Renate Hoffleit

Renate Hoffleit (born 1950 in Stuttgart) is a German sculptor and artist. She lives and works mainly in Stuttgart, Germany.

Renate Hoffleit in 1992

Biography
Renate Hoffleit, das goldene ei, Aichtal/Landkreis Böblingen, Germany

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.

Renate Hoffleit, Mittags-Stele, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart

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
Renate Hoffleit, Skulpturenfeld, Amts- und Landessozialgericht Stuttgart
Renate Hoffleit, Convexe-Concave La Tour, residence near Nice, France
  • 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
Renate Hoffleit and Michael Bach Bachtischa, genius loci gehört, String Installation, Domnick Foundation, Nürtingen, Germany

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
Renate Hoffleit, water stills and sounds, tableaux with video-stills, detail
Renate Hoffleit, alb-eier, Der große Albgang, Landkreis Esslingen, Germany

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
  1. Renate Hoffleit, Skulpturen, Galerie Mühlenbusch, Düsseldorf, Germany, ISBN 3-980-19970-3
  2. Stadt Stuttgart, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum | https://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/192576?5b3013620b8a4_extended=1
  3. Renate Hoffleit - Wiesen-Eier / Das goldene Ei | https://www.outdooractive.com/de/kunst/stuttgart-und-umgebung/renate-hoffleit-wiesen-eier-das-goldene-ei/11101218/
  4. Donaueschinger Musiktage 2000, ISBN 3-89727-128-1
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