscape is the most obvious example. As in other recent undertakings, he attaches great importance to walking in his practice in order to stay in touch with the smallest details of everyday life.

It is certainly worth pointing out that Hofmann worked for almost 20 years in theatres and opera houses as a video artist. Regular encounters with certain directors and choreographers have inevitably left their mark on him. This meeting of practices gave rise to an installation devoted to the creative processes of Les Ballets C de la B, Alain Platel and Berlinde De Bruyckere for nicht schlafen in 2017.

But it is in Ad Libitum that the link with the theatre becomes even more apparent. Pierre-Philippe Hofmann and Mathias Domahidy literally stage reality, in a particularly demanding and derisive exercise in style. He is currently working on a transdisciplinary project combining choreography and landscape.

2023.10 / Analyse van een verschijning (het landschap), curated by Frank Maes (Emergent, Veurne - B)
Marcel Berlanger, Dirk Braeckman, Stijn Cole, Eric Colpaert, Dieter Daemen, Robbrecht Desmet, Goele Dewanckel, Mark De Blieck, Griet Dobbels, Elias Heuninck, Jan Kempenaers, Hanne Lamon, Martine Laquiere, Natascha Rodenburg, Mira Sanders, Philip Van Isacker, Laura Viale

2023.04 / Time Elapsed, curated by PP Hofmann (Ancienne Imprimerie de la Banque Nationale, Brussels - B)
with Laurette Atrux-Tallau, Werner Cuvelier, Juan d'Outremont, Adrien Degioanni, Marie-Lou Etienne, Gilbert Fastenaekens, Frédéric Fourdinier, Steven Jouwersma, Nathan Lerat, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Emilie Orengo, Julien Pik, Roman Signer, Chloé Schuiten & Clément Thiry, Michel Tombroff, Various Artists

2022.04 / Le Botanique (Brussels - B)
2021.09 / La Belle Image, with Silvia Costa (Valence - F)
2021.09 / De Singel (Antwerpen - B)
2021.08 / Muhka (Antwerpen - B)
2021.05 / Galerie DuflonRacz, Der Rattenfänger, curated by PP Hofmann, in association with Frédéric Fourdinier (Brussels - B)
with Marie André, Elodie Antoine, Michel Assenmaker, Laurette Atrux-Tallau, Etienne Courtois, Grégory Decock, Philippe Degobert, Natalia De Mello, Mathias Domahidy, Claire Ducène, Frédéric Fourdinier, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Pierre Hebbelinck, Nicolas Kozakis, Adrien Lucca, Pierre Martens, François Marcadon, Vincent Meessen, Jacqueline Mesmaeker, Eugène Savitzkaya, Michel Tombroff, Various Artists, Mathieu Zurstrassen


2021.04 / KIOSK /KASK Gent - What you don't see is what you get
2020.09 / Sociéte d'Electricité - From translating to transcoding, curated by Manuel Abendroth & Els Vermang (Brussels - B)
with Cory Arcangel, Gert Aertsen, Carl Andre, Matthew Biederman, Otto Berchem, Jane Benson, Alec De Busschère, Detanico & Lain, Lars Fredrikson, Pierre-Philippe Hofmann, Farah Khelil, Takahiro Kudo, LAb[au], Le Corbusier & Iannis Xenakis, Matan Mittwoch, Julie Morel, Joachim Olender, Jacob Riddle, Thomas Ruff, Karin Sander, Yann Sérandour, Venetian Snares, VOID, Hannah Weiner, Wennig & Daubach


2020.01 / Eté78, end-of-residency presentation featuring Ciel Grommen, Mira Sanders (Brussels - B)
2020.01 / Galerie DuflonRacz - Le complexe de Rivoli (Bruxelles - B)
with Lise Harlev, Stephanie Kiwitt, Tiphanie Kim Mall, Guy Meldem, Romain Poussin, Olivier Stévenart, Zinaida Tchelidze, Harald Thys, Bernard Voïta

2019.04 / Museum Bruder Klaus (Sachseln - CH)
2019.03 / Galerie zur Matze (Brig - CH)
2019.01 / Kunstraum Kreuzlingen (Kreuzlingen - CH))
2018.09 / Biennale d'Enghien (B)
with Laurette Atrux-Tallau, Jean-Marie Bytebier, Griet Dobbels, Lionel Estève, Frédéric Fourdinier, Pierre Gérard, Berbard Gigounon, Maxence Mathieu, Michel Mazzoni, VOID, Sophie Whettnall

