About the Artist
Deirdre is a visual artist based in Vancouver, Canada. She received her BA in Fine Arts at UBC, and studied Architectural Design at BCIT. Her work explores subjects which fall, subjects which melt, subjects which spill, and subjects which fade away.
Deirdre has had recent solo exhibitions at Vernon Public Art Gallery and the Roundhouse (Vancouver), and has shown at Lake Country Art Gallery and in Summer Night Slides with David Wisdom at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Education
University of British Columbia: Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts Major.
British Columbia Institute of Technology: Certificate, Architectural Design.
Selected Exhibition History
Solo
2018
Fallen. Vernon Public Art Gallery, BC
2017
Fallen. Roundhouse Arts and Recreation Centre, Vancouver BC
2003
Wall of Monster. Columbia Street Studio, Vancouver BC
Group
2018
Positively Petite. Place des Arts, Coquitlam BC
The Compass and the Cone. Two-person exhibition with Carly Butler, Oak Street Studios, Vancouver BC
2017
Man Overboard. Lake Country Public Art Gallery, BC
Art Party. Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2016
Summer Slideshows with David Wisdom. Vancouver Art Gallery
2014
Time Will Tell. W119 Residency, West Kelowna BC
2013
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver BC
2012
Summer Night Slides with David Wisdom. Vancouver Art Gallery
Groove is in the Art. Access Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011
Positively Petite. Place des Arts, Coquitlam BC
Group Exhibition. Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010
Cabin Fever: Tupajumi Foundation. Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL
2004
Tupajumi. The Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2002
Small Works. Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
Modern Affections. Two person exhibition, Flower Factory, Vancouver BC
Press and Publications
Kirby, Bill. “Deirdre Hofer.” CCA Canadian Art Database, 2019 rev. Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art and Gail and Stephen Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University, 1997. http://ccca.concordia.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=16044&artist=Deirdre+Hofer
Crook, Parker. “Vernon Public Art Gallery sees four new exhibitions” (interview) The Morning Star, Vernon BC., Wed. July 23, 2018
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/vernon-public-art-gallery-sees-four-new-exhibitions/
Jeffs, Dallas. “Melting Ice Cream: Art by Deirdre Hofer” Artist Run Website, January 30, 2018 [Blog post]. http://www.artistrunwebsite.com/blog/2395/Melting+Ice+Cream%3A+Art+by+Deirdre+Hofer
Berry, Carli. “Art Exhibition Showcases Mankind’s Fall.” Kelowna Capital News and Lake Country Calendar, Sat. Oct 7, 2017
https://www.kelownacapnews.com/entertainment/art-exhibition-showcases-mankinds-fall/
Lock, Wanda et. al. 2017, Man Overboard, exhibition catalogue, 4 October – 18 November 2017, Lake Country Art Gallery, BC.
Special Collections
University of British Columbia Fine Arts Department Permanent Collection