Renate Hoffleit


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

Biography

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, and since 1987 she has created square design, sculptures and fountains in public spaces. 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.

Exhibitions

Renate Hoffleit's works are on display at home and abroad.

Works exhibited in museums and public collections

Works in public spaces

Skulpturenfeld, Amts- und Landessozialgericht, StuttgartStufenanlange mit 8 Wasser / Klang-Säulen, Kornwestheim
  • Wasserklangbrunnen Magstadter Duo, MagstadtVier-Säulen-Brunnen and Wandbrunnen, Klinik Löwenstein, GermanyKonvex / Konkav, main station HeilbronnStufenanlage mit 8 Türmen, Kornwestheim, Germany

Landscape-related works

Feuer Im Sequoia, Djerassi Foundation, California, USAalb-eier, Schwäbische Alb, „Der Grosse Alb-Gang“, Landkreis Esslingen, GermanyKonvex / Konkav, Hakone Open Air Museum, JapanMittags-Stele in the Exotic Garden of the University in Hohenheim, GermanyConvexe / Concave La Tour, estate near Nice, FranceWiesen-Eier, Das Goldene Ei Aichtal, Landkreis Böblingen, Germany

Audio-visual works

Leben ist Laut – Vertonungen außen-innen-außen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, 2000Seefelder Vertonungen, Klangprojekt Hörfeld, Schloss Seefeld, 2004Urspring, Waves, Festival KlangRaum Stuttgart, 2011

String Installations

In collaboration with Michael Bach BachtischaOne8 and 15 Strings, Donaueschinger Musiktage, 1994Notrepos, Schloss Monrepos, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1995Achill Strings, Achill Island, Irland, 1996Traffic Tubes and Soloists, Treffpunkt Rotebühlplatz, Stuttgart, 1997EFeu-Klänge, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, 1997Strings of Kaukab Spring, Misgav Festival, Israel, 1998... die Leere zwischen den Steinen klingt..., Skulpturenfeld, Stuttgart, 1999Le Chien Noir, Abey in Murbach, France, Festival Printemps Rhénan, 2000Schloss Kapfenburg besaitet..., Opening Ceremony of the Internationale Musikschulakademie Kulturzentrum Schloss Kapfenburg, Germany, 2000 Strings and Pillars, Opening Ceremony of the Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, 2000Jungfernfahrt, Festival Berlin Biennale 2001, BerlinHabichtswaldsaiten, Festival Tonale 2011, Kasselgenius loci gehört und genius loci concertante, Domnick Foundation, Nürtingen, 2014 ², Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, 2015

Awards, prizes and scholarships

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.