Perry Hoffman

Perry Hoffman
Gualala, California, USA

STATEMENT

Working in collage from an early age. Cutting and pasting since childhood…then came the computer age and Photoshop. Also, being a photographer since about age 5, I continue to use my own photos in my collage work. Photographing wildlife and many birds is a passion. Currently working with my own images and repurposing them to a bigger picture. I have worked in mosaic for the last 27 years and treat that like I treat my collage work, working with a spontaneous manner that allows the images and pieces speak to me. My work is a way of processing the crazy inside me and the crazy of the world, of which there is no limit. Ceramics is another vehicle for me, and so many different mediums intrigue me; however, collage is a staple.

BIO

Perry Hoffman grew up in Los Angeles and San Francisco, later spending time in the high desert near Joshua Tree and in Santa Barbara, and now lives in Gualala on the northern California coast in Mendocino County. He works across mosaics, ceramics, photography, and clay.

Hoffman has exhibited widely across California over several decades. From 2022 to 2026, he has shown work at Discovery Gallery in Gualala, Coast Highway Art Collective in Point Arena, and Elk Collective in Elk, and in 2022 participated in a friends show at 29 Palms Art Gallery. Earlier, he exhibited at Sol Hill Gallery in Santa Barbara in 2016 and at Metro Galleries in Bakersfield in 2011 and 2010.

His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions and projects, including “Buddha Abides” at Frameworks in Santa Barbara in 2009 and 2008, and High Desert Test Sites at the Wonder Valley Contemporary Institute of Art in 2008. That same year, he presented a solo exhibition, “Buddhas and Birds”, at the 29 Palms Creative Center in Twenty-Nine Palms, featuring mosaics, photography, and ceramics, and participated in the Wonder Valley Homestead Cabin Festival group show at Fi-Lox-See in Wonder Valley, which included mosaics, retouched and painted photographs on canvas, and a mini-installation.

In 2007, Hoffman participated in International Mail Art Exhibitions, including the digital MailArt blog, “Parade of Animals”, “socks-stockings”, “Paper and Postage”, “Protect the Desert”, “Fire and Peace”, and “Sputnik Project”. In 2006, he presented the solo exhibition “Desert Wonder” at the 29 Palms Creative Center. His earlier exhibition history includes the California Welcome Center in Yucca Valley in 2003; group shows at Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco in 1994 and 1995; the New York State Museum National Copier Art Exhibition in Albany, New York, in 1984; and the Copy Art Show at La Mamelle Gallery in San Francisco in 1979.

In first grade, he got in trouble for drawing a nude in class.

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