Roy Andres Hofer

Royglobalized – Works for and of a Global Society
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Media images are with us everywhere, being both integral facets and isolated reflections of today’s globalized world. This paradox is the essence of the Royglobalized series, which focuses on those processes and structures of worldwide marketing, media and politics that both shape and confuse our modern environment and our individual selves. “Roy” challenges us not so much by the artist’s own presence, but rather as a compelling individual experience and feeling of personal consternation over the trends of globalization. Roy Andres Hofer shows these complicated mechanisms in a sometimes documentary, sometimes fictional way through ordinary, everyday glimpses of our world which force us to question ourselves and our own social assumptions.

Bio
Roy Andres Hofer (1976) was born in Basel (BS), Switzerland

Exhibitions
2000 Galerie Artone, Zürich / 2001 Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf / 2003 Kunsthaus BL, Muttenz / 2006 Galerie Arsprototo, Erlangen / 2007 Kunstverein Halle, Halle (Saale) / 2008 Galerie Artspace NY, New York / 2009 Center for digital arts, Los Angeles / Museum of fine Arts Tallahassee, Florida / Jungkunst, Winterthur / 2010 Galerie Rowan, Philadelphia / Galerie TAMM, Estonia / 2011 Galerie the invisible dog, New York / 2012 Galerie Labirinto Contemp., Vilamoura / CAMPBASEL, Basel / KUNSTLOKAL, Rheinfelden / 2013 Galerie KOWA, Tokyo / Drop D project, Sintra / Offene Ateliers, Rheinfelden / Kuckucks Labrador, Basel / Galerie Art Cube Trading, M’stein / 2014 Minamoto ART+DINEVol.1.2.3, Basel / ARTspace at Tapas del Mar, Zürich /  2015 Photobastei, Zürich, / Galerie Kategory, Genève / Galerie GUM, Moskau / Studio Grigio, Davos / 2016 PAPER Galerie Manchester / KUNSTLOKAL, Rheinfelden / 2017 Espacio Alexandra, Santander / Ainori Galerie Lissabon / Mr Cuttle Shanghai-Sydney / CAMPBASELrevisited, Basel
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Art fairs
ART EDITION, Seoul, South Korea /  CUTLOG, New York, USA / Art COPENHAGEN, Dänemark /  Kölner Liste art fair, Köln, Deutschland  / Art Market Budapest, Ungarn / SetUp art fair Bologna, Italien / SLICK art fair Paris, Frankreich / YIA art fair Basel, Schweiz / Liste art fair Basel, Schweiz / SWAB art fair Barcelona, Spanien / Hybrid art room fair, Madrid, Spanien / theothers art fair, Torino / YIA art fair, Basel 

www.royglobalized.net
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take a day off and go shopping Vol.2 // Installation view // Charcoal drawing, neon light and shopping bags // 2015 // Various size
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take a day off and go shopping Vol.1 // Installation view // Neon light and shopping bags // 2012 // Various size
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L.O.S.T Vol.1 // Neon light and shopping bag // 2012 // 80/60cm
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LUST Vol.1 // Light and mixed media // 2015 // 60/50cm
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Man loves machine - the gender studies Vol.1 // MX-Bike on asphalt // 2012 // Various size