Discipline: Visual Art

Werner Hoeflich

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1999
Werner Hoeflich has been a working artist in New York City since receiving his B.F.A. from the University of Colorado in 1979. He has had numerous solo shows, beginning with the Paulo Salvador Gallery in the East Village in the early 80’s, as well as at the Penine Hart Gallery, Nicholas Davies Gallery, both of New York, and the Koplin Gallery in Los Angeles. His many group shows include the inaugural show for the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, The Grey Art Gallery in New York, and most recently, with DFN gallery in New York. Listed amongst his awards are Change Inc., Art Matters, and Yaddo, Ucross and MacDowell Fellowships. He also traveled extensively throughout Europe on a Glorious Foods Artists Grant. Reviews of his work have appeared in The New Yorker, Art News, and Art and Antiques. Hoeflich has taught drawing and painting at the 92nd St. Y, School of Visual Arts, Cooper Union, and NYAA.

Studios

Firth

Werner Hoeflich worked in the Firth studio.

Originally a working barn perched atop the namesake hill of Hillcrest Farm, this building was converted to serve the arts in 1956. A grand set of windows was installed to make the large interior suitable for visual artists, bringing in abundant natural light from the north. The addition of a screened porch and accessible entrance ramp…

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