Pia-Christina Hoff
born 1987, Fulda
Glassblower
Education
2019 // Apprenticeship as glassblower, Glass School Zwiesel, Germany
2016 // Master of Education (M. Ed.) in English and American Studies and Art, TU Dortmund, Germany
2016 // Master's thesis: „The Material Glass in Arts in the 1960s: Paths of Emancipation“
2015 // Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English and American Studies and Art, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
2013-14 // Art Student at Ball State University, Muncie, USA
Experience
2019 // Assistant at Møhl & Drivsholm Glas, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2018 // Workshop „Roman Furnace“ with Francois Arnaud and Frank Wiesenberg, 1st International Glass Symposium, Glass School Rheinbach, Germany
2018 // Residency, Glashütte Eisch, Frauenau, Germany
2018 // Teaching Assistant of Rike Scholle in the hot glass course “Hot Structures”, Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V., Germany
2017 // Interdisciplinary hot glass course with John Moran und James Labold, Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V., Germany
2014 // Hot glass course „Multiples in Hot Glass“ with Stephen Dee Edwards, Bild-Werk Frauenau e.V., Germany
Exhibitions
2019 // 10. Internationaler Glaskunstpreis der Stadt Rheinbach, Glaspavillon "Hans-Schmitz-Haus", Rheinbach, Germany
2019 // „Vorsicht Glas!“, Galerie Packschuppen, Baruth, Germany
2018 // Solo exhibition „Pia Hoff - Mundgeblasene Unikate“, takt.bar, Witten, Germany
2018 // „Zwieseler Buntspecht“, Zwiesel, Germany
2018 // „WHO IS IT - Junge Experimentelle Glaskunst“, Mistelbacher GLAS.tage 2018, Mistelbach, Austria
2017 // „Zwieseler Buntspecht“, Zwiesel, Germany 2017
2017 // „Bild-Werk Frauenau @30: Mit den Händen denken lernen“, Galerie am Museum, Frauenau, Germany
2014 // „Neo Natural: Botanically Inspired Art Works“, Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Gardens, Indiana, USA
Awards
2019 // 2nd Prize "10. Internationaler Glaskunstpreis der Stadt Rheinbach" & Audience Award
2018 // 2nd Prize „Danner-Wettbewerb“, Glasfachschule Zwiesel, Germany
2017 // 2nd Prize „Danner-Wettbewerb“, Glasfachschule Zwiesel, Germany