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Sara Paula Hoffman

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., fine art, Fontbonne University
  • M.A., art/painting, Fontbonne University
  • B.F.A., fine arts/studio, Fontbonne University

Credentials

  • Professor, foundation studies, 2008–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Faculty, fine arts, 2005–2008, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO
  • Faculty, fine arts, 2005–2008, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, MO
  • Faculty, fine arts, 2004–2008, St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Presidential Fellowship, 2011
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Presidential Fellowship, 2009
  • Award of Excellence, Art St. Louis XXI, 2005

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions

  • Adaptations, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, 2018
  • Nora, The White-Boned Demon, 13th International Ibsen Conference, University of Tromso, Norway, June 2012
  • Ghosts of the Heartland, International Ibsen Theater Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009
  • Ghosts of the Heartland, 12th International Ibsen Conference, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2009
  • The Nora Project, St. Louis Community College at Meramec Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, 2008
  • Theater on a 2-Dimensional Stage, The Gallery at Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, 2007
  • Midwestern Dolls and Ghosts, The Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 2007
  • Ghosts from the Heartland, The Messing Gallery at Mary Institute Country Day School, St. Louis, 2007
  • The Doll House Paintings and The Living Ibsen, 11th International Ibsen Conference, The Center for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 2006
  • Doll House Paintings/Prints, The Gallery at Congregation Neve Shalom, Creve Coeur, Mo., 2006
  • Ibsen Inspired Works, Blackburn College Visual Arts Center Gallery, Carlinville, Ill., 2006
  • New Works, Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, 2005

Group exhibitions

  • The Doll House Paintings, Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School, St. Louis, 2005
  • 7, Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Ga., Group Exhibition, 2010
  • SCC Multimedia Invitational, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, Mo., 2009
  • A Tribute to Michael Smith, The Ethical Society, St. Louis, 2007
  • Honors Awards 2006, The Gallery of Art St. Louis, St. Louis, 2006
  • The Overseas Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
  • International Small Works Exhibition, Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, 2005
  • 4-Person Exhibition, Fleishman Hillard Corporate Headquarters, St. Louis, 2005
  • Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, N.Y., 2004
  • Plexus, 3-Person Exhibition, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, 2004
  • Daughters Exhibit, Women's Caucus for Art Midwest Regional Invitational, 2002
  • The Overseas Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Museum, Taipei and Kaoshiung, Taiwan, 2002

Presentations

  • "The Living Ibsen," paintings influenced by Henrick Ibsens' plays A Doll House and Ghosts, Women in the Arts International Conference, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, 2011.
  • "Paintings, The Living Ibsen," Art First, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2010.
  • "The Nora Project," a discussion with Professor Michael Burke and Sara Paula Hoffman, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, 2008.
  • "Painting Ibsen's Ghosts," Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, 2007.
  • "Art and Literature, The Doll House Paintings," National Federation of Press Women - Missouri Affiliate, St. Louis, 2007.
  • "Midwest Doll Houses," Blackburn College, Carlinville, Ill., 2006.
  • "The Doll House Paintings and Henrik Ibsen," John Burroughs School, St. Louis, 2005.

Publications

  • "Conversations with Joseph," Studio Visit Magazine, 2011.