Renate Hoffleit

Renate Hoffleit (born 1950 in Stuttgart) 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 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

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

Landscape-related works 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

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 ) 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

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.