Neil Hoffmann
b. 1953, Victoria
Currently (March 2005), potting for 6 weeks at Jeff Oestreich Pottery, Minnesota, USA
Resume
- 2001 Master of Fine Art and Design, University of Tasmania
- 1999-2005 Ceramics tutor, Academy of the Arts, Launceston, Tasmania
- 1996 - 2001 Convened series of summer schools, Claydown Tasmania at Reedy Marsh Pottery, with focus on woodfiring and salt glaze
- 1982 Established Reedy Marsh Pottery, Tasmania
- 1975 Worked at Kumpmann Pottery, Gottingen, Germany
- 1974 Began potting while student at Melbourne State College
- Regular exhibitor nationally and internationally
Exhibitions
- 2003 Statewide staff exhibition, Academy of Arts, Launceston, Tasmania
- 2002 Spring Pots, Artifakt Gallery, Deloraine, Tasmania
- 2002 Glass and Ceramics as Sculptures, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
- 2002 Moving Ground - selected works (solo), North West Campus, University of Tasmania
- 2002 10th Upper St Croix River Valley Studio Tour and Sales Gallery, Northern Clay Center, Minnesota, USA
- 2001 Tasmania - Beyond Imagination, Mannheim, Germany
- 2001 Moving Ground - A Common Dreaming (solo), Topfloor Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
- 2001 Tasmanica, Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
- 2001 Clayfeast Tableware exhibition, Gulgong, New South Wales
- 2000 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
- 2000 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Award, Shepparton, Victoria
- 1999 The Tasmanian Exhibition, Deloraine, Tasmania
- 1999 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
- 1999 Clay x 4, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
- 1998 Naked Clay, Global Ceramics 1, Galerie Babel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1998 Hyperblaster, Stables Gallery, Mudgee, New South Wales
- 1998 Raining Like..., Despard Gallery, Hobart
- 1997 Animate Earth (solo), Nisart Gallery, Hobart
- 1997 New Tasmanian Artists, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
- 1996 Australian Wood-Fire Survey 1996, Strathnairn Ceramics Association, Canberra
Awards
- 2002 Arts Tasmania travel grant for residency at Jeff Oestreich pottery, Minnesota, USA
Featured
- McGrath, V, 2002 'Landscape, land and nature' Pottery in Australia Vol 41, No 1, pp16 - 21
- 1998 Craft Arts International No 43, p172
- Nelson, J, 1996 'Touching the wild' Ceramics: Art & Perception No 24
