MAINLY DEDICATED TO THE CAMERALESS PHOTOGRAPHIC CYANOTYPE PROCESS, THE APPROACH TO HER WORK IS PROCESS-BASED, PHYSICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.
THE FOCUS IS NOT ON THE ACCUARTE IMAGE BUT ON THE IMPRINT, THE IMPRESSION THAT THE LIGHT LEAVES ON THE LIGHT-SENSITIVE SURFACE. NO CAMERA AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN WORLD AN IMAGE, RESULTING FROM AN INTERPLAY OF OBSERVATION AND INTERVENTION, CONTROL AND LETTING GO AND THE MOMENTUM OF NATURAL PROCESSES.
HER APPROACH DEMANDS PATIENCE AND PRESENCE: SLOW AND PHYSICAL, CHARACTERIZED BY A RESPECTFUL TREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL, WHICH GOES ITS OWN WAY: DUST, FOLDS, WEATHER AND WIND INTERVENE, ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD AS MISTAKES, BUT AS ACTORS THEMSELVES.
THE LIGHT LEAVES ITS MARKS IN THE MATERIAL, MINUTES OVER HOURS, SOMETIMES OVER DAYS, SO THAT THE WORKS BECOME MANIFESTATIONS OF TIME, WEATHER, MOVEMENT AND DISTANCE. THEY ARE STATES, THOUGHTS AND MOODS BETWEEN REALITY AND ABSTRACTION, MEMORY AND IMAGINATION.
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ZOEHOPF.DE
ZOEHOPF@GMAIL.COM
@ZOE.HOPF
1990
BORN IN KEMPTEN, GERMANY
LIVES AND WORKS IN OFFENBACH/MAIN
2016 – 2024
UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN OFFENBACH/MAIN
PAST EXHIBITIONS
2024
BENEFICIAL AUCTION, NEUER AACHENER KUNSTVEREIN, AACHEN
ZOLLAMT POSITIONS II, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH AM MAIN
VERLICHTUNG, GALERIE IM TURM, ISNY (SOLO)
OUT OF FOCUS, KUNSTVEREIN FRIEDBERG, FRIEDBERG
JUNGE KUNST MIT ZUKUNFT, MUSEUM ANGEWANDTE KUNST, FRANKFURT AM MAIN
2023
ZOLLAMT POSITIONS, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
TIME SCAPES GLUE AND FABRIC, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2022
START TO FINISH, TOR ART SPACE, FRANKFURT/MAIN
ULTRAVIOLETT, DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST, OFFENBACH/MAIN (SOLO)
DOING BY DOING, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2021
SPIEGELUNGEN, OBERFINANZDIREKTION FRANKFURT/MAIN
FRANKFURTER KUNSTVERTRIEB, FRANKFURTER KUNSTVEREIN, FRANKFURT/MAIN
SETZEN STELLEN LEGEN, 1822-FORUM, FRANKFURT/MAIN (SOLO)
STOFFWECHSEL, GALERIE IM KORNHAUS, LEUTKIRCH
2020
DOCH!, GALERIE ANITA BECKERS, FRANKFURT/MAIN
STOFFWECHSEL, STÄDTISCHE GALERIE IM SCHLOSS, ISNY
ROOM WITH A VIEW, ZOLLAMT STUDIOS, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2019
ENDLESS SUMMER, HFG-KUNSTHALLE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
SOMMERFEST, KUNST-UND KULTURSTIFTUNG OPELVILLEN, RÜSSELSHEIM
FAIL EARLY AND OFTEN, SAP, WALLDORF
COLOR MESURE LIGHT, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2018
BODY-TECH, MUSEUM ANGEWANDTE KUNST, FRANKFURT/MAIN
BODIES.EXE, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
© 2025 ZOÉ HOPF
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
MAINLY DEDICATED TO THE CAMERALESS PHOTOGRAPHIC CYANOTYPE PROCESS, THE APPROACH TO HER WORK IS PROCESS-BASED, PHYSICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.
THE FOCUS IS NOT ON THE ACCUARTE IMAGE BUT ON THE IMPRINT, THE IMPRESSION THAT THE LIGHT LEAVES ON THE LIGHT-SENSITIVE SURFACE. NO CAMERA AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN WORLD AN IMAGE, RESULTING FROM AN INTERPLAY OF OBSERVATION AND INTERVENTION, CONTROL AND LETTING GO AND THE MOMENTUM OF NATURAL PROCESSES.
HER APPROACH DEMANDS PATIENCE AND PRESENCE: SLOW AND PHYSICAL, CHARACTERIZED BY A RESPECTFUL TREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL, WHICH GOES ITS OWN WAY: DUST, FOLDS, WEATHER AND WIND INTERVENE, ARE NOT UNDERSTOOD AS MISTAKES, BUT AS ACTORS THEMSELVES.
THE LIGHT LEAVES ITS MARKS IN THE MATERIAL, MINUTES OVER HOURS, SOMETIMES OVER DAYS, SO THAT THE WORKS BECOME MANIFESTATIONS OF TIME, WEATHER, MOVEMENT AND DISTANCE. THEY ARE STATES, THOUGHTS AND MOODS BETWEEN REALITY AND ABSTRACTION, MEMORY AND IMAGINATION.
FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH FOR PORTFOLIO OR OTHER REQUESTS
ZOEHOPF.DE
ZOEHOPF@GMAIL.COM
@ZOE.HOPF
1990
BORN IN KEMPTEN, GERMANY
LIVES AND WORKS IN OFFENBACH/MAIN
2016 – 2024
UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN OFFENBACH/MAIN
PAST EXHIBITIONS
2024
BENEFICIAL AUCTION, NEUER AACHENER KUNSTVEREIN, AACHEN
ZOLLAMT POSITIONS II, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH AM MAIN
VERLICHTUNG, GALERIE IM TURM, ISNY (SOLO)
OUT OF FOCUS, KUNSTVEREIN FRIEDBERG, FRIEDBERG
JUNGE KUNST MIT ZUKUNFT, MUSEUM ANGEWANDTE KUNST, FRANKFURT AM MAIN
2023
ZOLLAMT POSITIONS, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
TIME SCAPES GLUE AND FABRIC, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2022
START TO FINISH, TOR ART SPACE, FRANKFURT/MAIN
ULTRAVIOLETT, DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST, OFFENBACH/MAIN (SOLO)
DOING BY DOING, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2021
SPIEGELUNGEN, OBERFINANZDIREKTION FRANKFURT/MAIN
FRANKFURTER KUNSTVERTRIEB, FRANKFURTER KUNSTVEREIN, FRANKFURT/MAIN
SETZEN STELLEN LEGEN, 1822-FORUM, FRANKFURT/MAIN (SOLO)
STOFFWECHSEL, GALERIE IM KORNHAUS, LEUTKIRCH
2020
DOCH!, GALERIE ANITA BECKERS, FRANKFURT/MAIN
STOFFWECHSEL, STÄDTISCHE GALERIE IM SCHLOSS, ISNY
ROOM WITH A VIEW, ZOLLAMT STUDIOS, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2019
ENDLESS SUMMER, HFG-KUNSTHALLE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
SOMMERFEST, KUNST-UND KULTURSTIFTUNG OPELVILLEN, RÜSSELSHEIM
FAIL EARLY AND OFTEN, SAP, WALLDORF
COLOR MESURE LIGHT, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
2018
BODY-TECH, MUSEUM ANGEWANDTE KUNST, FRANKFURT/MAIN
BODIES.EXE, ZOLLAMT GALERIE, OFFENBACH/MAIN
© 2025 ZOÉ HOPF
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED