Oliver Hoffmeister: Hide and Seek
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‘Hide and Seek’ is a universally understood game of exploration and imagination. For this solo exhibition, Oliver Hoffmeister responds in part to Berwick-upon-Tweed’s illustrious and rich past through the guise of play. Using re-imaginings of past events alongside fiction, he leads the viewer in a game of hide and seek, in an effort to form interesting and personal interpretations via the playful exploration of image.
Working from his imagination, with a tendency to fascinate over the more absurd moments in life, Hoffmeister pulls from a wide array of sources whilst using his own conceived imagery as a starting point. Creating works that could be seen as ‘oddities’, he wishes to conjure a sense of uncertainty that leaves the viewer in a state of flux.
Working as a painter and printmaker he has been shortlisted for multiple awards and bursaries, including ‘The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Award’, Cello Factory, London, UK (2018); ‘The Graduate Art Prize’, Exchange house, London, UK (2018); ‘Northern Print Bursary 2019’, Northern Print, Newcastle, UK (2019); ING Discerning Eye Prize (2020).
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