CMH 1976 – 2012

Sadly Christopher Hoff passed away March 12, 2012 from natural causes.

His dedicated focus and steadfast love for the craft of plein air painting will be remembered as much as his stellar personal character. This website will remain as a tribute to both.

In his own words:

"My daily practice as an urban plein-air painter is the means by which I uncover meaning in the world around me. For the past fifteen years my work has explored the poetic stillness of the mundane through the lens of observational painting. Working on location, sometimes for more than a year at a single site, my brush both documents and revises with each passing day. Paying witness to this change, translating the cyclical ebb and flow of nature, culture, and commerce into paint compels me to go back outside each day. My intention is not to create something removed from experience, but rather to weave the shared experiences of hundreds of these moments back into one resonant and handmade surface."

Education

1998 B.F.A. (Summa Cum Laude) The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Linda Hodges Gallery, One to One, Seattle, WA.
2010 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2009 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2008 Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2006 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2003 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2002 Jay Dotson Studio, Seattle, WA.
2002 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2002 Paramount Cafe, Seattle, WA.
1999 Bergen M.F.A. Gallery, Savannah, GA.
1998 Gallery Lumiere, Savannah, GA.

Group Exhibitions

2011 George Billis Gallery NY, The Buildings of New York II,Chelsea, NY.
2011 George Billis Gallery LA, The Cityscape Show, Los Angeles, CA.
2011 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA.
2011 Industry and Art, The River Runs Through it, Portland, OR.
2011 Gage Academy, Seattle, WA.
2010 Ohge Ltd., Seattle, WA.
2010 SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2010 Gage Academy, Seattle, WA.
2009 Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2007 dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA.
2007 Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA.
2006 SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2006 Gage Academy, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2006 Northwinds Art Port Townsend Juried Exhibition, Port Townsend, WA.
2004 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004 Enumclaw Arts Commission Juried Exhibition, Enumclaw, WA.
2003 Enumclaw Arts Commission Juried Exhibition, Enumclaw, WA.
2003 Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2003 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2002 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2001 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2001 Bemis, Seattle, WA.
2001 Genema Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1999 Bergen M.F.A. Gallery, Savannah, GA.
1998 Gallery Lumiere, Savannah, GA

Experience

2011 Plein air Watercolor Workshop, Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park
2004-2008 Gage Academy, Open Studio Monitor
2005 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Artist Survival Skills Panel Discussion, 5.05.

AWARDS

2011 4 Culture Individual Artist Project Grant
2010 Artist Trust GAP Grant (1:1 Project)
2010 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (World Trade Center Project)
2006 Artist Trust GAP Grant (World Trade Center Project)
2004 Puget Sound Energy Purchase Award, Enumclaw Arts Commission
2005 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Artist Survival Skills Panel Discussion, 5.05.
2003 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (World Trade Center Project)

Publications

2010 Seattle Times, A Plein Air Chronicler of SeattleÕs Landscapes, Nancy Worssam, 5.21.10, B5.
2010 Another Bouncing Ball, Regina Hackett, Arts Journal, 5.25.10.
2010 New American Piaintings Magazine Issue 85, The Open Studios Press.
2010 Landscape Painting, Mitchell Albala, Watson Guptill, p.101.
2010 Best Of, Exhibition Interview/Preview by Joey Veltkamp, 4.20.10.
2010 MAGazine, Fine Arts Alumns Working, Caroline N. Duffy, King and Spaulding, 2010 p. 23.
2009 MOCA Los Angeles FRESH AUCTION, 5.09.
2009 Neoteric Art E-zine, Interview by Norbert Marszalek, Chicago, IL. 5.09.
2009 Seattle Post Intelligencer, Regina Hackett, 3.13.09.
2008 Artscene Los Angeles, Exhibition Review by Jeanne Willette, vol. 28, #2, 10.08, p.18.
2008 THE Magazine Los Angeles, Rhinchen Lhamo, 10.08, p.18.
2008 Flavorpil Los Angeles, Ashley Tibbits, 10.08.
2007 New American Paintings Magazine Issue 73, The Open Studios Press.
2006 Seattle Post Intelligencer, Exhibition review by Judy Wagonfeld, 1.20.06, p.31.
2003 NPR Station KUOW Seattle, Exhibition review by Gary Faigin, 2.25.03.
2000 The Savannah Sketchbook, Design Press Publishers.

Collections

Seattle City Light Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA.
MacQuarie Real Estate Financial Inc. of Australia.
City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA.
American Life Inc. of Seattle and New York
Rainier Investment Management Inc. of Seattle and New York.
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
King County Public Art Collection
City of Enumclaw, WA.
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.
Marist School, Atlanta, GA.

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