Renate Hoffleit
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Renate Hoffleit (born 1950 in Stuttgart) is a German sculptor and artist. She lives and works mainly in Stuttgart, Germany.
Biography
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Renate Hoffleit studied graphics, free graphic art and sculpture at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart. From 1979 onwards, she developed her marble and light sculptures,[1] and since 1987 she has created square design, sculptures and fountains in public spaces.[2][3] She started her site-specific audio-visual installation Vertonungen in 1992. Since 1993, she has been working with Michael Bach Bachtischa creating site-specific sound installations and string installations, accompanied by performances.[4]
Exhibitions
Renate Hoffleit's works are on display at home and abroad.
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Works exhibited in museums and public collections
- Württembergische Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Stuttgart
- Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo, Rome
- Djerassi Foundation, Woodside (Kalifornien), USA
- The Hakone Open-Air Museum Tokyo, Japan
- Informationsbüro des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Brussels
- Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim
- Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Germany
- Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
- Kunstsammlung Lütze Sindelfingen, Germany
- Kunstsammlung der Stadt Fellbach, Germany
- Landratsamt Böblingen, Germany
Works in public spaces
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- Skulpturenfeld, Amts- und Landessozialgericht, Stuttgart
- Stufenanlange mit 8 Wasser / Klang-Säulen, Kornwestheim
- Wasserklangbrunnen Magstadter Duo, Magstadt
- Vier-Säulen-Brunnen and Wandbrunnen, Klinik Löwenstein, Germany
- Konvex / Konkav (2/III), main station Heilbronn
- Stufenanlage mit 8 Türmen, Kornwestheim, Germany
- Feuer Im Sequoia, Djerassi Foundation, California, USA
- alb-eier, Schwäbische Alb, „Der Grosse Alb-Gang“, Landkreis Esslingen, Germany
- Konvex / Konkav (1/III), Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
- Mittags-Stele in the Exotic Garden of the University in Hohenheim, Germany
- Convexe / Concave La Tour, estate near Nice, France
- Wiesen-Eier, Das Goldene Ei Aichtal (Sculptoura), Landkreis Böblingen, Germany
Audio-visual works
- Leben ist Laut – Vertonungen außen-innen-außen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, 2000
- Seefelder Vertonungen, Klangprojekt Hörfeld, Schloss Seefeld, 2004
- Urspring, Waves, Festival KlangRaum Stuttgart, 2011
String Installations
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In collaboration with Michael Bach Bachtischa
- One8 and 15 Strings, Donaueschinger Musiktage, 1994
- Notrepos, Schloss Monrepos, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1995
- Achill Strings, Achill Island, Irland, 1996
- Traffic Tubes and Soloists, Treffpunkt Rotebühlplatz, Stuttgart, 1997
- EFeu-Klänge, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, 1997
- Strings of Kaukab Spring, Misgav Festival, Israel, 1998
- ... die Leere zwischen den Steinen klingt ..., Skulpturenfeld, Stuttgart, 1999
- Le Chien Noir, Abey in Murbach, France, Festival Printemps Rhénan, 2000
- Schloss Kapfenburg besaitet ..., Opening Ceremony of the Internationale Musikschulakademie Kulturzentrum Schloss Kapfenburg, Germany, 2000 (Guinness-Buch der Rekorde [1])
- Strings and Pillars, Opening Ceremony of the Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, 2000
- Jungfernfahrt, Festival Berlin Biennale 2001, Berlin
- Habichtswaldsaiten, Festival Tonale 2011, Kassel
- genius loci gehört und genius loci concertante, Domnick Foundation, Nürtingen, 2014 (Project Garten Eden of the KulturRegion Stuttgart)
- (zwischen e und f)², Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, 2015
Awards, prizes and scholarships
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For her artistic work, Renate Hoffleit obtained scholarships from the Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn foundation and Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg as well as scholarships for study visits at the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo Casa Baldi, Olevano, Italy, and the Djerassi Foundation, USA, among others. She received the Utsukushi-ga-hara Museum Award, Japan, for her Konvex-Konkav sculpture made of light-reflecting, polished bronze. For their audio projects, Renate Hoffleit and Michael Bach Bachtischa obtained support from the Irish Arts Council, Ireland, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and the Innovationsfonds Kunst Baden-Wuerttemberg, among others.
References
- ^ Renate Hoffleit, Skulpturen, Galerie Mühlenbusch, Düsseldorf, Germany, ISBN 3-980-19970-3
- ^ Stadt Stuttgart, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum | https://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/192576?5b3013620b8a4_extended=1
- ^ Renate Hoffleit - Wiesen-Eier / Das goldene Ei | https://www.outdooractive.com/de/kunst/stuttgart-und-umgebung/renate-hoffleit-wiesen-eier-das-goldene-ei/11101218/
- ^ Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000, ISBN 3-89727-128-1
External links
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- Literature by and about Renate Hoffleit in the German National Library catalogue
- Renate Hoffleit
- Saiteninstallationen
Gallery
- Vier-Säulen-Brunnen, Klinik Löwenstein, Germany
- Schloss Kapfenburg besaitet... a project by Renate Hoffleit and Michael Bach Bachtischa, 2000
- Sculpture Konvex / Konkav in Heilbronn, 1989/93
- Renate Hoffleit and Michael Bach Bachtischa, Schloss Kapfenburg besaitet... by night, 2000