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ABOUT
ABOUT
Asher Hoffman (b.2000, Jerusalem) is an American multimedia artist. Asher is self-taught and works primarily in oil, oil pastels, collage, and digital painting. He creates work that connects audiences to the human experience in an ever-isolating, digitally driven world. Through stain-soak techniques, expressionistic brushstrokes, and a focus on light and form, Asher's works are inspired by the abstract expressionist movement, Matisse, and Monet. His work belongs to the lineage of the great American ab-ex painters, and he feels a kindred connection to Helen Frankenthaler, Clyfford Still, Philip Guston, and Mark Rothko. His religious Jewish upbringing adds a layer of imbued spiritualism that he has also explored through Buddhist and Yogic studies.
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
My art emerges instinctively through a process akin to automatism, where emotions and experiences are visually translated into forms and scenes. Joy, loss, memory, experience, music, nature, and light inspire me and shape the narratives within my pieces.
My guiding energy is the need to bring light, color, and human touch to the world. Some of my works are escapist fantasy worlds. Some focus on shape, color, form, and light. I treat my collage practice as a sketchbook. I am fascinated by perception and light ambiguity within my works. Through the use of soak-stain techniques, I blend my art historical knowledge with outside art experimentation.
I balance my artistic intuition with intention and spontaneity, letting emotions and memories guide my brush and palette. Even when I begin with a plan or direction, my art evolves unexpectedly, often transcending my original vision. The meanings of my works often grow to be completely different from what I had initially intended.
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