June 2010

Eric John Hoffman is an artist that is expanding the possibilities of digital print media. 

Working with Aluminum, and Polycarbonates his works interact with light creating a new visual element that draws the viewer in for closer inspection.  Originally from the Midwest, Eric John has bended his past career in business with is artistic passion; his passion to create unique public works.

In 2008 Hoffman received a Career development grant awarded by the Marin Arts Council.  With the funds from the grant Eric John produced his first large scale collection of landscapes from his White Line Diary series.  The works debuted at his show Left Coast Views/ Californian’s Alternative Landscapes in October 2008 in San Francisco at the Hiram W. Johnson Building, house for the California State Supreme Court.

The works from this show are now part of the Seller’s Market Collection, a restaurant group in San Francisco.

Hoffman has garnered a number of other opportunities as result of the Johnson Building exhibition, including having works exhibited at the Capture Gallery and an invitation to 2009 Marin/Scapes fine art sale and exhibition and a solo exhibition at the Rock Hill Gallery in Tiburon, California.

In 2010 Eric John opened his new studio as a member the artist collective at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael California, he was excited to participate in his first open studio as part of the the Marin Arts Council's, Marin Open in May. it was successful in  making his work more accessible to viewers, collectors, designers and the art community as a whole.

Eric John Hoffman lives with his wife and two children in San Rafael, California.