February 2021
Miro Hoffmann is an emerging visual artist living and working in New Orleans, La. Hoffmann graduated from NOCCA Riverfront in 2009 and left the city to attend School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, earning a BFA in 2013. Hoffmann was a 2015 artist in residence at The Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. He is currently represented by LeMieux Gallery and Where Y’art.
This body of work explores the rise of urban farming in post-Katrina New Orleans, investigating the history of landscape painting, while grounded in larger issues around climate change, resilience, breaking racial, social, economic boundaries, and self-sustainability.
Crisp Farms Rain Barrel: 9th ward New Orleans, 50inX28in, 2015.
Green Light New Orleans Teaching Garden: Uptown New Orleans, 2017, 48inX48in.
Gathering Tree Collective 1020 South Telemachus, New Orleans, 48inX72in, 2018.
The Edge of Paradigm Gardens, 18inX36in, 2019.
Japanese White Okra: Plant series, 13inX19in, 2019.
website: www.mirohoffmann.com
instagram: miroartnola