2018.09 / Festival Images Ad Libitum, with Mathias Domahidy (Vevey, CH) -
2018.09 / SAM - Portrait of a Landscape (Basel - CH)
2018.06 / La Bellone (Bruxelles, B)
2018.04 / Ferme-Asile (Sion - CH) - Portrait of a Landscape, curated by Véronique Mauron
2018.04 / Sociéte d'Electricité (Brussels) - Earth & Sky
with Jakub Geltner, On Kawara, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Jon Rafman, Ed Ruscha, Robert Smithson, Neal Beggs, Nicolas Bourthoumieux, Marc Buchy, Mark Geffriaud & Géraldine Longueville, Jakub Geltner, Marco Godinho, Mishka Henner, Douglas Huebler, Julien Levesque & Albertine Meunier Jonathan Monk, Dennis Oppenheim, Jon Rafman, Ed Ruscha, Joachim Schmid, Kris Van Dessel, Clement Valla, Robert Smithson, UVA, Heinz Mack a.o.


2018.01 / Opera Vlaanderen (Gent - B)
2018.01 / Galerie LMNO (Bruxelles - B) [ group show ]
2017.12 / Les Brigittines(Brussels - B)
2017.05 / KVS - nicht schlafen (installation video) (Brussels - B)
2017.03 / Casco - There's Always More to See, curated by MLeuven & Flor Bex (Leuven - B)
2016.10 / Berg, Buch, Brig (CH)
2016.10 / Nadine - Wandering Art Biennal (Brussels - B)
2016.09 / Maison d'Art Actuel des Chartreux (Brussels) - Ad Libitum (Brussels - B)
2016.06 / Zeughaus Brig(CH) (Brig - CH)
2013.02 / Photoforum Pasquart - Terra Nostra (Biel - CH)
2011.07 / Palace of Fine Arts - Eté de la photographie (Brussels - B)
2010.12 / Musée du Point de Vue, by Jean-Daniel Berclaz (Brussels - B)
2010.05 / Centre International pour la Ville l'Architecture et le Paysage (CIVA - Brussels) - Lieux Communs - Gemeenplaatsen [ solo expo ]
2009.03 / Muhka - Le(s) Moi(s) de Lizène (Antwerp - B) - Best Price for you my friend
2008.10 / FIAC - Best Price for you my friend (Paris - F)
2008.04 / Art Brussels - Best Price for you my friend (Brussels - B)
2008.02 / Galerie Nadja Vilenne (Liège - B)
with Jacques Charlier, Olivier Foulon, Honoré δ'O, Suchan Kinoshita, Aglaia Konrad, Jacques Lizène, Walter Swennen, Raphaël Van Lerberghe
2007.11 / Galerie budA (Ternat - B)
2007.01 / Galerie Nadja Vilenne Aimez-vous les cocktails VIP ? (Liège - B)
with Orla Barry, Jacques Charlier, Honoré δ’O, Olivier Foulon, Pierre-Philippe Hofmann, Suchan Kinoshita, Aglaia Konrad, Emilio Lopez-Menchero, Sylvie Macias Diaz, Walter Swennen, Tsuneko Taniuchi, Raphaël Van Lerberghe, Jeroen van Bergen, Marie Zolamian

2006.06 / Epicerie Visuelle Le Bonheur (Brussels - B)
2006.06 / Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels) - Performance sur cyclophone
2006.02 / Galerie Paolo Boselli (Brussels - B)
2005.09 / Metro station Bourse (Brussels - B)
2004.04 / Galerie budA - Ecumes urbaines (Ternat - B)
2002.08 / Centre Culturel Jacques Franck - Figures Imposées (Brussels - B)

2022.02 / 2Mares (Marseille - F)
2018.04 / Ferme-Asile (Sion - CH)
2018.03 / ARC (Romainmotier - CH)
2014.02 / Ferme-Asile (Sion - CH)
2012.11 / Altes Spital (Solothurn - CH)
2012.04 / Chretzeturm (Stein am Rhein - CH)

2022.05 / ETH (Zürich - CH)
2022.03 / Archizoom (Lausanne - CH)
2021.10 / EPFL (Lausanne - CH)
2018.10 / SAM Basel & Kunsthalle Basel, with Elena Filipovic, Prof. Philip Ursprung (Basel - CH)
2017.06 / ESA Saint-Luc Architecture (Brussels - B)
2014.10 / UGent Architectuur (Gent - B)
2014.10 / ECAV/EDHEA - Ars contemporaneus alpinus (Sierre - CH)