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